Beach Track and Field Welcomes 10 Jumpers/Multi Athletes
1/16/2025 8:45:00 AM | Indoor Track, Track and Field
The incoming recruiting class is made up of five women and five men
LONG BEACH, Calif.— This week, we continue to look at the newcomers to the Long Beach State Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field program. LBSU welcomes 10 new jumpers/multi athletes for the upcoming 2025 indoor and outdoor campaigns.
Kendra Daniels • 6-0 • High Jump/Heptathlon • Fr. • Orcutt, Calif. • Righetti HS
A 2024 graduate of Righetti High School … Finished eighth in the high jump at the 2023 CIF State Championships after winning the CIF Central Section Championship in the event with a prep-best leap of 5-6 … Placed seventh in the long jump and 13th in the 200m at the 2023 CIF Central Coast Championships … Was the runner-up in the high jump, seventh in the long jump, and 10th in the 200m at the 2023 CIF Division 1 Championships … Won the long jump, finished second in the high jump, and second in the 200m at the 2023 Mountain League Championships … Prep-bests were 5-6 in the high jump, 17-7 in the long jump, and 25.79 in the 200m … Played soccer and volleyball in high school, earning second-team All-League honors in both sports as a senior.
Quinten Flowers • 6-4 • Jumps • Jr. • Riverside, Calif. • Riverside City College • Hillcrest HS
Prior to LBSU: Helped lead Riverside City College to second place at the 2024 3C2A Track Championships and the program's 16th consecutive Orange Empire Conference (OEC) Championship … Finished fourth in the triple jump (46-1 1/2) at the 2024 3C2A Championships … Placed second in the triple jump at the 3C2A So Cal Championships … Won the long jump and the triple jump at the 2024 OEC Championships.
Sophie Garrou • 5-1 • Pole Vault • So. • Wilmette, Ill. • Chapman • New Trier HS
Prior to LBSU: Posted a season-best 11-10 in the pole vault for Chapman at the Redlands Final Qualifier to place second … Finished fourth in the pole vault at the SCIAC Championships … Won the pole vault at the SCIAC Multi Dual … Was second in the pole vault at the Oxy Invitational, Team for Titus & Ely Invitational and was third at the RCC Early Bird.
High School: A 2023 graduate of New Trier High School … A three-time Illinois State High School Associate State Qualifier … Holds the Outdoor Conference Record in the pole vault (11-4) … A three-time Central Suburban League Champion and two-time team captain … Lettered in field hockey and track in high school.
Ryan Gregory • 6-0 • Multi • Jr. • Owatonna, Minn. • Santa Barbara City College • Owatonna HS
Prior to LBSU: Won the 2024 3C2A Decathlon Championship, taking first in five of the 10 events and was named Field Athlete of the Meet … The 2024 3C2A SoCal Decathlon Champion and 400m hurdles runner-up … Won the 2024 Western State Conference titles in the 110m hurdles and the 400m hurdles and finished third in the high jump, third in the pole vault, fourth in the long jump, and fourth in the javelin … Finished third in the Decathlon at the 3C2A State meet … Was the runner-up in the Decathlon at the 3C2A SoCal Championships … Won the javelin and the 400m hurdles at the 2023 Western State Conference Championships … Also finished third in the 110m hurdles, fifth in the high jump, fifth in the pole vault, and fifth in the long jump at the 2023 Western State Championships.
High School: A 2022 graduate of Owatonna High School … Was the runner-up at the 2022 Minnesota State Track and Field Championships in the 300m hurdles … Won the Big 9 Conference, and section championships as a senior in the 300m hurdles … Holds the school record in the 300m hurdles … Lettered in hockey and soccer.
Claudine Raud-Gumiel • 5-7 • Multi • Gr. • Vence, France • ULM • Lycee Jean Mermoz HS
Prior to LBSU: Won the Heptathlon at the 2024 Sun Belt Conference Championships for ULM with a personal best score of 5,496 points … Won the Pentathlon at the 2024 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships … Recorded personal best in the pentathlon of 3,816 points at the 2024 New Mexico Collegiate Classic … Earned 2023 third-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in both the heptathlon and the pentathlon.
High School: A 2020 graduate of Lycee Jean Mermoz High School.
Madeline Scovil • 5-6 • Jumps • Jr. • San Luis Obispo, Calif. • Cuesta College • Arroyo Grande HS
Prior to LBSU: A member of the track and field team at Cuesta College from 2023-24 … Qualified for the 2023 3C2A Track and Field Championships … Finished fourth in the triple jump at the meet with a leap of 38-6 3/4, breaking the 25-year old school record by almost a 1/2 foot … Scored 35 of Cuesta's 95 total points over the final three meets of the 2023 season and was named Cuesta College's Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year … Qualified for the triple jump at the 2024 3C2A Championships and finished sixth … Won the triple jump at the 2023 and 2024 Western State Conference Championships … Finished third in the long jump at the 2023 and 2024 Western State Conference Championships … Was third in the triple jump at the 2023 3C2A SoCal Championships and fourth in the triple jump at the 2024 3C2A SoCal Championships.
High School: A 2022 graduate of Arroyo Grande High School … Qualified for the 2022 CIF State Track and Field Championships in the triple jump, finishing 10th … Was the runner-up in the triple jump at the CIF Central Section Masters and was fourth at the CIF-CS Division 1 Championships as a senior … Won the CIF-CS West Area Meet in the triple jump and finished second in the long jump as a junior … Swept the long jump and triple jump at the Mountain League Championships as a junior and again as a senior … Finished fourth in the pole vault at the Mountain League Championships as a senior … Prep-bests were 16-8 1/2 in the long jump, 37-6 1/2 in the triple jump, 10-0 in the pole vault, and 13.37 in the 100m. …
Tola Spencer • 6-1 • Jumps • Fr. • Sacramento, Calif. • Whitney HS
A 2024 graduate of Whitney High School … Qualified for the CIF State Track and Field Championships in the triple jump as a senior, finishing 12th … Won the 2024 SJS Masters in the triple jump with a prep-best leap of 47-9 … Won the 2024 CIF-SJS Division I Championships in the triple jump … Won the triple jump, finished second in the high jump, and was fifth in the long jump at the SFL League Championships as a senior … Posted prep-best in the long jump, 20-11, at the 2024 CIF-SJS Division I Championships … Prep-best in the high jump was 6-2 … A member of the basketball team at Whitney High School … A member of teams at Whitney High that won two SJS Section track championships and one basketball title … Earned school Scholar-Athlete and Honor Roll honors … A member of the Nor Cal Spartans Club program.
Moray Steward • 5-6 • Jumps • Jr. • San Luis Obispo, Calif. • Cuesta College • Arroyo Grande HS
Prior to LBSU: A member of the 2021 USA Paralympic Team as a guide runner for David Brown in the T11 100m where they advanced to the semifinals … The duo won the U.S. Paralympic Team Trials in the T11 100m … A member of the men's track and field team at San Diego Mesa College from 2022-23 … Finished second in the 100m and third in the 4x100m at the 2023 3C2A Track and Field Championships … Was second in the 100m and second in the 4x100m at the 2023 3C2A SoCal Championships … Won the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m at the 2023 PCAC Championships … Placed third in the 100m and 200m at the 2022 3C2A Championships in career-best times of 10.39 (100m) and 21.21 (200m) … Helped SDMC to seventh-place finish in the 4x100m … Was fourth in the 100m, fifth in the 200m, and second in the 4x100m at the 2022 3C2A SoCal Championships … Won the 100m and the 4x100m relay, and finished second at the 2022 PCAC Championships … Came in second in the 200m and fifth in the 100m at the 2022 Mt. SAC Relays.
High School: A 2019 graduate of Orange Glen High School … Qualified for the 2018 and 2019 CIF State Track and Field Championships in the 100m … Was fourth in the 100m at the state meet as a junior and was fourth as a senior in a prep-best time of 10.54 … Qualified for the 2019 CIF State Track Championships in the 200m and finished sixth … Was second in the 100m and 200m at the 2019 CIF San Diego Section Finals … Won the 2019 Coast Conference Finals in the 100m and 200m … Placed third in the 100m and 200m at the CIF San Diego Section Finals as a junior … Swept the 100m and 200m at the Coast Conference Finals as a junior … Was second in the 100m at the Valley League Finals and fifth at the CIF San Diego Section Finals as a freshman … Competed in football at Orange Glen
Grace Stoddart • 5-4 • Pole Vault • So. • Bozeman, Mont. • Eastern Washington • IMG Academy
Prior to LBSU: Posted an outdoor season-best of 12-0 1/2 in the pole vault at Arizona's 2024 Desert Heat Classic for Eastern Washington … Finished an outdoor-best third in the pole vault at the Whitworth Peace Meet … Was fourth in the pole vault at Whitworth's Sam Adams Classic … Indoor season-best in the pole vault was 11-11 3/4 at the UW Invite … Indoor season-best finish in the pole vault was sixth at the Spokane Invitational … Named Academic All-Conference and was a member of the Dean's List after posting a 4.0 GPA.
High School: A 2023 graduate of the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. … Won a pair of events as a senior … Was the runner-up at the 2023 New Balance Indoor Nationals with a prep-best leap of 12-3 ½ … Competed in the 2021 USATF National Junior Olympic Championships in the pole vault and triple jump.
Selected Academic All-State in both Soccer and Track and Field … A member of the National Honor Society after recording a 4.0 GPA.
Cytres Vives • 5-10 • Jumps • R-Jr. • Granada Hills, Calif. • Moorpark College • Bishop Alemany HS
Prior to LBSU: Was the runner-up in the high jump (6-8 3/4) for Moorpark College at the 2024 3C2A Championships … Won the high jump and finished ninth in the javelin at the 2024 3C2A So-Cal Championships … Won the high jump, placed third in the javelin, and was sixth in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 Western State Conference Championships … Finished fourth in the high jump at the 2022 3C2A Championships … Was third in the high jump at the 2022 3C2A So-Cal Championships.
High School: A 2021 graduate of Bishop Alemany High School … Won the CIF-SS Division 4 Finals and the Mission League Finals in the high jump as a senior … Won 6-of-7 high jump competitions during the 2021 season … Named team Athlete of the Year as a senior, graduating with a 3.5 grade point average … Entered 13 high jump competitions during in 2019, winning seven times … Placed third in the Mission League and sixth at the CIF-SS Division 3 Finals … Entered eight high jumps during the 2018 season and won five times … Was seventh in the high jump at the 2018 Mission/Sunshine League Finals.
Kendra Daniels • 6-0 • High Jump/Heptathlon • Fr. • Orcutt, Calif. • Righetti HS
A 2024 graduate of Righetti High School … Finished eighth in the high jump at the 2023 CIF State Championships after winning the CIF Central Section Championship in the event with a prep-best leap of 5-6 … Placed seventh in the long jump and 13th in the 200m at the 2023 CIF Central Coast Championships … Was the runner-up in the high jump, seventh in the long jump, and 10th in the 200m at the 2023 CIF Division 1 Championships … Won the long jump, finished second in the high jump, and second in the 200m at the 2023 Mountain League Championships … Prep-bests were 5-6 in the high jump, 17-7 in the long jump, and 25.79 in the 200m … Played soccer and volleyball in high school, earning second-team All-League honors in both sports as a senior.
Quinten Flowers • 6-4 • Jumps • Jr. • Riverside, Calif. • Riverside City College • Hillcrest HS
Prior to LBSU: Helped lead Riverside City College to second place at the 2024 3C2A Track Championships and the program's 16th consecutive Orange Empire Conference (OEC) Championship … Finished fourth in the triple jump (46-1 1/2) at the 2024 3C2A Championships … Placed second in the triple jump at the 3C2A So Cal Championships … Won the long jump and the triple jump at the 2024 OEC Championships.
Sophie Garrou • 5-1 • Pole Vault • So. • Wilmette, Ill. • Chapman • New Trier HS
Prior to LBSU: Posted a season-best 11-10 in the pole vault for Chapman at the Redlands Final Qualifier to place second … Finished fourth in the pole vault at the SCIAC Championships … Won the pole vault at the SCIAC Multi Dual … Was second in the pole vault at the Oxy Invitational, Team for Titus & Ely Invitational and was third at the RCC Early Bird.
High School: A 2023 graduate of New Trier High School … A three-time Illinois State High School Associate State Qualifier … Holds the Outdoor Conference Record in the pole vault (11-4) … A three-time Central Suburban League Champion and two-time team captain … Lettered in field hockey and track in high school.
Ryan Gregory • 6-0 • Multi • Jr. • Owatonna, Minn. • Santa Barbara City College • Owatonna HS
Prior to LBSU: Won the 2024 3C2A Decathlon Championship, taking first in five of the 10 events and was named Field Athlete of the Meet … The 2024 3C2A SoCal Decathlon Champion and 400m hurdles runner-up … Won the 2024 Western State Conference titles in the 110m hurdles and the 400m hurdles and finished third in the high jump, third in the pole vault, fourth in the long jump, and fourth in the javelin … Finished third in the Decathlon at the 3C2A State meet … Was the runner-up in the Decathlon at the 3C2A SoCal Championships … Won the javelin and the 400m hurdles at the 2023 Western State Conference Championships … Also finished third in the 110m hurdles, fifth in the high jump, fifth in the pole vault, and fifth in the long jump at the 2023 Western State Championships.
High School: A 2022 graduate of Owatonna High School … Was the runner-up at the 2022 Minnesota State Track and Field Championships in the 300m hurdles … Won the Big 9 Conference, and section championships as a senior in the 300m hurdles … Holds the school record in the 300m hurdles … Lettered in hockey and soccer.
Claudine Raud-Gumiel • 5-7 • Multi • Gr. • Vence, France • ULM • Lycee Jean Mermoz HS
Prior to LBSU: Won the Heptathlon at the 2024 Sun Belt Conference Championships for ULM with a personal best score of 5,496 points … Won the Pentathlon at the 2024 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships … Recorded personal best in the pentathlon of 3,816 points at the 2024 New Mexico Collegiate Classic … Earned 2023 third-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in both the heptathlon and the pentathlon.
High School: A 2020 graduate of Lycee Jean Mermoz High School.
Madeline Scovil • 5-6 • Jumps • Jr. • San Luis Obispo, Calif. • Cuesta College • Arroyo Grande HS
Prior to LBSU: A member of the track and field team at Cuesta College from 2023-24 … Qualified for the 2023 3C2A Track and Field Championships … Finished fourth in the triple jump at the meet with a leap of 38-6 3/4, breaking the 25-year old school record by almost a 1/2 foot … Scored 35 of Cuesta's 95 total points over the final three meets of the 2023 season and was named Cuesta College's Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year … Qualified for the triple jump at the 2024 3C2A Championships and finished sixth … Won the triple jump at the 2023 and 2024 Western State Conference Championships … Finished third in the long jump at the 2023 and 2024 Western State Conference Championships … Was third in the triple jump at the 2023 3C2A SoCal Championships and fourth in the triple jump at the 2024 3C2A SoCal Championships.
High School: A 2022 graduate of Arroyo Grande High School … Qualified for the 2022 CIF State Track and Field Championships in the triple jump, finishing 10th … Was the runner-up in the triple jump at the CIF Central Section Masters and was fourth at the CIF-CS Division 1 Championships as a senior … Won the CIF-CS West Area Meet in the triple jump and finished second in the long jump as a junior … Swept the long jump and triple jump at the Mountain League Championships as a junior and again as a senior … Finished fourth in the pole vault at the Mountain League Championships as a senior … Prep-bests were 16-8 1/2 in the long jump, 37-6 1/2 in the triple jump, 10-0 in the pole vault, and 13.37 in the 100m. …
Tola Spencer • 6-1 • Jumps • Fr. • Sacramento, Calif. • Whitney HS
A 2024 graduate of Whitney High School … Qualified for the CIF State Track and Field Championships in the triple jump as a senior, finishing 12th … Won the 2024 SJS Masters in the triple jump with a prep-best leap of 47-9 … Won the 2024 CIF-SJS Division I Championships in the triple jump … Won the triple jump, finished second in the high jump, and was fifth in the long jump at the SFL League Championships as a senior … Posted prep-best in the long jump, 20-11, at the 2024 CIF-SJS Division I Championships … Prep-best in the high jump was 6-2 … A member of the basketball team at Whitney High School … A member of teams at Whitney High that won two SJS Section track championships and one basketball title … Earned school Scholar-Athlete and Honor Roll honors … A member of the Nor Cal Spartans Club program.
Moray Steward • 5-6 • Jumps • Jr. • San Luis Obispo, Calif. • Cuesta College • Arroyo Grande HS
Prior to LBSU: A member of the 2021 USA Paralympic Team as a guide runner for David Brown in the T11 100m where they advanced to the semifinals … The duo won the U.S. Paralympic Team Trials in the T11 100m … A member of the men's track and field team at San Diego Mesa College from 2022-23 … Finished second in the 100m and third in the 4x100m at the 2023 3C2A Track and Field Championships … Was second in the 100m and second in the 4x100m at the 2023 3C2A SoCal Championships … Won the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m at the 2023 PCAC Championships … Placed third in the 100m and 200m at the 2022 3C2A Championships in career-best times of 10.39 (100m) and 21.21 (200m) … Helped SDMC to seventh-place finish in the 4x100m … Was fourth in the 100m, fifth in the 200m, and second in the 4x100m at the 2022 3C2A SoCal Championships … Won the 100m and the 4x100m relay, and finished second at the 2022 PCAC Championships … Came in second in the 200m and fifth in the 100m at the 2022 Mt. SAC Relays.
High School: A 2019 graduate of Orange Glen High School … Qualified for the 2018 and 2019 CIF State Track and Field Championships in the 100m … Was fourth in the 100m at the state meet as a junior and was fourth as a senior in a prep-best time of 10.54 … Qualified for the 2019 CIF State Track Championships in the 200m and finished sixth … Was second in the 100m and 200m at the 2019 CIF San Diego Section Finals … Won the 2019 Coast Conference Finals in the 100m and 200m … Placed third in the 100m and 200m at the CIF San Diego Section Finals as a junior … Swept the 100m and 200m at the Coast Conference Finals as a junior … Was second in the 100m at the Valley League Finals and fifth at the CIF San Diego Section Finals as a freshman … Competed in football at Orange Glen
Grace Stoddart • 5-4 • Pole Vault • So. • Bozeman, Mont. • Eastern Washington • IMG Academy
Prior to LBSU: Posted an outdoor season-best of 12-0 1/2 in the pole vault at Arizona's 2024 Desert Heat Classic for Eastern Washington … Finished an outdoor-best third in the pole vault at the Whitworth Peace Meet … Was fourth in the pole vault at Whitworth's Sam Adams Classic … Indoor season-best in the pole vault was 11-11 3/4 at the UW Invite … Indoor season-best finish in the pole vault was sixth at the Spokane Invitational … Named Academic All-Conference and was a member of the Dean's List after posting a 4.0 GPA.
High School: A 2023 graduate of the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. … Won a pair of events as a senior … Was the runner-up at the 2023 New Balance Indoor Nationals with a prep-best leap of 12-3 ½ … Competed in the 2021 USATF National Junior Olympic Championships in the pole vault and triple jump.
Selected Academic All-State in both Soccer and Track and Field … A member of the National Honor Society after recording a 4.0 GPA.
Cytres Vives • 5-10 • Jumps • R-Jr. • Granada Hills, Calif. • Moorpark College • Bishop Alemany HS
Prior to LBSU: Was the runner-up in the high jump (6-8 3/4) for Moorpark College at the 2024 3C2A Championships … Won the high jump and finished ninth in the javelin at the 2024 3C2A So-Cal Championships … Won the high jump, placed third in the javelin, and was sixth in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 Western State Conference Championships … Finished fourth in the high jump at the 2022 3C2A Championships … Was third in the high jump at the 2022 3C2A So-Cal Championships.
High School: A 2021 graduate of Bishop Alemany High School … Won the CIF-SS Division 4 Finals and the Mission League Finals in the high jump as a senior … Won 6-of-7 high jump competitions during the 2021 season … Named team Athlete of the Year as a senior, graduating with a 3.5 grade point average … Entered 13 high jump competitions during in 2019, winning seven times … Placed third in the Mission League and sixth at the CIF-SS Division 3 Finals … Entered eight high jumps during the 2018 season and won five times … Was seventh in the high jump at the 2018 Mission/Sunshine League Finals.
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