EUGENE, Ore. — The Cal Poly Humboldt Lumberjacks showed up in full force this weekend as the team recorded numerous personal bests and top performances at the Oregon Preview on Saturday at historic Hayward Field.
"It was such an amazing day in Oregon," head coach Sarah Ingram said. "Athletes competed well and we finally got some favorable weather conditions. We had PR's across almost all events and some event winners, which is pretty exciting on this kind of big stage. These facilities are beautiful and our athletes fed off of the energy of competing in such a special stadium."
For the women, Joy Hano ran a lifetime best in the 100m hurdles (14.30 seconds) en route to a first place finish. She followed that up with a sixth place finish in the 200m (25.34). Both times rank her third and fifth all-time on the school record list in each respective event. Isabel Perez-Zoghbi took victory in the 400m hurdles (1:02.09) while Hano, Cocome McKamey and Grace Kasberger went fourth, fifth and eighth in the long jump. In the 3000m, Saedy Williamson and Rosa Granados placed fourth and fifth in times of 10:17.56 and 10:37.41. Amelia Jackson took home a ninth place finish in the 800m with a season best of 2:19.76 while Nizhoni Kears set a personal best in the shot put with a toss of 10.57m (34' 8.25") which was also good enough for a ninth place finish.
On the men's side, Aris Valerio built on his performance from last week in the 800m, setting a lifetime best with a time of 1:52.74 en route to a second place finish. Julian Jensen (1:55.62) finished sixth. In the 1500m, freshman Elias Wiggins ran a personal best and won his heat with a time of 3:59.57. It was a Lumberjack sweep in the first heat of the men's 3000m, with six Lumberjacks setting personal bests led by Carson Smith (8:37.19) and James Woolery (8:38.17). In the throws, Robert Cardenas improved his lifetime best in the shot put by over 2 and a half feet to place eighth with a mark of 12.99m (42' 7.5"). In the sprints, Harry Singh earned a spot to the conference meet in May with his performances in the 100m (11.21) and 200m (22.70) including a heat win in the half lap event. Freshman Zach Blood won his heat of the 400m with a time of 51.25.
UP NEXT:
The 'Jacks will head south this upcoming weekend when the team travels to San Diego and San Marcos. The team will be participating in three meets this weekend, first at the Aztec Invitational hosted by San Diego State (Thu. Mar. 23-Fri. Mar. 24) followed by the Mangrum Invitational/CCAA Preview at Cal State San Marcos on Fri. March 24. The North Coast squad will then wrap up the weekend with the Point Loma Invitational in La Jolla, California on Saturday, March 25.
