Victor Calzada/El Paso Times
The favored UTEP women came into the Conference USA Track & Field Championships knowing they had a little room to spare in their chase for a title.
Fayon Gonzales and Lucia Mokrasova just bought them some more and they brought home a pair of medals.
Seeded ninth in Friday morning's hammer, in position to pick up a couple of points as she sat seventh going into her final attempt, the senior Gonzales saved her best throw ever for the last, moving up to third place with a 186-feet, 5-inch toss that left her beaming.