Aggies Secure 16 Event Victories at Causeway Classic Dual

Track and Field 4/29/2022 9:40:00 PM

Aggies Secure 16 Event Victories at Causeway Classic Dual

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The UC Davis track & field team won 16 event titles at the annual Causeway Classic Dual Friday evening at Hornet Stadium.
The Aggies went 1-through-8 in the 5,000m with six times that are in the top-10 fastest in program history. Brianna Weidler entered the top-10 list by winning the event with a 16:22.75 to jump to sixth all-time. Gillian Meeks now is seventh on the list with a 16:23.43, while Chloe Arriaga follows in eighth at 16:24.17. Sierra Atkins improved her time on the list with a time of 16:25.74 to rank ninth and Madison Kackley hit a PR as well with a 16:28.21 to sit 10^th.
In the women's field events, Sierra Meier leaped to a victory in the high jump with the seventh best mark in school history with a clearance of 5-7.25 (1.71m). The Ags swept the pole vault as Sydney McCann won with a 12-9.50 (3.90m) to now rank eighth in the school annals.
Kerrington Smith continued her consistency in the triple jump by winning the event with a mark of 39-2.50 (11.95m). Marlene Gutierrez won two events for UC Davis, going 45-7.00 (13.89) in the shot put and 188-10 (57.55m) in the hammer. Katrina Meier rounded out the Aggies with a throw of 110-11 (33.80m) to win the javelin.
In the men's dual on the track Matthew Okonkwo used a barely windy +2.3 to break the 21-second barrier with a 20.89 to win the event. Max Glasser followed at 21.33. Okonkwo also claimed the 400m title with a 47.00. Glasser was also the runner-up in the 100m with a 10.55 (+2.8).
The Ags secured three victories in the distance events as Isaiah Galindo won by over five seconds in the 800m with a 1:52.59. Ivan Mendez claimed the 1,500m with a 3:57.10 and Austin Vasquez cruised to a win in the 5,000m with a 15:08.28.

Joey Monti won the 400m hurdles with a 55.06 and the quartet of Kurtis Lee, Jared Jones, Glasser and David Hunter won the 4x100m relay with a 40.88. Glasser, Okonkwo, Jones and Brody Roberts capped off the meet with a 3:22.46 to win the 4x400m relay. In the field, Corey Moore won the discus with a throw of 171-07 (52.31m).

UC Davis fell in both competitions as Sacramento State won the dual on the women's side, 106-81, while the men were upended, 95-79.

The Aggies will begin postseason competition as UC Davis hosts the Big West Championships, beginning with the multis on Friday, May 6.