ARCATA, Calif. — A rare week off from traveling gave the Cal Poly Humboldt Lumberjacks the opportunity to honor their seniors as the team hosted its final home event of the season, the Humboldt Invitational, on Saturday, April 8 at Redwood Bowl. The meet was also an opportunity for the squad to lay down another batch of impressive marks as they head into the final few weeks of the regular season.
On the men's side, the Lumberjacks took a 201.5 to 143.5 victory over College of the Redwoods while Oregon Tech finished third with 105 points. Harry Singh took home double-victories in the 100m and 200m with times of 11.08s and 22.32s. Grant Van Emmerik took home victory in the 400m (48.81s) while in the 800m, the Lumberjacks went 1-2-3-4, led by Julian Jensen in a personal best time of 1:53.6. James Woolery (second, 1:53.85), Sebastian Vaisset-Fauvel (third, 1:53.87) and Dominic Raffetto (fourth, 1:54.12) all earned big PR's on their home track. Mica Mills capped off his senior day festivities with a win in the 1500m with a season best of 4:07.2.
In the 110m hurdles, Walker Dorris earned a PR and a first place finish with his 16.29s performance while Justin Vigna made his season debut with a first place finish in the pole vault (4.25m / 13' 11.25").
On the women's side, the Lumberjacks finished second behind the Owls of Oregon Tech 147-140 while College of the Redwoods placed third (127).
Graduate student Amelia Jackson took the victory in the 800m with a 2:18.63 finish, while Joy Hano finished only two hundredths of a second off her personal best in the 100m hurdles with a first place time of 14.13s. Fellow Lumberjack Chris Roberds finished second in the hurdles (15.95s). Hano also won the long jump with a career best 5.51m / 18' 1" leap. The mark improves her to sixth all-time on the school record list in the event.
In the throws, Nizhoni Kears earned first place in the shot put (10.78m / 35' 4.5") while Grace Kasberger, fresh off a performance the day before at the Stan State Multi, finished second (10.6m / 34' 9.5").
UP NEXT:
The North Coast Squad returns to the road for a big weekend of action. The Jacks will be at three different meets this weekend in the Los Angeles area when they compete at the Bryan Clay Invitational the Long Beach Invitational and the LA Twilight from Thursday, April 13 through Saturday April 15.
