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Fick, Turner Break Own School Records on Day One of Stanford Invitational
3/31/2023 8:50:00 PM | Track and Field
The duo also enters the NCAA Top 10 of best times this season.
STANFORD, Calif. – Long Beach State had not one, but two school records broken on their first day of competition in Northern California. Breaking their own records, Ryley Fick and Rahni Turner set new school records in their respective events.
Day One Results
Turner broke her 100m Hurdle record twice today, first in the preliminary race and then again in the finals. Racing in heat four, the sophomore posted a 13.39 to win the heat and qualify for the final later in the day. In the 100mH final, she one-upped herself with a 13.21 to finish second overall. With that time, she has now improved the school by 0.28 seconds and has broken the school record a total of four times this season.
Fick entered the day with the 3000m Steeplechase record set during last season that saw her win Big West Women's Co-Track Athlete of the Year. On Friday, she improved that mark by just under nine full seconds posting a 10:12.84 at Stanford. Overall, she also finished second in the event competing against some of the nation's leaders.
In the rankings, the pair has entered the NCAA Top 10 for their events, based off times entering Friday's competitions. Both rank number six in the nation in their respective races.
Along with Turner, Hailey Fune posted an LBSU Top 10 time in the 100m Hurdles. After running a 14.13 in the prelims, she posted a 13.86 in the final matching her lifetime best. The time ranks tenth on the all-time list and gave her a fifth-place finish.
Elsewhere on the track, Tristyn Flores entered the Long Beach State all-time top ten for the 100m Dash. In the preliminary race, he was seventh overall with a 10.53 to qualify for the final later in the day. In that final, he posted a lifetime best time of 10.44 for a fourth-place finish. The time puts him at number four in LBSU history and in the top 50 of the NCAA this season.
The Beach saw a pair of field event top ten marks posted as well, coming in women's Pole Vault. Finishing one-two for the event, Maggie Lear and Annie Murphy each cleared the bar at 3.92m (12-10.25) for new lifetime bests. They both move into a three-way tie for fifth on LBSU's all-time list. Lear cleared the mark on her second attempt for the win with Murphy clearing it on her third.
Some other impressive finishes on day one of the Stanford Invitational include a runner-up finish in the men's 400m Hurdles for Caleb Roberson with a time of 52.12. The throwing pair of Sebastian Coleman and TJ Wiggins came out top five in men's Discus with marks of 54.37m (178-4) and 53.56m (175-8).
Turner and Fune also competed in a jumps event with Turner coming out as the runner-up in Long Jump with a wind-aided mark of 5.80m (19-0.5) and Fune finishing third in High Jump clearing 1.60m (5-3). Back on the track, Alex Heerink-van Breda was top five in the women's 400m Hurdles, posting a time of 1:01.29, just shy of her personal best.
Long Beach State will close out the Stanford Invitational with competition starting at 10 a.m. in Palo Alto.
Day One Results
Turner broke her 100m Hurdle record twice today, first in the preliminary race and then again in the finals. Racing in heat four, the sophomore posted a 13.39 to win the heat and qualify for the final later in the day. In the 100mH final, she one-upped herself with a 13.21 to finish second overall. With that time, she has now improved the school by 0.28 seconds and has broken the school record a total of four times this season.
Fick entered the day with the 3000m Steeplechase record set during last season that saw her win Big West Women's Co-Track Athlete of the Year. On Friday, she improved that mark by just under nine full seconds posting a 10:12.84 at Stanford. Overall, she also finished second in the event competing against some of the nation's leaders.
In the rankings, the pair has entered the NCAA Top 10 for their events, based off times entering Friday's competitions. Both rank number six in the nation in their respective races.
Along with Turner, Hailey Fune posted an LBSU Top 10 time in the 100m Hurdles. After running a 14.13 in the prelims, she posted a 13.86 in the final matching her lifetime best. The time ranks tenth on the all-time list and gave her a fifth-place finish.
Elsewhere on the track, Tristyn Flores entered the Long Beach State all-time top ten for the 100m Dash. In the preliminary race, he was seventh overall with a 10.53 to qualify for the final later in the day. In that final, he posted a lifetime best time of 10.44 for a fourth-place finish. The time puts him at number four in LBSU history and in the top 50 of the NCAA this season.
The Beach saw a pair of field event top ten marks posted as well, coming in women's Pole Vault. Finishing one-two for the event, Maggie Lear and Annie Murphy each cleared the bar at 3.92m (12-10.25) for new lifetime bests. They both move into a three-way tie for fifth on LBSU's all-time list. Lear cleared the mark on her second attempt for the win with Murphy clearing it on her third.
Some other impressive finishes on day one of the Stanford Invitational include a runner-up finish in the men's 400m Hurdles for Caleb Roberson with a time of 52.12. The throwing pair of Sebastian Coleman and TJ Wiggins came out top five in men's Discus with marks of 54.37m (178-4) and 53.56m (175-8).
Turner and Fune also competed in a jumps event with Turner coming out as the runner-up in Long Jump with a wind-aided mark of 5.80m (19-0.5) and Fune finishing third in High Jump clearing 1.60m (5-3). Back on the track, Alex Heerink-van Breda was top five in the women's 400m Hurdles, posting a time of 1:01.29, just shy of her personal best.
Long Beach State will close out the Stanford Invitational with competition starting at 10 a.m. in Palo Alto.
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