EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP track and field crew will host the Sun City Classic at Larry Okay. Durham Track at Kidd Field on Saturday.
Individual day passes are $15.
For tickets, go to www.utepminers.com/tickets, name (915) 747-UTEP, or e-mail tickets@utep.edu.
On Saturday, the occasions will start at 11 a.m. with the boys’s and ladies’s hammer, adopted by the working occasions beginning at 4 p.m. with the boys’s 4×100.
The meet will conclude at 8 p.m. with the ladies’s 4×400-meter relay.
Eight seniors – Evan Avitia, Alex Brown, Oghenekaro Brume, Lizbeth Fierro, Andres Gurrola, Mathew Polk, Nethaneel Taylor and Zacarias Velasquez – may even be acknowledged at 3:45 p.m., on the field earlier than the track occasions start
Competing for the ladies’s aspect are Samirah Avila (200m, 100H, javelin, excessive soar, lengthy soar), Brume (200m, 400m, 4×4), Isabella Campa (800m), Andera Castillo (800m), Londyn Colon (100m, 200m, 4×1), Grace Culver (100H, lengthy soar), Sarah Dovenbarger (pole vault), Elijah Ebow-Renich (200m, 100H, javelin, excessive soar, lengthy soar), Madison Evans (400m, 4×4), Peace Ewa (excessive soar), Fierro (hammer throw), Samahri Foster (400H, 4x4B), Bobbi Guillen (1500m), Jaylah Harris (100m, 200m), Brenda Jerop (1500m), Vallary Kiplagat (5000m), Salma Licon (5000m), Cydni Martin (100m, 100H, 4×1, 4×4), Amai Newman (400m, 4×4), Cailee Phillips (400H, 4x4B), Malorie Richardson-Clay (shot put), Braela Sargent (200m, 100H, javelin, excessive soar, lengthy soar), Addison Stricklin (100m, 200m, 4×1, 4x4B) and Juantai-Shay Williams (100m, 200m, 4×1, 4x4B).
Going for the boys are Sebastian Avena (400m, 4×4), Avitia (800m), Oleksandr Blonskyi (100m, 110H, javelin, pole vault, discus), Brown (lengthy soar, triple soar), Luke Cerda (200m, pole vault, javelin throw), Carmelo Corral (1500m), Damon Flemmings (100m, javelin, excessive soar), Joshua Ford (100m, 200m, 4x1B, 4x4B), Kayden Gibson (100m, 200m, 110H), Joseph Gomez Whitten (100m, 200m, 4x1B, 4x4B), Timothy Grice (200m, 4x1B), Matthew Guerra (5000m), Gurrola (1500m), Arion Hill (200m, 110H), Juan Leal (800m), Zion Meaders (400m, 4x4B), Elias Munoz (100m, 200m, 4×1, 4×4), Elijah Munoz (javelin), Polk (200m, 400m, 4×1, 4×4), Israel Quintana (5000m), Kalix Robinson (400H, 4x4B), Paul Rotich (800m), Amari Taylor (400m, 4×4), Velasquez (100m, 4x1B, lengthy soar), Amir Williams (100m, 110H, 4×1), and Jacob Yeager (800m).
“We’re excited to host the Sun City Classic as our final home meet of the season. It’s always special to compete in front of our home crowd, and this meet gives us another opportunity to showcase the progress we’ve made and continue building momentum as we move closer to championship season,” first-year UTEP head coach Francesca Green mentioned. “This weekend is also about recognizing our senior class and everything they’ve poured into this program. They’ve helped lay the foundation for what we’re building, and we’re proud of the impact they’ve made both on and off the track. I also want to highlight Zac for earning the Spirit of Service Award (on Thursday, April 9). That speaks to the type of person and leader he is, and it represents what we want this program to stand for. We’re looking forward to a great weekend of competition and celebrating our seniors the right way. We hope our community comes out to support and be part of it.”
SENIOR SPOTLIGHTS
Evan Avitia, an El Paso native and Americas High School grad, made his manner again to the 915 after competing at Hutchinson Community College earlier than transferring to UTEP. The distance runner has competed in over 20 cross nation and track & field meets as a miner and over 46 in his collegiate profession. He just lately set a private finest time within the 800 on the Miners Invitational a number of weeks in the past.
Alex Brown transferred to UTEP earlier than the 2025 season and has seen motion in over 9 meets as a jumper. In his collegiate profession, Brown has competed in over 30 meets. Brown set a private finest within the triple soar on the 2025 Willie Williams Classic and had a podium end within the triple soar on the Miners Invitational.
Oghenekaro Brume started her UTEP profession throughout the 2021 outside season. The sprinter has competed in over 35 meets in her profession. Brume, a two-time gold medalist, was an all-Conference USA first crew member in each the indoor and outside 4×400 relay in 2023. The outside relay’s time of three:37.37 on the 2023 NCAA West First Round ranks ninth in program historical past.
Lizbeth Fierro, a graduate of Tornillo High School, began her collegiate profession at UTEP throughout the 2022 indoor season. Fierro has thrown in over 35 meets. She set a private finest mark within the hammer throw on the 2025 Don Kirby Tailwind Twilight, ending second within the occasion. Fierro normal a second-place end within the weight throw on the 2026 Stan Scott Invitational.
Andres Gurrola, an El Paso native and graduate of Eastwood High School, got here again to the 915 for his closing 12 months of competitors. The distance runner opened his UTEP profession throughout the 2025 cross nation season and earned All-Conference USA second crew honors. Gurrola just lately clocked in a private finest time within the 10,000-meter run and positioned third total on the Texas Relays. Gurrola cast a first-place end within the 5000 on the Miners Invitational.
Mathew Polk, a graduate of Chapin High School, began his UTEP profession throughout the 2023 indoor season. The sprinter has competed in over 30 meets. Polk was named a 2024 All-Conference USA third crew member and took bronze within the outside 4×400-meter relay. Polk gained the 400-meter sprint with a personal-best time of 47.73 on the Miners Invitational.
Nethaneel Taylor, who transferred to UTEP earlier than the season, started his distance profession as a miner throughout the 2025 cross nation season. Taylor set a pr within the 5k on the New Mexico Lobo Cross Country Invitational and within the 8k on the Arturo Barrios Invitational. He noticed motion in 5 indoor meets, setting private bests within the mile on the Jarvis Scott and within the 3000 on the CUSA Indoor Championships.
Zacarias Velasquez, an El Paso native and graduate of Franklin High School, began his UTEP profession throughout the 2023 indoor season. Velasquez has competed in sprinting and leaping in over 32 meets. He set a private file within the lengthy soar on the 2025 CUSA Outdoor Championships, and just lately set PRs within the 100 and 200. he gained the lengthy soar on the Miners Invitational and has registered a number of podium finishes throughout his profession. Velasquez was named a 2026 CUSA Winter Spirit of Service Award winner, as introduced by the league workplace on April 9.
