Houston, Texas - A monster throw in the men's hammer was the main highlight of the Bayou Classic today. Isaac Ybarra (Jr./Mission, Texas/Sharyland HS) won the Hammer with a throw of 206-6. That won the meet by almost 20 feet, broke the school record by over 13 feet and was about three feet short of the U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying mark. UTPA will be at the Texas Relays in Austin, Apr. 1-3.

The Broncs finished 5th out of eight teams with 73 points. Texas State-San Marcos scored 139.50 to win by 21.50 points over Rice. Stephen F. Austin was 3rd with 108.50 points and Sam Houston State was 4th with 90 points.

On the women's side, Rice scored 130 points to win by 18 points over Texas State-San Marcos. Rounding out the top five was Sam Houston State (3rd - 91), Stephen F. Austin (4th - 76) and Texas (5th - 72.50). The Lady Broncs scored 48 points to finish 7th out of 12 teams.

"That is just an awesome performance for Isaac." Said head coach Ricky Vaughn. "He is on a roll right now. I'm looking for really big things out of him. Overall, this is the best meet that we have had all year. We had some really good performances. We had 23 PR's today and we picked up seven wins. Anytime that you get wins in a field of this caliber, your doing something right."

MEN

The Broncs had five first place finishes, broke a school record and had four additions to the top 10 list. Americo Ortiz (So./Pharr, Texas/PSJA North HS) won the 10,000 with the fifth fastest time in UTPA history at 32:11.94. Winning performances also came from Hugo Cervantes (Sr./Weslaco, Texas/Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) in the 3000M Steeplechase, Marlin Manley (Jr./Hampton, Va./Bethel HS) in the High Jump and David Sanchez (Fr./Belize City, Belize/Edward P. York HS) in the 400M Dash. All UTPA Top 10 finishes are listed below.

Hammer
1st I. Ybarra (206-6) UTPA School Record

High Jump
1st M. Manley (6-8.75)

400M Dash
1st D. Sanchez (50.08) Tied 9th Fastest in UTPA history
7th Jesse Quintanilla (57.18)

3000M Steeplechase
1st H. Cervantes (9:32.43)

10,000
1st A. Ortiz (32:11.94) 5th Fastest in UTPA history

Javelin
3rd Matt Clinton (163-7) 6th Longest in UTPA history

110M Hurdles
4th Rashaad Ben (14.60)

5000
5th Jason Tejada (16:08.49)
6th Benito Maldonado (16:15.46)
10th David Ramirez (18:05.36)

800
6th David Trevino (1:57.31)
10th Beto Alvarado (2:03.11)

1500
8th D. Trevino (4:02.11)

WOMEN

The Lady Broncs had two first place finishers, broke two school records and had six additions to the top 10 list. Rowena Hamlet (So./Mississaugua, Ontario, Canada/Lorne Park Secondary School) ran 1:02.76 to win the 400M Hurdles for the second straight week. Claudia Rosas (Jr./Mission, Texas/Sharyland HS) pulled off her first career win by winning the 10,000 with a time of 39:28.94, the seventh fastest in UTPA history. Amber Kelly broke the freshman record in the Hammer with a throw of 141-6. All UTPA Top 10 finishes are listed below.

400M Hurdles
1st R. Hamlet (1:02.76)

10,000
1st C. Rosas (39:28.94) 7th Fastest in UTPA history

Hammer
2nd Amy Moses (174-2)
5th A. Kelly (141-6) 4th Longest throw in UTPA history, freshman school record

400M Dash
4th Jessica Ehimika (58.25) 8th Fastest in UTPA history
7th Angela Billups (1:00.44)

1600M Relay
5th R. Hamlet, J. Ehimika, Jacinta McMahon, Amy Torvik (3:54.05)
3rd Fastest in UTPA history

Shot Put
6th A.Kelly (42-7)
10th Deneb DeLuna (40-4)

Javelin
7th Clarisse Arrendondo (119-9) 6th Longest throw in UTPA history

100M Dash
9th Bethany Anderson (13.04)