RIVERSIDE, Calif. – It was another big weekend for CSUSB track and field, as three more school records fell, and two more Coyotes qualified for the CCAA Championships, at the Riverside City College Invitational.
In a meet that featured some the region's best NCAA Division I and II schools, the Yotes also posted nine more all-time top-10 marks for the program.
Maya Price broke her own school record in the high jump at 1.62 m, as she took runner-up in the event. Valentina Sanabria broke her school record in the triple jump at 10.69 m, taking sixth. Finally, in her first meet, Destiny Colton set a school record in the long jump at 5.09 m and qualifying for the CCAA Championships, taking ninth.
Sanabria set the number four mark in the long jump at 4.96 m, taking 12th. The 4x100 relay team of Price, Tylin Sands, Dymonde Cleveland, and Jordan Munford finished fourth at 49.49, fourth best in school history. Makenzie Matteson posted the number five time in school history in the 400 meters at 1:00.96, taking seventh.
In the 3000 meters, Kaylie Balvaneda and Arianna Fuentes posted the fourth and fifth best times in school history at 10:22.91 and 10:23.63. They finished seventh and eighth respectively in the event.
Sands led the 100 meters for CSUSB at 12.56, taking 13th and qualifying for the CCAA Championships with the fourth-best time in program history. Munford dashed to 12.85 in the 100 meters, with Colton right behind at 13.17 and Cleveland at 13.34. That is fifth, eighth, and ninth all-time at CSUSB and 19th, 25th, and 31st in the event.
Finally, Tori Wiley took ninth in the high jump at 1.42 m, eighth best in program history, and Savannah Milner finished third in the 800 meters at 2:26.38, grabbing the 10th spot in school history.
"It is early in the season, and we are building and getting things going," head coach Lauren Reimer-Podgaysky said. "Every week is bringing us valuable competitive experience that's allowing us growth towards the next meet. We are learning more about our racing strategies, implementing technical components we've been focusing on during practice, and applying it when competing. This team has opened up this season strong and we will continue to develop each week."
So far the Yotes have qualified 11 individuals for the CCAA Championships. Up next for the Yotes is the Ben Brown at CSU Fullerton on Friday and Saturday. There will be more distance opportunities coming up in the next couple meets.
