The Yotes competed at San Francisco State University at the 2022 CCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 5^th through the 7^th where they completed their most successful trip to the championship meet in program history.

Over the 3 days of competition, the Yotes amassed 61 team points over 10 events. This marks their best finish at the conference championships in school history bettering their previous championship meet bests of 25 points and 10^th place in 2019.

Day 1
On day one of the meet, Tayler Salley competed in the women's hammer throw and on her first throw got out to a mark of 50.59m (166'). This proved to be the winning throw for the event. All 5 of Salley's fair throws would have bettered the second-best competitor on the day. This marked the first CCAA Champion in the program's history.

Day 2
Day 2 of the meet was the prelims for many of the running events. Jonna Lopez competed in the first event on the track of the day in the 1500m. Racing in the second heat she achieved a time of 4:56.02 which earned her a qualifying time for the finals. This was a 3-second personal best for her from her seed time coming into the meet.
In the women's 400m, Ladaijah Wright ran in the second heat of three in the prelims. She crossed the line in time of 59.91 setting a season's best in the process. This improved her top 10 ranking all time at CSUSB and moved her tied for 4^th.

Three Yotes competed in the women's 100m. Journie Alexander, Maya Price, and Sariyah Copeland ran times of 12.67, 12.56, and 12.13 respectively. Copeland earned an automatic qualifying time after winning her heat.

In the women's long jump, Alexander and Destiny Colton competed in the only field event for the Yotes on Friday, getting out to 5.10m and 4.90m. This placed them 13^th and 14^th respectively overall in the event.

Savannah Milner competed in the 800m prelim in the first of two heats. She crossed the line in a time of 2:27.96 finishing 13^th overall. Kaleigh Giannone competed in the next event on the track in the 400m hurdles. Competing in the second of two heats, she crossed the line in a time of 1:07.04, earning her a qualifying time for the final on day three of the event.
In the last event of the second day of the championships Sariyah Copeland and Maya Price both qualified for the finals with times of 24.62 and 25.92 respectively. This is the second event Copeland qualified for and is one of four races she would run for the finals (100m, 200m, 4x100m, and 4x400m).
After the Prelims the yotes qualified five athletes in six races, in addition to the two athletes competing in the final events on Saturday (Nicole Renteria; 5000m, Caty Gaynor; 3000m Steeplechase).

Finals Qualifiers:
Sariyah Copeland: 100m, 200m
Maya Price: 200m
Kaleigh Giannone: 400m Hurdles
Joanna Lopez: 1500m
Caty Gaynor: 3000m Steeplechase
Nicole Renteria: 5000m

Day 3
In the first event on the final day of the CCAA Championships, Abby Venglass competed in the shot put where she heaved the shot to 11.82m (38'9.5'') in the 4^th round earning her 6^th place. She would later compete in the discus where again she would have her best throw of the competition in the 4^th round to earn her 6^th in that event. She bettered 7^th place in both events by 1 inch each time.

Tayler Salley continued her championships with her 4^th round effort in the discus with 38.62m (126'08'') earning her 3^rd place and All-CCAA Honors. This was Salley's second podium finish of the meet after her win in the hammer.
Victoria Soto wasted no time making her mark on the competition launching what would be her best throw on the day in the first round to a distance of 39.55m, earning her second place and All-CCAA Honors. She was ranked 6^th prior to the competition. All three Yotes who competed in the discus secured scoring positions netting the team a total of 17 points.

In the final field event for the Yotes, Maya Price competed in the women's high jump where she cleared a bar at 1.52m earning her 7^th in the event after tie breakers. This would be one of three events Price would score in at the meet for the Yotes. She would later compete in the 4x100m relay and in the final of the 200m where she earned 8^th place in a time of 25.84.
With the first final event on the track, the Yotes of Journie Alexander, Maame Banahene, Sariyah Copeland, and Maya Price raced to a time of 48.16 earning the team 4^th place and 5 team points.

Caty Gaynor ran a personal best time of 12:24.05 in the 3000m steeplechase. In her first CCAA Championships, she achieved 8^th place and earned one team point.
With the next event on the track, Joanna Lopez came through with another lifetime best in the 1500m in a time of 4:53.60. She finished 11^th overall in the event. She improved her time by nearly 6 seconds from her seed time coming into the meet.

Kaleigh Giannone competed in the final of the 400m hurdles running a time of 1:07.53. This earned her 7^th in the event and two team points. Nicole Renteria competed in the 5000m race in the final distance event of the meet crossing the line in a new personal best time of 18:48.01 breaking the 19-minute barrier for the first time on the season.
In the 100m, Sariyah Copeland did what she's done all year and reset the school record in the event on her way to an All-CCAA performance. She clocked in a time of 12.11 earning her 3^rd in the event. One hour later she would one up herself and run in the 200m with another school record time of 24.56, earning her 2^nd place in the event and 14 team points between the two events.

In the final event of the championships the Yotes were in a position to move up in the team standings and they took advantage of the situation. The 4x400m relay team of Maame Banahene, Sariyah Copeland, Ladaijah Wright, and Alexandria Owens ran a school record time of 3:57.62 earning themselves All-CCAA Honors and netting 3^rd place and 6 team points in the process. Owens ran a blistering 58.52 split on the anchor leg to secure the top 3 finish for the Yotes in the event.

In the final event of the meet the Yotes moved from 6^th to 5^th position in the team standings with a program best point total of 61 team points, which also marks their highest finish in the program's history. On top of the best team finish in the program history, two individuals achieved CCAA meet honors with Sariyah Copeland earning Freshman of the Meet (4^th – 4x100m, 3^rd – 100m, 3^rd – 4x400m, 2^nd – 200m) and Tayler Salley earning Newcomer of the Meet (3^rd – Discus, 1^st – Hammer). The Yotes previously had never won a single award at the CCAA Championship meet.

"This team left their mark on our program's history. They were ready to compete and did just that. We had several individuals perform beyond their seeded performances, which allowed us to finish so successfully as a team. We are a small program, but we competed big! I am beyond proud of these young women for all their hard work and time they have dedicated to our team. It paid off and we are excited to continue this momentum for years to come," Lauren Podgaysky, Head Coach.