| Beach to Host LBSU Invite This Saturday
Annual Invitational Represents 19 States and Eight Countries April 17, 2002 LONG BEACH, CA-- The Long Beach State track and field team will host their annual Long Beach State Invitational this Saturday at the Jack Rose Track starting at 9 a.m. This year’s meet will feature teams from 19 states and eight countries. USC, UCLA, Stanford, Oregon, Colorado, Purdue, Nebraska along with Long Beach State, highlight the collegiate field.
Some of the foreign teams competing have traveled as far as Australia, Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico and Venezuela.
Long Beach State features five athletes who have put forth NCAA provisional marks for next month’s NCAA Championships in Baton Rouge, LA. Jon O’Neil, with a toss of 63’1.50” last week at the Sun Angel Classic, is the lone automatic qualifier for The Beach this season.
STATES REPRESENTED: Arkansas: Arkansas-Little Rock, Arizona: Glendale CC, Paradise Valley CC, Pima CC California: Azusa Pacific, Concordia, Long Beach State, Sacramento State, San Bernadino Valley CC, San Diego State, Santa Clara, USC, Stanford, UCLA, San Diego Colorado: Colorado, Northern Colorado Hawaii: University of Hawaii Idaho: University of Idaho Indiana: Notre Dame, Purdue Kansas: Emporia State Kentucky: Louisville Michigan: University of Michigan, Michigan State Minnesota: University of Minnesota Kansas: Emporia State Mississippi: Mississippi State Nebraska: University of Nebraska Oklahoma: Oklahoma State Oregon: University of Oregon Pennslyvania: Penn State Texas: UT-San Antonio Wyoming: University of Wyoming MEET INFORMATION |
