SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.---  The Cal Poly Humboldt Lumberjacks' men's and women's outdoor track and field teams finished their weekend with another outstanding performance at the Mike Fanelli Classic in San Francisco.  Leading the way was Joy Hano, Grant Van Emmerik and Jonathan Sweeney along with the men's distance medley relay team.  Hano finished third in the 110 hurdles to move into third on the Humboldt's all-time top ten list.   Van Emmerik ran the 400-meter while Sweeney finished second in the pole vault.  The distance medley relay team posted a time of 10:18.20 to finish in second place and post the second fastest time in meet history.
 
"So many great performances today," said head coach Sarah Ingram. "I think the great weather really worked in our favor this weekend, it just opened up the flood gates of competitive conference performances for our student-athletes, and again, is continuing to build a ton of positive momentum toward the CCAA Championships.  Our coaching staff is incredibly proud of this team, and it's all really coming together."
 
"This weekend gave us a very good reading on how we're doing, both as a team this season and as a program, looking forward to the future," said assistant coach/head cross country coach Jamey Harris.  "Things are going very well."

Men's recap:   Running in his first 400-meter race, Grant Van Emmerik ran a first-place time of 48.94.  Then Ryan Castro finished in fourth place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.01 for the Jacks.  Shane Oliver ran of 58.76 to finish in eleventh place in the 400-meter hurdles. 
 
The sprint medley relay team of Castro, Malachi Arthur, Van Emmerik and Julian Jensen finished fourth with a time of 3:33.65.  Taking second place with the second fastest time in the Mike Fanelli Classic history was the team of Sebastien Vaisset-Fauvel, Julian Jensen, Aris Valerio and Carson Smith with a time of 10:18.20 in the distance medley relay.  The team of Dominic Raffetto, Jaxon Leduc, Charles Barker-Ellison and Elliott Portillo placed fifth with a time of 10:21.81.
 
Jonathan Sweeney finished second in the pole vault with a conference qualifying mark of 4.18m (13-8.5) while Travis Allen finished in sixth place in the long jump (21-6.75, 6.57m).
 
QUOTES FROM THE COACH: "Travis PR'd big in LJ, 400m, and 100m! New LJ mark ranks like 5th in CCAA and was roughly a 12 " improvement from his previous best," said Ingram.  "He took 6th in the meet in that event.
 
"Grant ran his first 400m of the season, and opened up with a blistering 48.94, good enough the win the meet," noted Ingram.  He also ran the sprint medley relay 400m leg, where Humboldt won their heat and took 4th overall in the meet. Also, on that team were Ryan Castro, Malachi Arthur, and Julian Jensen. Ryan also took 4th place in the 100m, with a 11.01.  Jonathan Sweeney earned himself a conference qualifying mark in the pole vault and took 2nd place in the meet with a sizable season best jump."
 
Women's recap:  Leading the way for the Humboldt women was Joy Hano with her lifetime best of 14.55 which placed her third in the 110-hurdles.  Finishing 11th place was Christina Roberds (15.99) followed by Grace Kasberger in 13th place (16.09).  Valerie Heywood finished in 16th place in the 400-meter with a time of 1:01.07.  Hano also placed sixth in the long jump (16-10, 5.13m).
 
The distance medley relay team of Saedy Williamson, Kayla Penny, Emily Bath and Rosa Granados finished in fourth place with a time of 12:34.80.  Kaela Dennert-Frederick had a jump of 4-10.75 (1.48m) to finish in tenth place in the high jump.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH:  "On the women's side, Joy ran a new lifetime best 14.82 in the 100 hurdles, only to find out the hurdles weren't set at the correct height, and the fastest women's heat had to run it again only about 20 mins later," added Ingram.  "She came back aggressive as ever setting another new lifetime best of 14.55. This performance took 3rd place in the meet, and ranks her 3rd all time in program history, just behind her hurdles coach Kate Eilers (Earle)."
 
"Grace Kasberger and Chris Roberds also ran strong 100m hurdle races, Kasberger setting another new lifetime best and Roberds being within 1/10th of a second of her lifetime best that she hit on Thursday at Chabot," stated Ingram.  "Valerie Heywood shaved off another second off her lifetime best in the 400m for the second week in a row, moving her significantly up in the conference rankings. She's improving so dramatically every weekend in every event, I am so proud of the way she is competing with intensity and aggressiveness."
 
UP NEXT:  Cal Poly Humboldt returns to the track this Wednesday-Thursday, April 6-7 in Turlock when the multi-athletes compete in the  Stanislaus State Multi-Event Invitational.  The Jacks will also compete in the Sacramento State Invitational on Saturday, April 9 in Sacramento.  
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.---  The Cal Poly Humboldt Lumberjacks' men's and women's outdoor track and field teams finished their weekend with another outstanding performance at the Mike Fanelli Classic in San Francisco.  Leading the way was Joy Hano, Grant Van Emmerik and Jonathan Sweeney along with the men's distance medley relay team.  Hano finished third in the 110 hurdles to move into third on the Humboldt's all-time top ten list.   Van Emmerik ran the 400-meter while Sweeney finished second in the pole vault.  The distance medley relay team posted a time of 10:18.20 to finish in second place and post the second fastest time in meet history.
 
"So many great performances today," said head coach Sarah Ingram. "I think the great weather really worked in our favor this weekend, it just opened up the flood gates of competitive conference performances for our student-athletes, and again, is continuing to build a ton of positive momentum toward the CCAA Championships.  Our coaching staff is incredibly proud of this team, and it's all really coming together."
 
"This weekend gave us a very good reading on how we're doing, both as a team this season and as a program, looking forward to the future," said assistant coach/head cross country coach Jamey Harris.  "Things are going very well."

Men's recap:   Running in his first 400-meter race, Grant Van Emmerik ran a first-place time of 48.94.  Then Ryan Castro finished in fourth place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.01 for the Jacks.  Shane Oliver ran of 58.76 to finish in eleventh place in the 400-meter hurdles. 
 
The sprint medley relay team of Castro, Malachi Arthur, Van Emmerik and Julian Jensen finished fourth with a time of 3:33.65.  Taking second place with the second fastest time in the Mike Fanelli Classic history was the team of Sebastien Vaisset-Fauvel, Julian Jensen, Aris Valerio and Carson Smith with a time of 10:18.20 in the distance medley relay.  The team of Dominic Raffetto, Jaxon Leduc, Charles Barker-Ellison and Elliott Portillo placed fifth with a time of 10:21.81.
 
Jonathan Sweeney finished second in the pole vault with a conference qualifying mark of 4.18m (13-8.5) while Travis Allen finished in sixth place in the long jump (21-6.75, 6.57m).
 
QUOTES FROM THE COACH: "Travis PR'd big in LJ, 400m, and 100m! New LJ mark ranks like 5th in CCAA and was roughly a 12 " improvement from his previous best," said Ingram.  "He took 6th in the meet in that event.
 
"Grant ran his first 400m of the season, and opened up with a blistering 48.94, good enough the win the meet," noted Ingram.  He also ran the sprint medley relay 400m leg, where Humboldt won their heat and took 4th overall in the meet. Also, on that team were Ryan Castro, Malachi Arthur, and Julian Jensen. Ryan also took 4th place in the 100m, with a 11.01.  Jonathan Sweeney earned himself a conference qualifying mark in the pole vault and took 2nd place in the meet with a sizable season best jump."
 
Women's recap:  Leading the way for the Humboldt women was Joy Hano with her lifetime best of 14.55 which placed her third in the 110-hurdles.  Finishing 11th place was Christina Roberds (15.99) followed by Grace Kasberger in 13th place (16.09).  Valerie Heywood finished in 16th place in the 400-meter with a time of 1:01.07.  Hano also placed sixth in the long jump (16-10, 5.13m).
 
The distance medley relay team of Saedy Williamson, Kayla Penny, Emily Bath and Rosa Granados finished in fourth place with a time of 12:34.80.  Kaela Dennert-Frederick had a jump of 4-10.75 (1.48m) to finish in tenth place in the high jump.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH:  "On the women's side, Joy ran a new lifetime best 14.82 in the 100 hurdles, only to find out the hurdles weren't set at the correct height, and the fastest women's heat had to run it again only about 20 mins later," added Ingram.  "She came back aggressive as ever setting another new lifetime best of 14.55. This performance took 3rd place in the meet, and ranks her 3rd all time in program history, just behind her hurdles coach Kate Eilers (Earle)."
 
"Grace Kasberger and Chris Roberds also ran strong 100m hurdle races, Kasberger setting another new lifetime best and Roberds being within 1/10th of a second of her lifetime best that she hit on Thursday at Chabot," stated Ingram.  "Valerie Heywood shaved off another second off her lifetime best in the 400m for the second week in a row, moving her significantly up in the conference rankings. She's improving so dramatically every weekend in every event, I am so proud of the way she is competing with intensity and aggressiveness."
 
UP NEXT:  Cal Poly Humboldt returns to the track this Wednesday-Thursday, April 6-7 in Turlock when the multi-athletes compete in the  Stanislaus State Multi-Event Invitational.  The Jacks will also compete in the Sacramento State Invitational on Saturday, April 9 in Sacramento.  
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.---  The Cal Poly Humboldt Lumberjacks' men's and women's outdoor track and field teams finished their weekend with another outstanding performance at the Mike Fanelli Classic in San Francisco.  Leading the way was Joy Hano, Grant Van Emmerik and Jonathan Sweeney along with the men's distance medley relay team.  Hano finished third in the 110 hurdles to move into third on the Humboldt's all-time top ten list.   Van Emmerik ran the 400-meter while Sweeney finished second in the pole vault.  The distance medley relay team posted a time of 10:18.20 to finish in second place and post the second fastest time in meet history.
 
"So many great performances today," said head coach Sarah Ingram. "I think the great weather really worked in our favor this weekend, it just opened up the flood gates of competitive conference performances for our student-athletes, and again, is continuing to build a ton of positive momentum toward the CCAA Championships.  Our coaching staff is incredibly proud of this team, and it's all really coming together."
 
"This weekend gave us a very good reading on how we're doing, both as a team this season and as a program, looking forward to the future," said assistant coach/head cross country coach Jamey Harris.  "Things are going very well."

Men's recap:   Running in his first 400-meter race, Grant Van Emmerik ran a first-place time of 48.94.  Then Ryan Castro finished in fourth place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.01 for the Jacks.  Shane Oliver ran of 58.76 to finish in eleventh place in the 400-meter hurdles. 
 
The sprint medley relay team of Castro, Malachi Arthur, Van Emmerik and Julian Jensen finished fourth with a time of 3:33.65.  Taking second place with the second fastest time in the Mike Fanelli Classic history was the team of Sebastien Vaisset-Fauvel, Julian Jensen, Aris Valerio and Carson Smith with a time of 10:18.20 in the distance medley relay.  The team of Dominic Raffetto, Jaxon Leduc, Charles Barker-Ellison and Elliott Portillo placed fifth with a time of 10:21.81.
 
Jonathan Sweeney finished second in the pole vault with a conference qualifying mark of 4.18m (13-8.5) while Travis Allen finished in sixth place in the long jump (21-6.75, 6.57m).
 
QUOTES FROM THE COACH: "Travis PR'd big in LJ, 400m, and 100m! New LJ mark ranks like 5th in CCAA and was roughly a 12 " improvement from his previous best," said Ingram.  "He took 6th in the meet in that event.
 
"Grant ran his first 400m of the season, and opened up with a blistering 48.94, good enough the win the meet," noted Ingram.  He also ran the sprint medley relay 400m leg, where Humboldt won their heat and took 4th overall in the meet. Also, on that team were Ryan Castro, Malachi Arthur, and Julian Jensen. Ryan also took 4th place in the 100m, with a 11.01.  Jonathan Sweeney earned himself a conference qualifying mark in the pole vault and took 2nd place in the meet with a sizable season best jump."
 
Women's recap:  Leading the way for the Humboldt women was Joy Hano with her lifetime best of 14.55 which placed her third in the 110-hurdles.  Finishing 11th place was Christina Roberds (15.99) followed by Grace Kasberger in 13th place (16.09).  Valerie Heywood finished in 16th place in the 400-meter with a time of 1:01.07.  Hano also placed sixth in the long jump (16-10, 5.13m).
 
The distance medley relay team of Saedy Williamson, Kayla Penny, Emily Bath and Rosa Granados finished in fourth place with a time of 12:34.80.  Kaela Dennert-Frederick had a jump of 4-10.75 (1.48m) to finish in tenth place in the high jump.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH:  "On the women's side, Joy ran a new lifetime best 14.82 in the 100 hurdles, only to find out the hurdles weren't set at the correct height, and the fastest women's heat had to run it again only about 20 mins later," added Ingram.  "She came back aggressive as ever setting another new lifetime best of 14.55. This performance took 3rd place in the meet, and ranks her 3rd all time in program history, just behind her hurdles coach Kate Eilers (Earle)."
 
"Grace Kasberger and Chris Roberds also ran strong 100m hurdle races, Kasberger setting another new lifetime best and Roberds being within 1/10th of a second of her lifetime best that she hit on Thursday at Chabot," stated Ingram.  "Valerie Heywood shaved off another second off her lifetime best in the 400m for the second week in a row, moving her significantly up in the conference rankings. She's improving so dramatically every weekend in every event, I am so proud of the way she is competing with intensity and aggressiveness."
 
UP NEXT:  Cal Poly Humboldt returns to the track this Wednesday-Thursday, April 6-7 in Turlock when the multi-athletes compete in the  Stanislaus State Multi-Event Invitational.  The Jacks will also compete in the Sacramento State Invitational on Saturday, April 9 in Sacramento.