Saturday, April 15
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Long Beach State had a pair of event victories and six new top ten marks on Saturday.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Long Beach State track and field celebrated their seniors in their final meet at home on Saturday closing out the prestigious Beach Invitational. On the day, the team posted a pair of event victories and four new top ten marks.
Bryan Clay Invitational Results | Beach Invitational Results
The biggest headline of the day came out in Azusa, Calif. with Ryley Fick running in the women's 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational. The senior ran a 4:21.49 to break the Long Beach State record that had stood untouched for a decade. Finishing a second faster than Meghan Foley's mark set in 2013, it goes as Fick's second outdoor record this season.
Also in Azusa was the pair of Michael Phillips and Cristian Martinez in the men's 1500m. Phillips ran a time of 3:45.17 during the invitational heats, marking a new season best for the senior. Martinez ran in the open heats, finishing with a time of 3:48.61 marking a new PR and moving him into number 10 on the LBSU all-time list.
Back home at the Jack Rose Track, Kaitlyn Williams had another tremendous showing on Saturday, posting lifetime bests in both the 100m and the Long Jump. In the 100m Dash, she ran an 11.48 for a second place finish and ranks as the fourth fastest time in program history. In Long Jump, she topped her season best by over five inches and PR by an inch and a half, for 6.00m (19-8.25). That also ranks in the Long Beach State all-time top ten moving into sole possession of tenth and was good for a sixth-place finish.
Natasha Tehrani continues to improve on her PR each time out, clearing the bar at 3.92m (12-10.25). She moves into a tie for fifth all-time with her teammates Maggie Lear and Annie Murphy. She finished 16th overall in the event.
The fourth women's top ten mark came on the track courtesy of Alex Heerink-van Breda. The true freshman improved on her personal best in the 400m Hurdles by nearly a second, running a 1:00.01 to finish sixth. It moves her into eighth all-time in program history.
Mekhi Mays put himself into the all-time top ten with a lifetime best run in the 200m. With a time of 20.93, he finished second overall and moved into a tie for third in program history. Right there with him in the race was teammate Tristyn Flores who finished fourth at 21.17, a new personal best.
The duo also had tremendous showings in the 100m with Flores leading the pair with a wind-aided 10.33 to finish third. Mays ran a wind-aided 10.41 for a seventh-place finish.
Both event wins for the Beach came from men's track team. The first came in the men's 800m as Kash Powell continued his tremendous season. With a time of 1:48.14, he finished nearly a half second ahead of the runner-up to win the race. Not far behind him was teammate, Mohammed Mohamed, finishing fourth with a time of 1:49.49.
The second event win came in a dominant one-two finish from Leon Jett and Caleb Roberson in the 400m Hurdles. Jett posted a 0.11 improvement on his personal best to take the top podium spot at 52.30. Roberson was the runner-up in the race crossing the line in 52.45 seconds, just shy of his own personal best.
Some other impressive finishes for the Beach include a pair of top ten finishes from Rahni Turner. In the 100m, she crossed the line in 13.28 for a second-place finish in a field of 64 competitors and then competed in Long Jump later in the day, finishing eighth with an 8.75in PR improvement at 5.99m (19-8). On the men's side, in the jumps, Elijah Harris came out top ten with a mark of 7.31m (23-11.75), a 3.75in PR improvement.
Long Beach State is off next week, but will return to action on April 28-29 for the Steve Scott Invitational at UC Irvine.
Bryan Clay Invitational Results | Beach Invitational Results
The biggest headline of the day came out in Azusa, Calif. with Ryley Fick running in the women's 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational. The senior ran a 4:21.49 to break the Long Beach State record that had stood untouched for a decade. Finishing a second faster than Meghan Foley's mark set in 2013, it goes as Fick's second outdoor record this season.
Also in Azusa was the pair of Michael Phillips and Cristian Martinez in the men's 1500m. Phillips ran a time of 3:45.17 during the invitational heats, marking a new season best for the senior. Martinez ran in the open heats, finishing with a time of 3:48.61 marking a new PR and moving him into number 10 on the LBSU all-time list.
Back home at the Jack Rose Track, Kaitlyn Williams had another tremendous showing on Saturday, posting lifetime bests in both the 100m and the Long Jump. In the 100m Dash, she ran an 11.48 for a second place finish and ranks as the fourth fastest time in program history. In Long Jump, she topped her season best by over five inches and PR by an inch and a half, for 6.00m (19-8.25). That also ranks in the Long Beach State all-time top ten moving into sole possession of tenth and was good for a sixth-place finish.
Natasha Tehrani continues to improve on her PR each time out, clearing the bar at 3.92m (12-10.25). She moves into a tie for fifth all-time with her teammates Maggie Lear and Annie Murphy. She finished 16th overall in the event.
The fourth women's top ten mark came on the track courtesy of Alex Heerink-van Breda. The true freshman improved on her personal best in the 400m Hurdles by nearly a second, running a 1:00.01 to finish sixth. It moves her into eighth all-time in program history.
Mekhi Mays put himself into the all-time top ten with a lifetime best run in the 200m. With a time of 20.93, he finished second overall and moved into a tie for third in program history. Right there with him in the race was teammate Tristyn Flores who finished fourth at 21.17, a new personal best.
The duo also had tremendous showings in the 100m with Flores leading the pair with a wind-aided 10.33 to finish third. Mays ran a wind-aided 10.41 for a seventh-place finish.
Both event wins for the Beach came from men's track team. The first came in the men's 800m as Kash Powell continued his tremendous season. With a time of 1:48.14, he finished nearly a half second ahead of the runner-up to win the race. Not far behind him was teammate, Mohammed Mohamed, finishing fourth with a time of 1:49.49.
The second event win came in a dominant one-two finish from Leon Jett and Caleb Roberson in the 400m Hurdles. Jett posted a 0.11 improvement on his personal best to take the top podium spot at 52.30. Roberson was the runner-up in the race crossing the line in 52.45 seconds, just shy of his own personal best.
Some other impressive finishes for the Beach include a pair of top ten finishes from Rahni Turner. In the 100m, she crossed the line in 13.28 for a second-place finish in a field of 64 competitors and then competed in Long Jump later in the day, finishing eighth with an 8.75in PR improvement at 5.99m (19-8). On the men's side, in the jumps, Elijah Harris came out top ten with a mark of 7.31m (23-11.75), a 3.75in PR improvement.
Long Beach State is off next week, but will return to action on April 28-29 for the Steve Scott Invitational at UC Irvine.
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