Long Beach State University Athletics
Long Beach State University
Riverside City College Invitational
49ers Continue Season At Riverside Invitational
3/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
March 27, 2008
Riverside, Calif. - Resting some of their top athletes for the week, the 49ers still put together a number of good marks competing on the road non-scoring dual with Riverside Community College. The invite marks the final competition for the 49ers prior to the MPSF Indoor Championships at the end of the month.
The 49ers' had a number of good efforts from their young sprinters on the day. Freshman Brittany Yarde finished second in the 60-meter dash, and in a mid-distance 600m the Beach had a 1-2 finish from Ejiro Okoro and Denise Nunez. Nunez also grabbed a win in a 1,000m run for Long Beach State.
In the hurdles, two-sport athlete Kristen Kiefer came up with a season-high in the 60, finishing in first with a near sub-9.0 mark of 9.04. Yarde also had a solid finish in her second short-distance race, taking second.
Out on the field, Kristina Price won three different events, taking the shot put, discus and hammer throw by convincing margins, most impressively in the discus, where she won by nearly 12 meters over her nearest competition. The 49ers also picked up wins in the pole vault and long jump by Katie Crowe and Allison Sarell respectively.
For the men, freshman Kelsey Caesar put down a very fast time in the 60m dash, finishing in 7.04 seconds. In the middle distances, Alex Freitas was a dual-winner, taking both the 600m and 1000m runs for Long Beach State as well.
The 49ers had multiple winners for the men out on the field as well. David Sampson led a 49er podium sweep for the Beach in the shot put, one of two in the throwing events. Sampson also took third in the discus, an event that was won by Robert Jennings, with Ed Cornell taking second place.
