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After hitting a 12.94 in her previous two competitions in the 100mH (including the preliminaries the day prior), senior Vashti Thomas significantly lowered her time in the finals at the 2013 Texas Relays, going 12.70 and coming extremely close to the Top 10 best ever run at the collegiate level. The time is now 2nd out of all NCAA divisions.

"It's always an honor to be doing what I'm doing under the Academy of Art," Thomas said. "It's about getting our name out there and showing people that just because I'm an artist, doesn't mean I'm any less of an athlete and vice versa."

On Friday, Thomas provided the third leg of a 3:42.37 mark in the 4x400m relay that immediately qualified the Urban Knights for the NCAAs in May. It was a new program record by more than a full second and put them 17th of 47 quartets, ahead of representatives from New Mexico State, Duke, Texas-Arlington, and Grand Canyon among others. She also assisted with the second leg of a 46.33 mark in the 4x100m that was 2nd on the ART U all-time list.