ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Sacramento State men's and women's indoor track and field teams recorded 15 personal bests, including a school top 10 mark during the first day of the Don Kirby Invitational on Friday.
Izzi Leonard headlined the group with a best of 5-05.75 in the women's high jump. That mark was a half-inch over her previous best and moved her into a tie for 10th place in school history. Leonard cleared her first four bars on her first attempt until failing to clear 5-07.75.
Other PRs for the women in the field events came in the long jump where freshmen
Jessi Barry and
R'kai Davis had the top two marks. Barry jumped 17-07.00 for a nearly eight inch improvement. Davis' mark of 17-05.50 was five inches longer than her previous best.
In the running events all five women in the 200 set personal bests.
Kacyra Simmons led the bunch with a time of 25.20 which is the fastest by a Hornet woman this season. The other PRs were set by
Daysha Ford (25.26),
Kassidy Schroth (25.56),
Tia Outlaw (25.80) and
Kameryn Brown (26.32).
Two Hornets finished among the top 10 in their 3K races.
Molly Latincsics was sixth in the 3K in 10:19.14 while
Dani Gee was fourth in the unseeded 3K in 10:46.19.
The best finishes for the men's team came in the unseeded 3K as well.
Aiden Maddison was fourth with a PR of 8:53.59 and
Santiago Ruiz was eighth in 9:04.06.
Andrew Lehner set a PR in the pole vault to finish in 11th place. Lehner cleared 15-00.75 which was a half-inch over his previous best.Â
Miles Grant added a 13th place finish in the high jump at 6-07.25.
DON KIRBY INVITATIONAL
Men's Results
200-unseeded: 28.
Nautus Moore 22.26; 29.
Nathan Rider 22.27; 37.
Jonathan Yates 22.95; 38.
Khalil Fowlkes 22.95.
400-unseeded: 18.
Nautus Moore 49.27; 35.
Khalil Fowlkes 50.56; 37.
Nathan Rider 50/86; 40.
Jonathan Yates 52.22.
3K: 4.
Aiden Maddison 8:53.59; 8.
Santiago Ruiz 9:04.06.
HJ: 13.
Miles Grant 6-07.25.
PV-B: 11.
Andrew Lehner 15-00.75;
John Gibbs NH.
LJ: 26.
Mason Mitchell 22-10.00; 41.
Joshua Braun 21-03.00.
Women's Results
200-unseeded: 47.
Kacyra Simmons 25.20; 50.
Daysha Ford 25.26; 59.
Kassidy Schroth 25.26; 63.
Tia Outlaw 25.80; 80.
Joshua Braun 26.32.
3K: 6.
Molly Latincsics 10:19.14.
3K-unseeded: 10:46.19.
HJ: 12.
Izzi Leonard 5-05.75; 31.
Eliana Coburn 5-01.75.
LJ: 60.
Jessi Barry 17-07.00; 64.
R'kai Davis 17-07.50; 72.
Abby Sheets 17-02.75; 82.
Alexia Croffet 16-06.75; 84.
Audrey McElmurry 16-04.75.
WT: 25.
Abby Meder 55-01.00; 39.
Meleeah Holmes McKown 49-08.00; 46.
Breanna Espinoza 47-09.00.