'Dogs head to Sacramento Saturday for final tune-up before hosting MW Championships

Saturday, May 5

Sacramento, Calif.

Fresno State

Sacramento State Open

'Dogs head to Sacramento Saturday for final tune-up before hosting MW Championships

5/4/2018 11:45:00 AM | Track & Field

Meet to begin at 9 a.m. with the women's hammer.

By: Josh Mitchell / Assistant Director of Communications

Fresno State Outdoor Track & Field - Event #10
Event: Sacramento State Open
Host: Sacramento State
Date: May 5, 2018
Location: Sacramento, Calif.
Schedule
Heat Sheets
Live Results

Bulldogs in action
Fresno State will have 19 athletes competing in Sacramento this weekend prior to hosting the Mountain West Championships next week.

Women:
Breana Begin, Jayme Budwig, Kylie Coleman, Kyndol Craver, Kimberley Efonye, Manpreet Grewal, Kayla Hopkins, Noelina Madarieta, Kiah Sumler, Yazmin Torres, Aisiah Tuiasosopo
Men:
Luis Aguilar, Peter Breceda, Stephan Gelpi, Michael McCabe, Joseph Munoz, Liam Pecchenino, Kevin Sundberg, Tanner Torrez

'Dogs in the rankings
Fresno State has two athletes who currently sit in the top 20 nationally in their events. That duo is joined by 12 other Bulldogs who hold top-10 marks in the Mountain West.

Tijana Antic: triple jump – No. 6 MW – 12.23m/40.1.5"
Breana Covington: triple jump – No. 10 MW – 12.09m/39'-8"
Kayla Hopkins: discus – No. 16 NCAA / No. 1 MW – 55.73m/182'-4"; shot put – No. 8 MW – 15.07m/49'-5.5"
Varvara Klyuchnikova: high jump – No. 33 NCAA / No. 6 MW – 1.78m/5'-10"
Ellie Leather: 800m – No. 8 MW – 2:11.16
Morgan Lewis: 100mH – No. 60 NCAA / No. 3 MW – 13.46
Tieara Norman:400mH – No. 9 MW – 1:01.49
Jestena Mattson: heptathlon – No. 58 NCAA / No. 3 MW – 5,040; long jump – No. 7 MW – 6.03m/19'-9.5"
Njeri Omawahleh: 200m – No. 7 MW – 23.65
Maja Pogrevc: 400m – No. 10 MW – 54.97
Vanja Spaic: javelin – No. 14 NCAA / No. 1 MW – 52.93m/173'-8"
Yazmin Torres: discus – No. 52 NCAA / No. 4 MW – 52.31m/171'-7"; shot put – No. 9 – 15.00m/49'-2.5"; hammer – No. 10 MW – 53.12m/174'-3"
Aisiah Tuiasosopo: hammer – No. 58 NCAA / No. 5 MW – 58.00m/190'-3"
4x100 Relay: No. 5 MW – 46.07
4x400 Relay: No. 3 MW – 3:40.18

What's next
Fresno State will host the Mountain West Championships May 9-12 at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis, California. Admission is free on May 9 for the first day of multis while tickets will be required May10-12. All session passes and single-day tickets will be available throughout the championships.

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