Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
Cal-Nevada Championships
Bulldogs Battle at Cal-Nevadas
3/28/2009 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
March 28, 2009
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State completed the first day of the Cal-Nevada Championships in Los Angeles Saturday. With only six events complete, the men's team sits in fifth with 21 points and the women's team holds the seventh spot with 17.
"First day went well for the most part," said head coach Scott Winsor. "We had some really great performances across the board."
Sharon Ayala led the women's squad with an NCAA Regional qualifying mark and a second-place finish in the hammer throw. The senior tossed the hammer 200 feet, 5 inches (61.10 meters) to mark a season-best in her second outdoor meet of 2009.
Senior Grace Wiesmann marked a personal-best of 178-3 (54.33m) to finish sixth in the hammer. Wiesmann has improved on her NCAA Regional qualifying mark and personal-best nearly every week this season. Kayla Xavier rounded out the Bulldog's performance in the hammer, taking eighth and marking a personal-best 175-0 (53.33m) on the day.
Jacqueline Vazquez picked up a Top 10 finish in the javelin throw. Vazquez's 127-7 (38.88m) toss landed her eighth-place and a season-best. Pole vaulter Cara Montes also picked up a Top 10 placing, nabbing 10th with a clearance of 12-1.50 (3.70m).
Tiera Hilliard and Latrisha Jordan secured finals bids after Saturday's preliminary action. Hilliard ran a season-best 56.35 to earn a spot in the 400-meter final. Jordan ran the day's best time in the 400 hurdles, timing a 59.68.
On the men's side, Peter Krumeich beat out the 25-man field in the javelin throw with a toss of 197-5 (60.17m) to win the event.
Tim Greene picked up a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 189-11 (57.89m). Greene bested his former PR by a foot in the day's last event. Raul Gonzalez added to the Bulldog success in throws, nabbing seventh in the event with a new personal-best 181-10 (55.42m), beating his former mark by more than two feet.
Max Hernandez led the Bulldogs on the track, taking seventh in the 10,000. The sophomore timed a personal-best 32:13.55.
The Bulldog men qualified for finals in three events out of Saturday's prelims. Val-Pierre Dai'Re earned bids in both the 110 hurdles and the 400 hurdles. Dai'Re ran season-bests in both events, timing a 14.39 in the 110s and a 53.48 in the 400s. Kendrick Young will be joining Dai'Re in the 400 hurdle finals with a 53.48.
Senior Darryl Miller nabbed a spot in the finals of the 400, just .03 seconds off his season-best.
The Bulldogs take the field again on Sunday at UCLA's Drake Stadium. Competition begins at 7 a.m. with the women's discus, men's shot put and men's pole vault.
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