ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Six ULM track & field athletes competed at the University of New Mexico Collegiate Classic from Feb. 2-3 at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
 
Claudine Raud-Gumiel took fifth place in the women's pentathlon with 3,816 points, which was the highest point total in ULM indoor track & field history. Raud-Gumiel earned top 10 finishes in every event, and placed third in the high jump with a 1.70m and fourth in the 60 hurdles with a time of 8.76. In the women's long jump Olaia Becerril Alvarez placed 18^th overall with a mark of 5.83m (19' 1½")while Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi finished 25^th with a jump of 5.62m (18' 5¼"). Ilunga Mbuyi earned a seventh-place finish in the triple jump with a season-high mark of 12.88m (42' 3¼"). Ilunga Mbuyi set the ULM indoor track & field school record with her jump. Becerril Alvarez placed 21^st in the 60m dash preliminaries with at 7.78.
 
On the men's side, Stafon Roach continued his impressive indoor season with a second-place finish in the triple jump. Roach recorded a 15.29m (50' 2") jump. Algirdas Strelciunas claimed seventh place overall in the long jump with a leap of 7.21m (23' 8"). Oscar Prieto rounded out the men's competitors with a mark of 5.10 (16' 8¾") in the pole vault.
 
The ULM track & field team will head to Houston for the Howie Ryan Invitational on Friday (Feb. 9) in the final indoor meet before the Sun Belt Conference Championships.