SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State's Alyssa Wilson continued to set new standards for the Bobcat history book as she established two new school records on Thursday while Lee-Anne Blake and Kwanele Mthembu ran top-three times in their respective events at the Texas Relays to highlight a busy day for Texas State.
 
Wilson, who now owns three different school records in her first season with the Bobcats, competed at the Texas Relays in Austin in the morning and captured the hammer throw with a toss of 69.68m/228-7. The mark was not only the best in Texas State history but is also the best in the NCAA so far this outdoor season.
 
A few hours later in San Marcos, Wilson earned first place in the discus at the Bobcat Invitational with a throw of 56.50 meters. It set the school record and is tied for the third-longest in the country this year.
 
Competing in her second outdoor weekend of the year, Wilson nearly matched her personal bests in both events (70.63m in hammer, 60.76m in discus while at UCLA).
 
Blake, meanwhile, bested her personal record in the 1500 meters by racing to a time of 4:26.77. She had to fight off Alyssa Duhart of Texas, who ran a 1:09.59 split in the last 400 meters to Blake's 1:13.54. Blake entered the last stretch with a four second lead over Duhart, however, as the Longhorn pushed her to the finish line.
 
The 4:26.77 by Blake missed the school record by less than two-tenths of a second as Devina Schneider set the standard in 2017 with a time of 4:26.59.
 
Entering Thursday, Blake already owned the second-best time in the event in school history after running 4:29.07 last year.
 
Mthembu – in the last event of the night at the Texas Relays – roared to a first-place finish in the 10K thanks to a time of 29:49.18. He was the only runner in the event to finish sub-30 minutes and posted the third-best time in school history.
 
Mthembu owned the top-three spots in the school record books in the 10K entering Thursday, but still managed to become the only Bobcat in program history to have three different entries under 30 minutes in the event. His best time – and the school record – is 28:48.33 set last year.
 
Back in San Marcos, the Bobcats competed in six different events at their first home meet of the year. Mathilde Canet had a standout performance with a PR in the women's javelin. The sophomore threw 35.94 meters for a seventh-place finish and bettering her previous personal-best of 34.99 meters.
 
Texas State will return to action at the Bobcat Invitational on Friday. The first event of the day – women's hammer throw – will start at 9 am while the track events will get underway at 4 pm.
 
Katherine Stuckly will be the lone Bobcat competing at the Texas Relays on Friday. She will participate in the women's high jump, which starts at 10 am.
 
 
2022 Bobcat Invitational
Day 1 – March 24, 2022
Results
 
Women's javelin
7. Mathilde Canet – 35.94m (PR)
9. Luize Opola – 33.91m
 
Women's discus
1. Alyssa Wilson – 56.50m (school record and 3^rd longest in NCAA this year)
11. Lauryn Small – 42.27m
20. Arianna Stegall – 37.22m
DNS Ebony Wolridge
 
Men's discus
17. James Noles, 45.78m
19. Ben Collerton (unattached), 45.17m (PR)
25. Simon Thor, 39.93m
 
Women's 1500m
7. Daniela Wisniewski, 4:52.99
9. Megan Ombres, 4:56.71
14. Angelina Lujan-Marrufo, 5:06.69
 
Men's 1500m
11. AJ Tyler, 3:56.23
45. Travian Holst, 4:13.79
53. Nicholas Mosqueda, 4:19.25
DNF Jackson Burnett (unattached)
 
 
2022 Austin Relays
Day 1 – March 24, 2022
Results
 
Women's hammer throw
1. Alyssa Wilson – 69.68/228-7 (School record, best in NCAA this year)
 
Men's 800m
10. Pedro Osorio Lopez, 1:51.65
 
Women's 1500m
1. Lee-Anne Blake, 4:26.77 (2^nd best time in school history; PR)
School record: 4:26.59 (Devina Schneider, 2017)
 
Men's 1500m
13. Justin Botello, 3:58.64
DNS Pedro Osorio Lopez
 
Men's 10,000m
1. Kwanele Mthembu, 29:49.18 (3^rd best time in school history)