After taking last weekend off, the Longhorns’ track and field teams finished the weekend strong with four wins and eight runner-up finishes at the Husker Invitational.

Texas women dominated the meet with three first-place and two runner-up finishes. Senior Courtney Okolo finished with the highlight of the meet, clocking in a world-leading time of 51.16 seconds in the 400 meters. Okolo edged out former teammate and Nike athlete Ashley Spencer by four-tenths of a second.

The Longhorns also saw dominance in the 200 meters with freshman Teahna Daniels taking the gold with a time of 23.98 seconds. In the 200 meter special invite, senior Morolake Akinosun took second place with a time of 23.50 seconds, just behind Ashley Spencer. Senior Melissa Gonzalez grabbed the women’s third gold with a personal best 1:33.78 in the 600 meters.

The relay team of freshmen Raquel Tjernagel and Zola Golden and sophomores Caitland Smith and Ariel Jones concluded the meet with a runner-up finish in the 4×400 meter relay, second to Kansas State’s team of four All-Americans.

The men saw victories both on the field and on the track. Senior Reese Watson finished second in pole vault, behind Kansas’ Casey Bowen, with a personal best of 5.33 meters. On the track, junior Byron Robinson continued the 400 meter dominance with a first-place time of 46.74 seconds. Junior Senoj Givans clocked in 6.68 seconds to take silver in the 60 meters.

Junior AJ Bailey placed third with a time of 21.20 seconds in the 200 meter special invite. The men also finished the meet with a second-place finish in the 4×400 meter special invite with the team of juniors AJ Bailey, Robert Uhr, Christopher Irvin and Derrell Manhertz.

Both teams will be back in action this weekend.