The  Yotes had a truly historic day at the Chris Rinne Twilight meet hosted by the University of California, Riverside. They achieved what had only ever been done by 5 individuals in the school's history prior to the meet and exactly zero relays. The Yotes achieved 5 NCAA Provisional marks over the course of the meet.  
 
In the very first running event on the day the 4x100m relay team of Journie Alexander, Hailey Hunt, Sariyah Copeland, and Alexis White ran a school record and NCAA Provisional qualifying time of 45.82. This puts them 0.10 seconds behind CCAA Conference leader Cal Poly Pomona in the race and nearly two seconds up on third place Chico State (47.66). The team's time of 45.82 puts them 9^th in the nation.
 
In one of the first field events of the day at the track Alexander leaped her way into the national conversation increasing her personal best and school record to 5.97m (19'7''). She added over one whole foot to her previous best and holds the conference lead in the event over the second-place finisher Yarbough of San Marcos (5.96m). Both Alexander and Yarbough both lead the conference by over a foot from third place. Her jump of 5.97m is a National provisional qualifier and puts her 25^th in the nation.
 
Three members of the 4x100m earned individual qualifying marks over the course of the meet. White obliterated the previous CSUSB School record by over 3 seconds running in a National Provisional qualifying time of 55.45. This mark puts her second in the CCAA Conference and 22^nd in the nation.  
 
Copeland also reset the CSUSB school record in dramatic fashion knocking off three tenths of a second in the 200m in a time of 24.07. Her 200m time puts her 26^th in the nation. Copeland and White were both part of the National provisional qualifying teams of the 4x100 and 4x400.  
 
In the last race of the day Copeland, Hunt, White, and Na'kel Pennix-Webb improved on the CSUSB school record in the 4x400m by nearly 4 seconds to a time of 3:48.31. This time puts them 3^rd in the CCAA and 28^th in the nation. The 4x400m and the 4x100m alongside Alexander were one of three event wins on the day for the Yotes.  
 
Alongside the slew of National provisional qualifiers, the Yotes featured two CCAA Conference qualifiers in the last meet of the season. Kai Marroquin won her heat in a time of 2:21.93 which nets her a time to compete at the CCAA championships in May. This moves her up to 5^th all-time at CSUSB. Gabrielle Aguigui in the last field event of the day, leaped to a qualifying distance of 10.71m (35'01.75") This puts her 2^nd all-time at CSUSB and 10^th in the CCAA. She also leaped to 4.96m (16'3.25"), which qualifies her in the long jump for the CCAA championships. 
 
Kyndahl Carter achieved three season's bests and one CCAA qualifying time on the last meet of the season. After running 12.69 in the 100m and 14.72 in the 100m Hurdle, the latter of which puts her 5^th in the conference, she ran a time of 1:07.40 to qualify for the CCAA Championships.  
 
In the 800m, the Yotes featured nine runners of which eight achieved personal bests in the distance. In addition to Marroquin, Alexis Wallace, Joanna Lopez, Helena Valdez, Arlene Castro, Samantha Avila, Caty Gaynor, and Giselle Cabrera all ran their fastest times in the event on the season.  
 
In the hammer throw competed earlier in the day, Danielle Lister achieved a lifetime best in the event with a throw of 42.52m (139'6'') this moves her up to 4^th in CSUSB and 10^th in the CCAA. She also hit a season's best in the shot put, out to a distance of 10.95m which keeps her at 10^th in the CCAA. Abby Venglass achieved a lifetime best in the discus throw with a throw of 37.33m, this holds her at 9^th in the CCAA. Kimberly Beach achieved two lifetime bests in both the hammer and the discus with marks of 35.27m and 34.32m respectively. 
 
CCAA Qualifiers:  
 
100m: Hailey Hunt, Sariyah Copeland, Journie Alexander, Sierra Stokes, Mahlaya Salter, Alexis White, Kyndahl Carter, 
 
200m: Sariyah Copeland, Hailey Hunt, Alexis White, Mahlaya Salter, Sierra Stokes, Payton McCartney 
 
400m: Alexis White, Na'kel Pennix-Webb, Hailey Hunt 
 
800m: Kai Marroquin 
 
1500m: Alexis Wallace, Joanna Lopez 
 
10,000m: Helena Valdez 
 
100mH: Kyndahl Carter, Payton McCartney 
 
400mH: Kyndahl Carter 
 
High Jump: Payton McCartney 
 
Long Jump: Journie Alexander, Payton McCartney, Gabrielle Aguigui, Kaleigh Giannone  
 
Triple Jump: Gabrielle Aguigui 
 
Shot Put: Abby Venglass, Danielle Lister, Kaleigh Giannone 
 
Discus: Danielle Lister, Abby Venglass, Elizabeth Rushing, Miranda Owen, Kimberly Beach, Melissa Fongod 
 
Hammer: Elizabeth Rushing, Danielle Lister, Abby Venglass, Kimberly Beach, Melissa Fongod, Miranda Owen 
 
Up Next
The next event for the Yotes is the CCAA Championships held at Cal State San Marcos May 4^th-6^th.