EUGENE, Ore.--- For the third consecutive invitational, both of the Cal Poly Humboldt men's and women's track and field teams had a stellar meet this time at the Lane CC Open at Titan Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. The day was highlighted for the Lumberjacks by
Joy Hano who recorded three personal bests in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and 100-meter hurdles. Hano finished second in the 200-meter dash and 100-hurdles while finishing fourth in the 100-meter dash. She also finished fourth in the long jump.
Cal Poly Humboldt Women's Team Recap
Hano started the day with a personal best 12.89 time in the 100-meter dash which she finished in fourth place. She came back with a personal best time of 15.19 which she moved into ninth place on Humboldt's all-time list and finished in second place in the 100-hurdles. The freshman athlete had another personal best with a second-place time of 26.28 in the 200-mter dash. She finished with a fourth-place jump of 16-07.25 (5.06m) in the high jump.
Over in the throws, three Jacks recorded their personal best marks this afternoon in their respective events.
Delaena Montes had a personal best throw of 37-0.50 (11.29m) in the shot put which placed her in fourth place. She also finished in ninth place with a personal best and CCAA conference qualifying throw of 101-08 (31m) in the discus.
Kaela Dennert-Frederick had an impressive series of throws and finished in third place in the hammer throw with a throw of 139-05 (42.51m) improving her personal best throw by over 3.5m. The third Jack to record her personal best throw was
Grace Kasberger with a 14
th place throw of 76-08 (23.37m) in the javelin.
Humboldt had several other top performances.
Valerie Heywood set personal best times in the 100-meter dash (14
th place, 13.64).
Christina Roberds finished in the top 15 in two events as she was sixth in the 100-hurdles (16.91) and 15
th in the 100-meter dash (14.08).
Cal Poly Humboldt Men's Team Recap
Two Lumberjacks had personal best marks/throws in the hammer and pole vault.
Jason Trent finished in seventh place with a throw of 137-09 (41.99) earning him a CCAA qualifying mark. Over in the pole vault,
Jonathan Sweeney finished in ninth place with a mark of 12-08.
Four Jacks finished in the top 15 in the discus throw during rough rain and wind.
Jared Del Real (third, 137-02, 41.99m),
Kegan Richards (sixth, 128-09, 39.25m),
Nolan Smith (ninth, 125-08, 38.30m) and
Travis Allen (12
th, 116-09, 35.60m). Humboldt also had three top ten marks in the shot put. Del Real paced the Jacks with his second-place throw of 47-0.5.25 while Smith placed seventh (40-11.75, 12.49m) and Richards finished eighth (40-9, 12.42m).
QUOTES FROM THE COACH:
"This weekend was really a grit builder for our program," said head coach
Sarah Ingram. "We talk about supporting each other as a family and showing up for each other's events to bring more energy, and it's satisfying to see every individual taking that to heart and persevering through the conditions to support each other through the very last event."
"We competed in some really rough conditions this weekend with a lot of rain, high winds, and cold temperatures," noted Ingram. "We also had another weekend of meet delays, this time in the field events, making it a 10-hour day for some athletes. It's really tough to achieve personal bests in this environment, so we instructed our athletes to compete as best they can against their fields and try to place as high as they can in their heats and flights. Many were able to do that quite well, and we still came out of the weekend with a dozen personal bests, a couple more conference qualifying marks, and a new all-time top 10 program record."
UP NEXT: The Lumberjacks will return to competition as they go back to the State of Oregon. Humboldt will travel to Corvallis, Ore., on Saturday, March 19 to participate in the OSU PNW Invitational on the campus of Oregon State University. The field events will begin at 11am and the track events at 11:45am.
