FULLERTON & LOS ANGELES – The CSUSB Coyotes had another great weekend, this time competing in two separate meets, the Ben Brown at Cal State Fullerton, and the Occidental Distance Carnival in LA.
Samantha Garcia broke the school record in the javelin again, this time winning the event at the Ben Brown with a mark of 34.93m. Also at CSU Fullerton, Destiny Colton took second and Valentina Sanabria took third in the B-section of the long jump at 4.91m and 4.83m, respectively.
On Saturday in Fullerton, Victoria Soto took third in the women's A-section discus flight at 36.90m. Tori Wiley was third in the B-section of the shot put flight at 8.37m, 10th all-time at CSUSB. Maya Price came charging late in the final stretch of her 200 meter heat taking 10th at 26.38. Finally, the 4x100 relay team of Tylin Sands, Price, Kiara Mabien, and Colton finished fifth at 50.00, eighth all-time at CSUSB.
In Los Angeles at the Distance Carnival, Arianna Fuentes was third in the 3000m steeplechase at 11:23.46, number two all-time at CSUSB and runner-up in the event. In the same event Carissa Gomez was fifth and took the seventh all-time spot at 12:05.69. Kaylie Balvaneda and Michelle Pineda Palacios both had personal bests in the 5000 meters, coming home at 17:42.08 and 17:54.85, taking the fourth and eighth spots on the CSUSB lists and 25th and 28th in the event.
Savannah Milner took second in her heat in the 800 meter run at 2:24.41, sixth all-time at CSUSB. Justine Ziranda ran a personal best of 5:14.16 in the 1500 meters, taking eighth in her heat, and Alexis Espinosa ran 5:16.36 and Abigail Toarmina ran 5:29.08 in the same event, both personal bests and both third in their heats.
"It was a good weekend for track," head coach Lauren Reimer-Podgaysky said. "The Ben Brown schedule allows our team to compete at every level and has strong performances each year. The Occidental Distance Carnival is one of the best distance meets of the season and brings loads of talent to one location. Our team stepped up and performed very well. We will have a short week, as we prepare for the RCC Open this Friday."
The Yotes will enter the RCC Open at Riverside City College this Friday beginning at 10 am.
