Track and Field
The men's and women's track and field teams had their best showings of the season this weekend in Flagstaff, Ariz. The two Lobo teams combined to bring home eight gold medals, 14 season bests and two school records.
For the men, distance runner Matt Gonzales won the 800-meter and the 1,500-meter. Following Gonzales in the mile were junior Nick Martinez, junior Cameron Clarke and senior Sean Flaherty, who finished second, third and fourth.
Senior Matt Bishop, junior Nate Clem and freshman Mike Smiel placed third, fourth and fifth, respectively in the 800-meter.
Meanwhile, freshman Jeramie White won first place in the 60-meter dash and set a UNM record, clocking an altitude-adjusted time of 6.91.
The Lobos also dominated in the shot put. Senior Jordan Parker led the way with a first-place throw of 53-05.50, and senior Jason Barkemeyer threw for 51-03.00. Each were personal records.
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Junior Amanda Barnes claimed a new school record in the weight throw, with a toss of 53-09.75 - three feet more than her previous best. Barnes also won the gold in the shot put, with a 45-06.75 mark.
On the track, sophomore Kimilia Davis came in first in the 400 and freshman Riann Lucy was the top finisher in the 800-meter race.
Sophomore distance runner Jacquelyne Gallegos finished third in the mile, coming in one second behind the winner. The 4:58.24 finish was a career-best for Gallegos.
Softball
The Lobos rallied with one out and three runners on base in the bottom of the seventh to come back and defeat Syracuse 4-3, Sunday in Tempe, Ariz. Freshman Amy Ray hit the game-winning run.
UNM's Robyn Hutson got a hit past third base and into center field in the second, which set the Lobos up for scores from freshman Ryanne Hodgins and senior Sabrina Sandberg. But the Orangemen crossed home plate in the fourth inning and twice more in the sixth, to pull ahead by one.
Syracuse would not score again, but UNM got two more runs in when Stephanie Kennedy sent Sandberg home with a single and Sandberg sent in Ray to end the game.
The Lobos went 3-2 at the Fiesta Bowl Tournament, losing to Texas A&M and Nevada and beating Western Michigan and No. 20 Arizona State to improve to 5-5 for the season.
Women's Tennis
The Lobos swept the doubles rounds and won four of six singles matches to beat intrastate rival NMSU 5-2 Saturday in Las Cruces.
Iva Gersic, one of UNM's top players, didn't participate in the singles rounds due to a sprained ankle. In her place sophomore Maja Kovacek played in the Lobos' No. 1 spot and defeated NMSU's Lejla Porobic in two sets 6-2, 6-3. Kovacek also was on the No. 1 doubles team, along with senior Sandy Lukowski. The UNM duo devastated Porobic and Sandra Mayr 8-1, while Maria Ruiz-Fabrega and Gersic, UNM's No. 2 team, defeated Porobic and Nicole Fintell 8-4.
Tiffany Robertson, Michelle Heidbrink and Tjasa Suvak also had wins for UNM.
