San Antonio, Texas – Ian Rono started the season with a bang as he broke the TAMIU school record in the 4-mile at the UIW Invitational.

Rono won the individual race with a time of 18:45, setting a new record for TAMIU.

Paul Barmao finished 33^rd with a time of 20:58 and Diego Pena finished in 47^th with a time of 21:11 rounding out the Dustdevils in the top 50.

Alan Hernandez ran 21:28, Jorge Sanchez ran a 22:39 and Gael Rodriguez ran a time of 23:24.

Rounding out the Dustdevils were Cristian Sanchez (23:57), Dickens Kipkogei (23:59) and Aldo Cantu (24:07).

The men finished their first race of the season in eighth place.

On the women's side, Fancy Jelegat, who finished 30^th overall led the Dustdevils to a 10^th place finish with a 5K time of 19:23.

Samantha Viruel (20:56) and Dania Sepulveda (20:56) finished just outside the top 50.

Mercy Kosgei and Laura Jeptoo ran times of 21:59 and 23:28 respectively.

Rounding out the Dustdevils were Jazlynn Villalobos (23:29), Valerie Esparza (24:03) and Valerie Garcia (26:11)

The Dustdevils head to Kerrville, Texas, on September 20 to compete in the Schreiner Meet.