By: Tyler Lobe, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
OFFICIAL RESULTS
IRVINE, Calif. – In the final tuneup before next weekend's CCAA Track and Field Championships, the 20th-ranked Cal Poly Pomona women's track and field team enjoyed a successful couple of days at the Steve Scott Invitational hosted by UC Irvine Friday and Saturday.
Among the top performances,
Jade De Souza made her first appearance of the season and picked up where she left off last season, setting new program record in the Triple Jump, surpassing her own mark from 2022 with a leap of 12.65 meters, besting last year's 12.62 meters. Saturday's effort goes down as the fifth-best in Division II so far this season, and the best in the CCAA.
The Broncos made several movements in the program's Top 10 Record Book and set 14 new personal-bests, just days before CPP heads into the CCAA Championships this Thursday through Saturday, hosted by Cal State San Marcos, where the team will work to defend its 2022 title.
RECORD BOOK EDITS
- Yuna Queniat planted herself in the Top 10 Record Book, running a provisional-qualifying time of 55.63 in the 400 meters, which is the seventh-fastest time in program history and currently ranked fourth in the CCAA and 34th in Division II.
- Ayana Fields matched her personal-best time of 11.48 in the 100 meters on Saturday and will enter the CCAA Championships with the best 100-meter time in the conference, and eighth-best in the nation.
- Kelsey Ehinlaiye recorded a career-best 5.79m leap in the Long Jump on Friday, which is now No. 9 all-time in program history and the third-best mark in the CCAA this season.
PERSONAL RECORDS
- Jaelyn Thomas ran a 12.15 in the 100 meters, topping her previous-best time of 12.21 that she set in 2022.
- Tianna Jardstrom recorded a 59.27 in the 400 meters, shaving 0.31 of her personal-best from the Ben Brown Invite in March.
- Angela Arellano crossed the line in 2:18.35 in her first-ever collegiate race in the 800 meters.
- Alisa Moradian ran a 2:20.07 in the 800 meters, eclipsing her previous top time in the event (2:24.70) that came during the 2022 Triton Invite.
- Alondra Arias carved off 0.16 off her PR in the 800 meters, running a 2:21.53 on Saturday.
- Julia Butler also ran a career-best time in the 800 meters, carding a 2:29.74, taking off two seconds from her efforts earlier this season at the Mangrum Invite and the Beach Opener, both in March.
- Ari Milton competed in the Triple Jump for the first time in her career, recording a 11.70m leap.
- Keiana Hamm set a new best in the Javelin with a heave of 32.33m, nearly four meters better than her previous-best from three weeks ago in La Jolla, and is the 11th-best in the conference this spring.
- Sarena Padilla jumped 5.21m in the Long Jump to improve on her personal-best 5.02m from the Mangrum Invite last month.
- Shona Christensen raised her previous-best throw in the Discus by nearly a meter, recording a 37.60m toss on Saturday.
- Alondra Cardona improved her career-best heave in the shot put, marking a 10.34m to top her 10.21m effort at the Vince O'Boyle Classic last month.
- Cynthia Hurtado set new PR's in two events with a 41.50m mark in the Discus and a 42.88m swing in the Hammer.
ALSO NOTABLE
- Citlalli Anguiano ran her best 100 meter Hurdle time of the season, a 14.94 on Saturday, which is the seventh-fastest time in the CCAA in 2023.
