Long Beach State University
Cal/Nevada Championships
LBSU men finish second at Cal-Nevada Championships
3/28/2010 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
March 28, 2010
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Long Beach State track and field team closed out the Cal-Nevada Championships Sunday afternoon at UCLA's Drake Stadium. The 49er men finished the two-day meet in second place, while the women took 15th.
Sam Jeter continued to better his 400-meter hurdle time, clocking in with a new personal record and the ninth-fastest mark in school history (51.48) to finish second behind defending Big West champion Alex Wilright of UC Davis. Kenneth Medwood also came in third with a season-low 52.00.
Nimrod Piggee took sixth in the 110m hurdle finals, crossing the finish line in 14.46 seconds.
In the 1500-meter run, Mark Thomas netted a Big West qualifying mark, finishing in a lifetime-best 3:56.41.
The 49ers also had a pair of fourth-place showings in both relay events. The quartet of Nathan Alade, Piggee, Richard Crawford and Jeter completed the 4x100 in 41.48 seconds, while Medwood, Crawford, Jonathan Evans and Jeter combined for a mark of 3:13.83 in the 4x400.
Cesar Puga highlighted the field events for LBSU as he won the discus with a personal-record 181-02. Puga also scored in the shot put, placing eighth overall with another lifetime best (53-05).
Kevin Jenkins and Cameron Gillett put points on the board for The Beach in the triple jump. Jenkins took third with a leap of 46-04, while Gillett placed sixth overall with a season-best 44-00.50.
On the women's side, Jessica Barnard established a lifetime-best 2:14.19 in the 800-meter as she finished seventh in the finals.
Alexandra Cervantes notched a Big West qualifying mark in the shot put as she posted a third-place performance with a lifetime-best 43-00.25.
In the high jump, Tayler O'Connor led a trio of 49ers as she finished fifth overall, clearing 5-06. Katrina Graves-Johnson also scored with a ninth-place showing, while Sara Macey came in 12th.
Long Beach State will take a week off from competition before it heads to Irvine for the Big West Challenge on Friday, April 9.
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