Cougars capture three event titles, 12 podium finishes at College Station meet

Houston track & field won three events and finished on the podium in a dozen events at College Station’s Ted Nelson Invitational.

The Cougars carried their weight in throws with two of their three victories. Senior Zaeda Houff won the women’s weight throw, finishing with a mark of 18.59 meters. That mark was the sixth-best throw in UH history. Meahwile, Sophomore Esther Osisike finished closely behind at 18.54 meters. 

Junior Cordell Nwokeji collected the second victory of the weekend in the men’s shot put with a personal best mark of 18.58 meters. On top of that, it tied for the seventh-best mark in program history.

The Cougars’ third victory came from senior Kaycee McCoy, who finished with a time of 8.30 in the 60-meter hurdles. 

In the men’s weight throw, redshirt sophomore Ty Lott posted a mark of 19.87 meters. The score moved him up to third on Houston’s all-time performance list, but fell one position short of the podium. 

On the women’s side, sophomore Cleo Agyepong earned second on the shot put with a personal best mark of 16.24 meters, for the fifth-best mark in Cougar history.

In his first meet of the season since competing in the national championships, junior Antrea Mita tied for second place in the men’s high jump with a mark of 2.14 meters.

Senior Anthony Trucks had a season-best time of 7.81 in the men’s 60-meter hurdles to place second.

Freshman Dominic Harper also claimed a second-place finish in the men’s 200-meter with a personal best time of 21.08.

Fellow freshman Shieana Hall took home second place in the women’s triple jump with a personal best of 12.62 meters, tying the seventh-best finish in program history.

Houston closed out the weekend with a second-place finish in the 4×400-meter relay. The quartet of junior Michaela Mouton, sophomore Carlysia Cresser and freshmen Jada Stanford and Kamree Wolridge posted a time of 3:39.79.

Sophomore Evina Panagiotou tied her personal best mark of 4.17 meters to take home third in the women’s pole vault.

Graduate Ryan Mulholland also posted a season best as he finished third in the men’s 60-meter with a 6.78.

Junior Patrick Flowers set a personal best time of 8:23.82 for a sixth-place finish in the men’s 3,000-meter. Flowers is now seventh in the program record books.

On Jan. 30-31, the Cougars will compete in the Robert Platt Invitational meet on their home track.