Tulane Rolls on Final Day of Split Competition

Friday, February 13

Boston, MA

Tulane University

David Hemery Valentine Invitational

Photo by: Kelsey McHugh

Tulane Rolls on Final Day of Split Competition

Feb 14, 2026 | Track & Field

By: Wyatt Streett

BOSTON & NASHVILLE, Tenn. – With the Green Wave split between the David Hemery Valentine Invitational and the Music City Challenge, the Tulane indoor track and field program closed both events with multiple outstanding performances. Five Wave athletes earned top-10 program marks with five more adding new personal-best results.

It was a day for the record books at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center in the final day of the David Hemery Valentine Invitational as five Wave athletes entered the program's top 10 for their respective events. Elena Liano-Rengel delivered a 4:45.74 in the mile, placing 20^th as she set the sixth-best time in program history. Compiling accomplishments, her time is the new Spanish U23 women's indoor mile record. In the 3,000 meters, Blezzin Kimutai delivered a 9:22.27 to fall short of her personal best, 9:21.66, which is the fourth-best time in program history. Freshman Dana Rojas Vazquez ran a 9:34.45 to place 73^rd, notching the seventh-best mark in program history. A pair of entries to the program's top 10 occurred in the 5,000 meters with Alex Sharp and Haley Harper clocking in at third and fourth all-time, respectively. Sharp ran a 16:38.09 to place 71^st, and Harper was 83^rd with a time of 16:47.90. Alongside the record-book performances, three more athletes set new personal bests. In the 800 meters, Maria Alduan ran a 2:12.83 to place 50^th and set a new personal best. Reese Ragland just barely eclipsed her personal best in the mile with a time of 4:48.10. Allison Hall topped her best mark in the 3,000 meters with a 9:42.93.

At the Vanderbilt Multipurpose Facility Saturday, Tulane saw a pair of personal bests on the final day of the Music City Challenge. Nahema Dumonteil Cabanas placed second in the 400 meters with a time of 56.68, a new personal best. She was not far behind the winner, Savannah Nuetzel of Lipscomb and her mark of 56.43. In the pole vault invite, Presley Wolfe delivered a 4.05 to place fourth overall. Her mark ties her personal best, which also ties for the sixth-best tally in program history. Zaria Parker ran in the semifinals of 60 meters after qualifying in yesterday's prelims. With a time of 7.63, she placed 12^th and failed to advance to the finals.

The Green Wave will get one final tune-up next week before the American Conference Indoor Championship when the team participates in the LSU Twilight on Friday, February 20. After the one-day meet, Tulane sets its sights on defending its women's indoor conference title.

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