Track and Field | 2/6/2017 11:13:00 AM

In the final regular season indoor meet, the Texas State track and field team set four meet records and set a new school mark at the Jaguar Invitational held at the Birmingham Crossplex. Overall, the men took home the meet title with 101 points while the women finished second, first among Sun Belt Conference teams, with 122 points."We executed and competed extremely well this weekend," said Director of Track & Field/Cross Country. "We are healthy and competing at our best at the right time."ran a meet record time of 54.50 in the 400m to win the event. Coming in fifth with a personal best mark of 56.62 was. Their times rank first and seventh in the conference.Also on the track, the women's 4x400m relay of, Evans and Hardy combined to cross the line in 3:42.46. Not only did they set a new meet record but posted a new program best for the second meet in a row.The women's high jump competition sawandfinish first and second for the fourth consecutive meet. Decoud cleared 1.74m (5-8.5) to post a new invitational record. Johnson's best clearance was at 1.69m (5-6.5).In the women's long jump, Abbi Hani leapt 5.91m (19-4.75) on her third attempt to win to set a new meet mark. Her leap tied her indoor personal best set in the season opener along with breaking the Jaguar Invitational meet mark.Crossing the finish line second and third in the mile wereand, respectively. Schneider's time of 4:58.53 is the second best in the SBC this year.(triple jump),(5000m) and(60m hurdles) all placed second in their events.came in third in both the shot put and weight throw.Jumping up in the league's rankings wereand Hicks-Boyce. Krenek ran a season best 7.65 in the 60m preliminary heats to move into a tie for sixth. Hicks-Boyce moved into second on the SBC indoor list with a time of 24.58 in the 200m.The men's team started out strong in the first track event of the invitationalandcrossed the finish line first, second and third, respectively. Both Meade (3:28.87) and Pena (8:31.87) ran career best times that place then sixth and eighth in the SBC.Gonzalez won the 5000m with a time of 15:22.64 that ranks fifth in the conference. Also improving their marks in the SBC standings were(triple jump) and(long jump).Other top three finishers at the meet were(800m, 1st),(shot put, 2nd)(400m, 2nd) and the 4x400m team (3rd) ofandNext up for the Bobcats is the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships that will take place at the Birmingham Crossplex from Feb. 20-21.For the latest on Texas State track and field, visit the official website of Texas State Athletics at www.txstatebobcats.com and follow the team on Twitter at @TxStateTrack.