RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The California State University San Bernardino women's track & field team had six first place finishes on Friday as the Coyotes finished second at the Riverside City College Invitational.

Freshman Gianna Frank (Marysville, Wash.) broke her own school record, which she held for all of six days, in the shot put, recording a heave of 12.96 meters to record CSUSB's first event win of the afternoon. In the same event, senior Mayra Mejia Haller (Fontana, Calif.) qualified for the CCAA Championships with a throw of 11.01 meters.

Also in the field, senior Jaclyn Brown (Simi Valley, Calif.) was the second place finisher in the javelin, with a toss of 32.27 meters.

Distance runner Jordan Dennert (San Bernardino, Calif.) set a personal best time in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a run of 11:41.24, good for CSUSB's second event win of the day and sixth fastest time in program history. Dennert won her race by nearly 45 seconds, and teammate Samantha Avila (Menifee, Calif.) finished third at 12:35.72.

The first of two Yote relay wins on the day came in the 4x100 meter relay, where Alexandra Ackerman (Lake Elsinore, Calif.), Amari Weatherford (Southeast San Diego, Calif.), Hailey Hunt (Winnetka, Calif.), and Alexis White (San Bernardino, Calif.) combined to run a time of 45.80 seconds. The 4x400 meter relay team of Weatherford, Hunt, White, and sophomore Coryssa Hope (Riverside, Calif.) would cap the day with a first place finish of 3:53.00.

Weatherford and Hunt each got even wins on their own as well for the Coyotes, as Weatherford won the 100 meter dash at 11.71 seconds, and Hunt won the 200 meter dash at 23.87 seconds. Ackerman also scored points for the Coyotes in each event, placing second in the 100 at 11.98 seconds and eighth in the 200 at 25.21 seconds.

The Coyotes had two top-five finishes in the 400 meter run. Senior Prishencia Nnoham (Palmdale, Calif.) was fourth in the event at 57.97 seconds, and was followed closely by junior Briana Miller (San Bernardino, Calif.), who was fifth at 58.13 seconds.

Nnoham was one of three Coyotes to finish fourth in her respective events. In the 800 meter run, junior Kai Marroquin (Rosemead, Calif.) PRed by nearly two seconds with a time of 2:19.44. The time saw her jump from seventh to fourth on the all-time top-10 list at CSUSB. Classmate Aiyana Allen-Jefferson (Riverside, Calif.) placed fourth in the 400 meter hurdles with a PR of 1:10.73.

Marroquin also had a massive PR of 4:55.69 in the 1,500 meter run to lead the Coyotes. The time was over 10 seconds faster than her previous best time in the event, set last season at the West Coast Relays.

Competing in the 3,000 meter run, Coyote freshmen Gabriella Romero (Highland, Calif.) and Angela Torres (Rialto, Calif.) set PRs of five and 17 seconds respectively, with times of 10:44.41 and 11:13.09.

The Yotes will be back in action next weekend to compete in the Ben Brown Invitational at Cal State Fullerton.