The Red Wolves track and field team had a productive weekend at the A-State Invitational. After obtaining seven first place finishes Friday, nine more placed in first on Saturday.

The women’s team held 10 out of the 16 first place spots, while setting school records.

Kristina Knott held five top spots, including her school record setting second leg in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:50.76.

Knott also won the 55-meter dash with a personal best 6.90, and finished first in the long jump with a 5.96m distance.

Sophomore Calea Carr also set an A-State record in the shot put with a toss of 15.45, winning the event.

In the 400-meter dash, Erika Christian finished second with a time of 57.90.

Rickus Jacobs gave the men’s team a victory in the 5000-meter run, clocking 14:56.18, with senior Wil Norris finishing behind him at 15:02.57.

“We’re practicing to be competitive because you can’t have peak performances across the board every single meet,” Track and field Coach Jim Patchell said. “We are actually training through this meet, so I’m surprised we had so many personal bests, which is a good sign for later in the year. We’re ahead of the game of where we were at last year so if we stay focused and healthy, we’ll be alright.”

The team will be back in action as they travel to Birmingham, Ala., on Jan. 31 for the University of New Orleans Invitational.