LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Competing at a multitude of meets, the Aggies won three events, collected a dozen personal records, and set four new all-time top-ten standards in Saturday's action.
Cal State Fullerton hosted the Titan Team Challenge, where Erika Contreras and Marlene Gutierrez highlighted the meet for the Aggies. Contreras, who had already broken into UC Davis' top-ten in the hammer throw, set a new PR in both the hammer and the discus throws. In hammer, Contreras took home the event title, throwing 54.90m (180-01), bettering her previous best of 51.00m (167-04) by nearly four meters, and improving to fifth all-time. Contreras continued her success in the discus, placing sixth overall, with a mark of 45.94m (150-09), landing her tied for eighth all-time with Hannah Royall as the first new top-ten in two seasons. Not to be outdone, Gutierrez also PR'ed in both of her events — the hammer and the shot put — writing her name in the shot put records as ninth all-time at 13.87m (45-06.25) in her freshman season.
Also competing in Southern California, Kyle Clancy broke the 14.50 second barrier in the 110m high hurdles for the first time, finishing with a personal best of 14.30 at the UCLA Jim Bush Legends Invitational. Clancy's finish improved his previously eighth all-time mark, ranking him above teammate Anthony Easter for sixth all-time. In the men's 400m, Anthony Easter finished fourth overall in his debut in the event, running 48.22. Freshman Max Glasser was not far behind, improving upon his previous PR of 48.79, crossing in 48.48.
In the field portion of the meet, Drake Foote recorded a PR for the third consecutive meet, this time clearing 2.07m (6-09.50) in the high jump to finish fourth overall in the "elite" flight. Also seeing success, Drew Xandrine-Anderson won the men's triple jump with 15.31m (50-02.75), and was the only competitor to land beyond 15 meters.
In Northern California, Xolan Brown represented the Aggies at the prestigious Stanford Invitational, competing in the men's 800m run. Brown finished 22nd overall with a season-best time of 1:52.46, putting him on the bubble to qualify for the NCAA West Regional in May.
With a slight schedule change, the Aggies will be heading to Arizona State's 40th Annual Sun Angel Classic next weekend, April 5-6, instead of New Mexico's Tailwind Invite.
Stanford Invitational
Stanford, Calif.
Men's 800m
1. Yared Nuguse, Notre Dame, 1:48.29
22. Xolan Brown, UC Davis, 1:52.46
Titan Team Challenge
Fullerton, Calif.
Field Events:
Men's Hammer Throw
1. Trevor Gorwin, Cal State Fullerton, 59.21/194-03
6. Michael Pertusati, UC Davis, 53.72/176-03
Women's Hammer Throw
1. Erika Contreras, UC Davis, 54.90/180-01*
9. Marlene Gutierrez, UC Davis, 47.91/157-02*
Men's Shot Put
1. Zach Hawley, Cornell, 16.47/54-00.50
4. Greg Richardson, UC Davis, 15.83/51-11.25
Women's Discus Throw
1. Bertha Sola, Cal State Fullerton, 49.36/161-11
5. Erika Contreras, UC Davis, 45.94/150-09*
Men's Discus Throw
1. Corbin Chronister, CSU Bakersfield, 50.57/165-11
3. Michael Pertusati, UC Davis, 49.30/161-09
6. Greg Richardson, UC Davis, 45.67/149-10
Women's Shot Put
1. Leena Morris, Cornell, 14.51/47-07.25
4. Marlene Gutierrez, UC Davis, 13.87/45-06.25*
Track Events:
Women's 4x100m Relay
1. UC Davis A [Jazmen Bunch, Kieana Butler, Kierra Davis, Natsumi McGee], 45.72
Women's 100m Hurdles
1. Brittany Stenekes, Cornell, 13.99
Chelsea Daye, UC Davis, 18.02*
Women's 400m Dash
1. Dora Filipovic, Grand Canyon, 55.01
8. Mikaela Adolphus, UC Davis, 57.12
14. Chelsea Daye, UC Davis, 60.40
Women's 100m Dash
1. Kierra Davis, UC Davis, 12.11
4. Natsumi McGee, UC Davis, 12.18
5. Kieana Butler, UC Davis, 12.18
9. Jazmen Bunch, UC Davis, 12.34
Women's 800m Run
1. Samantha Huerta, Cal State Fullerton, 2:04.33
8. Shelby Hightower, UC Davis, 2:24.43
Women's 200m Dash
1. Martha Sam, Cornell, 24.52
2. Kieana Butler, UC Davis, 24.72
3. Natsumi McGee, UC Davis, 24.92
4. Jazmen Bunch, UC Davis, 24.99
8. Mikaela Adolphus, UC Davis, 25.51
11. Kierra Davis, UC Davis, 25.72
12. Chelsea Daye, UC Davis, 25.78
*Personal best mark
UCLA Jim Bush Legends Invite
Los Angeles, Calif.
Field Events:
Men's Long Jump
1. Harrison Schrage, UCLA, 7.41/24-03.75
— Drew Xandrine-Anderson, UC Davis, Foul
— Kyle Clancy, UC Davis, Foul
Men's Pole Vault
1. Tate Curran, UCLA, 5.15/16-10.75
3. Jered Española, UC Davis, 4.90/16-00.75
Men's High Jump Invite
1. Sean Lee, UCLA, 2.12/6-11.50
4. Drake Foote, UC Davis, 2.07/6-09.50*
8. Kyle Clancy, UC Davis, 1.97/6-05.50
Men's Triple Jump
1. Drew Xandrine-Anderson, UC Davis, 15.31/50-02.75
Track Events:
Men's 4x100m
DNS, UC Davis A [Dante Berggren, Max Glasser, Brandon Jetter, Fabio Kammler]
Women's 100m Hurdles
1. Danae Dyer, San Diego State, 13.73
12. Xjaedah Williams, UC Davis, 14.64
19. Sadye Peschke, UC Davis, 14.99*
Men's 110m Hurdles
1. Nick Johnson, Washington State, 14.06
2. Kyle Clancy , UC Davis, 14.30*
11. Drake Foote, UC Davis, 15.15
DNS, Jonathan Perry, UC Davis
Women's 400m Dash
1. Lisa-Anne Barrow, San Diego State, 54.70
9. Kirsten Carter, UC Davis, 57.31
Men's 400m Dash
1. Daniel Stokes, Cerritos, 46.30
4. Anthony Easter, UC Davis, 48.22*
8. Max Glasser, UC Davis, 48.48*
15. Dante Berggren, UC Davis, 49.24
Men's 100m Dash
1. Emmanuel Wells, Washington State, 10.50
7. Brandon Jetter, UC Davis, 10.80
16. Fabio Kammler, UC Davis, 10.98
Women's 400m Hurdles
1. Mackenzie Fletcher, Washington State, 1:00.89
6. Flora Oliveira, UC Davis, 1:02.49
8. Sadye Peschke, 1:03.40*
20. Xjaedah Williams, UC Davis, 1:08.14*
Women's 200m Dash
DNS, Kirsten Carter, UC Davis
Men's 200m Dash
DNS, Fabio Kammler, UC Davis
DNS, Brandon Jetter, UC Davis
DNS, Dante Berggren, UC Davis
DNS, Max Glasser, UC Davis
DNS, Anthony Easter, UC Davis
Men's 4x400m Relay
DNS, UC Davis [Dante Berggren, Max Glasser, Brandon Jetter, Anthony Easter]
*Personal best mark
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