{"id":255227,"date":"2026-04-18T04:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/255227\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T04:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:01:07","slug":"jepkemboi-and-kalmar-set-program-records-mavs-win-five-golds-on-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/255227\/","title":{"rendered":"Jepkemboi and Kalmar Set Program Records; Mavs Win Five Golds on Opening Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     STEPHENVILLE, Texas &amp;\u00a0AZUSA, Calif. The UT Arlington track &amp; field team opened the weekend with two new school records at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California, and five first place finishes on the first day of the Joe Gillespie Invitational in Stephenville, Texas.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBryan Clay Invitational: Thursday, April 16 \u2013 Friday, April 17 (Azusa, California)<br \/>\nIn California, junior <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/matro-jepkemboi\/14807\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14807\" target=\"_blank\">Matro Jepkemboi<\/a> set the new program record in the women&#8217;s outdoor 10K with a personal best time of 34:10.78 on Thursday morning. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/alex-kalmar\/14784\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14784\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Kalmar<\/a> set the new UTA program record in the men&#8217;s outdoor 800m with a time of 1:46.86, ranking top 10 in the West Region and #15 in the nation.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJoe Gillespie Invitational: Friday, April 17 (Stephenville, Texas)<br \/>\nMeanwhile back in Texas, the Mavericks recorded five first-place finishes on opening day of the Joe Gillespie Invitational, hosted by Tarleton State. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/justina-lusby\/14811\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14811\" target=\"_blank\">Justina Lusby<\/a> won the women&#8217;s 3K steeplechase with a personal best time of 11:25.41 and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/kellen-frickel\/14889\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14889\" target=\"_blank\">Kellen Frickel<\/a> won the men&#8217;s 3K steeplechase in 9:27.53. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/angel-sanchez\/14790\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14790\" target=\"_blank\">Angel Sanchez<\/a> won the men&#8217;s 5000m, recording a new personal best of 14:48.14. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/emilia-mandl\/14812\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14812\" target=\"_blank\">Emilia Mandl<\/a> earned first in the women&#8217;s 1500m in 4:31.49 and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/abigail-perez\/14815\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14815\" target=\"_blank\">Abigail Perez<\/a> won gold in the women&#8217;s 5000m, clocking 18:11.66.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNEXT UP<br \/>\nThe Mavericks will finish competition tomorrow, Saturday, April 18 at the Joe Gillespie Invitational in Stephenville, Texas.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; #BuckEm \u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nFOLLOW ALONG<br \/>\nFollow the UTA track and field and cross-country teams on X (<a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FUTAMavsTFXC&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckensley.walters%40uta.edu%7C000d29dfe4b54359123308de7bce0dbd%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C0%7C0%7C639084322087796313%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rdNvdD8EgXQPDLzsHLDaSt0fN1K24gpZqBOGDXfqPK8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UTAMavsTFXC<\/a>), Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Futamavstfxc%2F%3Fhl%3Den&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckensley.walters%40uta.edu%7C000d29dfe4b54359123308de7bce0dbd%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C0%7C0%7C639084322087822944%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hlDJdGNZQ01HeuFivrq4asDKOLKLOvSs14bLbBLM99s%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UTAMavsTFXC<\/a>) and Facebook (<a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUTAMavsTFXC&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckensley.walters%40uta.edu%7C000d29dfe4b54359123308de7bce0dbd%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C0%7C0%7C639084322087845315%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ejmNfr2Y8QGjH0Koo6Vaa188nJvR%2FN0SueWk8Gix1bY%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\/UTAMavsTFXC<\/a>).<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; STEPHENVILLE, Texas &amp;\u00a0AZUSA, Calif. 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