SMU’s track and field team will be heading to Houston to compete in the Conference USA Championships Friday and Saturday.

The women are coming off a successful performance at the Iowa State Classic. They competed last week for three days, spanning from Feb. 11 through 14, and had several standouts during the ISU Classic. The Mustangs came in sixth with 45 points, a high rank considering they raced against some of the best schools in the nation.

Sophomore Victoria Leks won the high jump with a mark of 1.73m, while sophomore Amber Evans came in third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.27 seconds. She finished less than .4 seconds off the leader.

Junior Alexandria Smith came in sixth in the 600-yard run with a time of 1:26.55, while sophomore Simone Du Toit had a 15.65m throw in the shot put.

Sophomore Ayla Gill and senior Lauren Kuhner both finished in the top 10 in the weight throw. Gill came in fifth with a mark of 17.86m, and Kuhner came in ninth with a mark of 17.48m.
At last year’s C-USA Championships, current junior Silje Fjorfoft set the record time in the C-USA Indoor Championships, which took place at the University of Houston’s Yoeman Fieldhouse, in the 5,000-meter run. She had a time of 16:19.42.

Fjortoft also set the SMU record for the mile run with a time of 4:50.73.