AZUSA, Calif. – The UC Davis Track and Field team concluded its Southern California road swing on Saturday, April 18, at the Bryan Clay Invitational. Highlighting the final day of competition, Zach Jones took first place in the 100m Dash as the Aggies secured eleven top-10 finishes to close out the weekend.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (MEN)

Zachary Jones provided the performance of the day on the track, sprinting to a first-place finish in the 100m Dash with a time of 10.62. Jones also anchored the men's 4x100m relay team featuring Jacob Beals, Erik Erdiakoff, and Riley Leyva, which clocked a 41.24 to secure an eighth-place finish overall.

In the throwing events, Jake Joerger earned two top-10 placements, taking eighth in the Discus (48.47m) and ninth in the Shot Put Invite section. Logan Brantley followed suit in the Shot Put Open section, finishing seventh with a toss of 15.29m.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (WOMEN)
 
The Aggie women saw strong performances in the vertical jumps as Daisy Penney and Atianna Marquez finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the Pole Vault after both cleared 3.80m. In the Shot Put, Maya Ifo-Desai earned a fifth-place finish with a mark of 13.29m and placed 10th in the Discus (44.96m).
 
In the Long Jump, Kadidja Sangare took seventh in the Invite section with a leap of 5.83m, while Riley Lankford placed seventh in the Open section with a mark of 5.66m.
 
UP NEXT: The Aggies return home to host Sacramento State for the Causeway Classic Dual on Friday, April 24.
 
UC DAVIS RESULTS
Bryan Clay Invitational | Azusa, Calif
 
FIELD EVENTS
Discus (M): (1. Tarajh Hudson, Northwestern St., 53.37m) 8. Jake Joerger, 48.47m; 13. Logan Brantley, 45.45m; 14. Adan Santiago, 44.91m
Discus (W): (1. Eliska Zahradnickova, Northwestern St., 52.69m) 10. Maya Ifo-Desai, 44.96m; 13. Ningning O'Brien, 42.86m
Shot Put (M - Invite): (1. La'Darion Dudley, Northwestern St., 17.51m) 9. Jake Joerger, 14.86m
Shot Put (M - Open): (1. Jacob Behrman, Western Oregon, 16.30m) 7. Logan Brantley, 15.29m
Shot Put (W): (1. Rose Forshaw, Hawaii, 13.96m) 5. Maya Ifo-Desai, 13.29m; Chinyere Egbuziem – DNS
Pole Vault (W): (1. Eva Lowder, Grand Canyon, 4.35m) 5. Daisy Penney, 3.80m; 6. Atianna Marquez, 3.80m; Shae Wright – DNS
Long Jump (M): (1. Jaden Rucker, UC San Diego, 7.52m) 23. Zachary Jones, 6.93m; 27. Darren Randolph, 6.86m; Anderson Lin – FOUL
Long Jump (W - Invite): (1. Sydney Johnson, UCLA, 6.46m) 7. Kadidja Sangare, 5.83m; 10. Kylee Davis, 5.64m
Long Jump (W - Open): (1. Brenna Schwada, Kansas, 5.90m) 7. Riley Lankford, 5.66m
 
TRACK EVENTS
100m (M): 1. Zachary Jones, 10.62
4x100m Relay (M): (1. Stanislaus State, 40.58) 8. UC Davis (Beals, Erdiakoff, Jones, Leyva), 41.24
400m HH (M): (1. Jordan Cortner, Tiffin, 50.24) 23. Kathir Balakrishnan, 54.25
400m HH (W): (1. Sidney Smith, Kansas, 58.79) 33. Avah Reichow, 1:03.76; 38. Elle Middleton, 1:05.43; 39. Ashleigh Christy, 1:05.99
400m (M): (1. Evan Sanni-Thomas, Tulsa, 46.12) 58. Erik Erdiakoff, 49.32
400m (W): (1. Dianne Proctor, Edmonton Royals, 52.51) 45. Anicia Garvin, 56.31
1500m (M - Open B): (1. Gabe Nash, Nebraska, 3:46.37) 121. Frank Ramisch, 3:55.83
1500m (M - Open C): (1. David Locke, Bradley, 3:52.45) 121. Christian Taylor, 4:02.55
1500m (W): (1. Mia Perez, Texas, 4:26.63) 21. Gracie Trenam, 4:31.42
200m (W): (1. Zion Corrales Nelson, Evo Track Club, 23.09) 31. Anicia Garvin, 24.63; 39. Rujeko Munetsi, 24.84
 
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UC Davis, the No. 2 ranked public university by the Wall Street Journal, is home to 40,000 undergraduate students and 12,000 employees. Ranked No. 1 in Agriculture and Forestry as well as No. 1 in Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis is located in a true California college town nestled between world-class destinations such as the San Francisco Bay Area, Napa Valley and Lake Tahoe. Over 650 Aggie student-athletes compete in 25 Division I varsity sports, with 16 sports transitioning to the Mountain West Conference beginning in 2026–27. 

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