Denness-Lamont Breaks Wins Big West Javelin With New School Record

Friday, May 10

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

10:00 a.m.

Long Beach State University

Big West Championships

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Denness-Lamont Breaks Wins Big West Javelin With New School Record

5/10/2024 7:36:00 PM | Track and Field

Long Beach State leads the women's competition; LBSU men fourth

By: Matt Turk, Associate Athletic Communications Director

Day 1 Results

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.—The Long Beach State women's track and field team leads as the Beach men sit fourth after day one of the Big West Championships Friday at the Miller & Capriotti Athletics Complex.

WOMEN
Rori Denness-Lamont won the javelin in style, breaking her school record on her sixth and final throw with a toss of 174-8. Denness-Lamont, who entered the meet as the No. 1 seed in the event, took home top honors by nearly 26 feet over second-place Malia Benson of UC Santa Barbara. Her championship throw was only the fourth time a Big West Javelin champion threw at least 170 feet during the competition. Denness-Lamont is the ninth LBSU javelin thrower to win the Big West title, the first since 2021 when Hannah Katches was victorious.

To finish second, Annie Murphy cleared the sixth-highest mark in the pole vault in school history, 12-10 3/4. Two other Long Beach State entries scored in the pole vault. Charlotte O'Connor tied for third with Cal State Bakersfield's Miranda Miller as the duo went 12-4 3/4. Natasha Tehrani was seventh (11-10 3/4).

In the long jump, Tayah DeSousa was fifth (19-7), with KiiKii Brown coming in seventh (18-9 1/4).

Maddie Franco finished eighth in the 3000m steeplechase at 11:07.36.

Preliminary Event Highlights
Rahni Turner turned in the fastest qualifying time in the 100m hurdles, 13.29. Hailey Fune' was second, running 13.42.

Sofia Lavreshina ran the fastest 400m preliminary time, 54.25, which is the fourth-quickest in school history.

Long Beach State has scored 48.5 points. UC Irvine and Cal Poly are tied for second with 46 points.

MEN
Nikolaj Freschlin finished second in the javelin with a toss of 211-4. Freschlin led Liam Miksic of UC Irvine through the first five attempts until the final throw, when Miksic posted a throw of 211-9 to win the title.

Elijah Harris tied his season best in the long jump, 24-8 1/4, to place second. Aidan Turner (23-10 3/4) finished sixth.

Kyle Jankans was the runner-up in the high jump with a leap of 6-9.

Conrad Bernstein finished third in the javelin with a toss of 199-2. Milo Orona recorded a new career-best to finish fifth, 193-5.

Canaan Wharry was third in the discus (176-0).

Preliminary Event Highlights
Kash Powell is the top qualifier in the 800m, posting a time of 1:50.59. He will be joined in the finals by Alex Kalmar (4th, 1:51.39), Connor Phillips (5th, 1:51.58), and Cristian Martinez (6th, 1:52.08).

Omri Shiff recorded the second-fastest 400m hurdles time in qualifying, 52.62. Caleb Robertson also made it to the finals, going 53.81.

Tristyn Flores qualified for the finals in two events. Flores was fourth in the prelims in the 200m (21.21) and seventh in the 100m (10.46).

Mario Tavares (eighth), Martinez (ninth, 3:53.17), and Kalmar (10th, 3:53.37) advanced to Saturday's final in the 1500m. Tavares ran a career-best time of 3:50.84.

Justin Watterson ran the seventh-fastest 110m hurdles time in school history, 13.99, to qualify fourth for the finals.

Long Beach State has scored 50 points. Cal Poly leads with 64. Cal State Fullerton is second (59), and UC Irvine is third (55).

UP NEXT
The Big West Championships conclude on Saturday. The field events begin at 10 a.m., and the track events begin at 1 p.m. ESPN+ will have coverage beginning at noon.

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