LBSU Hosts PCI & Beach Invitational This Week

Wednesday, April 16

Azusa, Calif.

06:25 p.m.

Long Beach State University

Bryan Clay Invitational

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4/16/2025 8:23:00 AM | Track and Field

The Beach will send distance runners to the Bryan Clay Invitational

By: Matt Turk, Associate Athletic Communications Director

THE STARTING GUN
Wednesday, Apr. 16
Bryan Clay Invitational
6:25 p.m.
Cougar Athletic Stadium • Azusa, Calif.
Live Stats • Flo Track

Thursday, Apr. 17
Bryan Clay Invitational
Men's Open 5000m • 7 a.m. • Women's Open 5000m • 8:05 a.m.
• Women's Invite 800m • 3:50 p.m. • Men's Invite 800m • 5:30 p.m.
Cougar Athletic Stadium • Azusa, Calif.
Live Stats • Flo Track

Thursday, Apr. 17
Pacific Coast Invitational
Throws • 8 a.m. • Jumps • 9 a.m. • Track • 11:15 a.m. •
Jack Rose Track • Long Beach, Calif.
Live Stats •

Friday, Apr. 18
Beach Invitational
Field • 9 a.m. • Track • 10 a.m.
Jack Rose Track • Long Beach, Calif.
Live Stats •

Friday, Apr. 18
Bryan Clay Invitational
Women's Open 1500m • 5 p.m. • Men's Open 1500m • 6 p.m.
Cougar Athletic Stadium • Azusa, Calif.
Live Stats • Flo Track

Saturday, Apr. 19
Beach Invitational
Field • 10 a.m. • Track • 10:15 a.m.
Jack Rose Track • Long Beach, Calif.
Live Stats •

THIS WEEK AT HOME
This busiest home week of the Long Beach State track and field season is upon the squad. The action gets underway on Thursday with the Pacific Coast Invitational.

57 teams making up 1,815 entries from NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, the NAIA, and Canada are currently entered. The PCI begins with the throwing events at 8 a.m. The jumps get going at 9:30 a.m. The running events start at 11:15 a.m.

The 29th Beach Invitational is set for Friday and Saturday. 74 teams from D-1, D-2, and Canada are joined by six clubs (AthleteX, Elite Sports, EVO, Leap Squad, S.H.A.R.K.S, and Valor) to make up 2,335 entries currently set to come to Jack Rose Track. On Friday, the track events begin with the Men's Gold Invitational 10,000m at 9 a.m. The field events start at 10 a.m.. Saturday's field events begin at 10 a.m., with the track events starting at 10:15 a.m.

Featured entries for the competitions include Long Beach State grad Julian Weir. A Commonwealth Games Bronze medalist, she is ranked 51st in the world in the hammer (239-10). She is entered in both the PCI and the Beach Invitational.

Celara Barnes, the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field National Champion in the 60m and former NACAC Champion, is expected to run in the Beach Invitational's Invite 100m and 200m and is currently ranked No. 15 in the world in the 100m.

Destina Smith-Barnett of Liberia is entered in the Beach Invitational's Invite 100m and 200m. She holds a 10.99 100m personal best and is ranked 32nd in the world. Smith-Barnett won the bronze in the 60m at the 2023 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

On the men's side, Hunter Garretson of Akron enters the PCI and Beach Invitational in the pole vault. He is the NACAC U23 champion and qualified for the 2024 USA Olympic Trials after recording the top mark in the pole vault during the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Season (19-1 1/2).

Harrison Williams, a 2024 US Olympian in the decathlon is entered in the Beach Invitational long jump, Beach Invitational javelin, and Beach Invitational 400m hurdles invite. Williams was a six-time All-American at Stanford, winning the heptathlon at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships. He has been ranked as high as No. 7 worldwide in the decathlon.

Team USA Paralympians Catarina Guimares (Long Jump), Noelle Lambert (Long Jump), and Lindi Marcusen (Long Jump) will compete in the Beach Invitational.

THE BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL
The Beach will send a limited number of distance competitors to the Bryan Clay Invitational, held from Apr. 16-18 in Azusa.

Mackenzie Hack will run in the women's open 3000m steeplechase on Wednesday at 6:25 p.m.

Mario Tavares is entered in the men's open 5000m, which begins at 7 a.m. on Thursday, while Marikay Schwab will run in the women's open 5000m, which starts at 8:05 a.m. Both races are a part of The Breakfast with Beynon program.

Leia Jones has been selected for the women's 800m invite which begins at 3:50 p.m. on Thursday.

Cristian Martinez, Kyle Reden, and Cameron Rhone are entered in the men's 800m invite on Thursday, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

On Friday, Hack and Jadyn Palaschuk have entries accepted for the women's 1500m that starts at 5 p.m.

Jay Brown, Cameron Gill, Martinez, and Levi Taylor's entries are accepted for the men's open 1500m that gets underway at 6 p.m.

INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
On the current NCAA Division I Outdoor Qualifying List, Kyle Jankans is third in the high jump (7-3), while Ryan Gregory is 11 in the decathlon (7,557).

On the current NCAA Division I Outdoor Qualifying List, Rahni Turner is 29th in the 100m hurdles (13.30), Sofia Lavreshina is 30th in the 400m hurdles (58.13), and Rahni Turner is 40th in the 400m (53.06).

Here is the current list for the Long Beach State men.
Here is the current list for the Long Beach State women;

TEAM RANKINGS
In this week's USTFCCAA TFRI Outdoor Checkpoint, the Long Beach State men are ranked 42nd in the National TFRI Team Summary. In the West Regional TFRI, LBSU is ranked third. In the conference TFRI Team Summary, the Beach is third. In the Event Squad Summary, Long Beach State is ranked sixth in the high jump and sixth in the triple jump.

The LBSU women are ranked 132nd in the National TFRI Team Summary. In the West Regional TFRI, LBSU is ranked 10th. In the conference TFRI Team Summary, the Beach is second. In the Event Squad Summary, Long Beach State is ranked seventh in the high jump and ninth in the 100m hurdles.

THE LAST TIME OUT
Tori Plummer reset her career bests in all seven events of the heptathlon at the Bryan Clay Multis last week in Azusa. She finished fourth in the C section. The full recaps are here;
Day 1
Day 2

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