HOUSTON – Senior Jessica Rabius set the fifth individual program record of her career while Alex Piquart set record number two to lead the HCU track & field team at the Rice J. Fred Duckett Twilight on Saturday.
 
Rabius won the women's 800 meters and cut more than three seconds off Kierstin Santana's previous program record with a time of 2:04.64. Ahead of the day's events, that time would rank 14^th in the NCAA West Region. Freshman Eline Mast placed fourth in the race, finishing in 2:11.70. Piquart, meanwhile, broke a program record in the 1500 meters set last month by teammate Krzysztof Turski with a time of 3:47.20, finishing second.
 
In the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase, Destiny Quintanilla finished less than a second off the program record with a time of 11:08.30, placing sixth. Freshman Brianna Hinds set a new PR in the women's 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.19 while Garrett Gibson took third in the men's 400h, crossing the finish line in 52.15 while Denzel Hinds came in at 52.86.
 
Destiny Nkeonye posted a wind-aided PR leap of 7.62m/25-0.0 (+2.6) to place third in the men's long jump and move up the regional ranking list. In the women's long jump, Rebecca Pecora set a new PR with a jump of 5.98m/19-7.50 to place fifth. Meanwhile, in the triple jump, Reem Tammam finished fourth with a top jump of 5.98m/19-7.50.
 
HCU heads north to Commerce, Texas for the 2023 Southland Conference Outdoor Championships beginning on Thursday, May 4, hosted by Texas A&M-Commerce.