ARCATA, Calif.--- Cal Poly Humboldt men's and women's track and field teams will return to the State of Oregon this Saturday, March 19 to participate in the OSU PNW Invitational at the Whyte Track and Field Center on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore.
RECAP OF LAST MEET: For the third consecutive week, the Cal Poly Humboldt men's and women's track and field teams had several student-athletes achieve personal best times/marks, this time at the Lane CC Open.
Joy Hano led the way for the Jacks with her outstanding performances in the 100-meter, 100-hurdles and 200-meter. She finished in second in the 100-hurdles with her time of 15.19, which places her ninth on the Humboldt all-time list. Hano second in the 200-meter and was fourth in the 100-meter and the high jump. Over in the throws
Delaena Montes had a personal best throw of 37-0.50 in the shot put while
Kaela Dennert-Frederick had personal best throw in the hammer (139-05) and
Grace Kasberger recorded her best throw of her career in the javelin. In the sprints for the Humboldt women's track and field team,
Valerie Heywood had career bets times in the 100-meter dash. Over on the men's side of the Lane CC Open,
Jason Trent and
Jonathan Sweeney had personal best throws/marks in the hammer and pole vault. Trent had a best throw of 137-09 in the hammer and Sweeney had a mark of 12-08 in the pole vault.
AMONGST THE CCAA LEADERS: Even though it is early in the outdoor season, several Lumberjacks have recorded top eight marks or times in the CCAA. Here are the Jacks that have posted 13 top eight marks or times this season:
QUOTES FROM THE COACH:
"We will be competing with some very good athletes this weekend from many Division I programs," said head coach
Sarah Ingram. " The weather forecast this weekend is not looking promising. Given the expected poor weather conditions and the elite level of competition, we will approach this meet as another chance to show up and prove that we deserve to be there by bringing our best efforts and fighting to compete for every place, every second and every inch that we can. I always have loved John Wooden's definition of success as "a peace of mind in knowing you are doing everything you can to become the best of which you are capable." If we can leave our hearts blood sweat and tears out on the track/field and really give all that we are capable of, we will find success, and satisfaction in the process, and really what more can you ask for than that. "
THIS WEEK: Humboldt will travel up north to Corvallis, Ore., this Saturday to participate in the Oregon State Pacific Northwest Invitational. The invitational will begin at 10am on Saturday with the field events and with the running events to commence at 1pm. Some of the other teams to compete in this meet will be University of Oregon, Oregon State, Seattle University, College of Idaho, Western Oregon, Linfield, and George Fox University.
UP NEXT: Cal Poly Humboldt will return home to host the Humboldt Invitational on March 26 at Redwood Bowl on Saturday, March 26.
