SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento State student-athletes combined to set 26 personal bests over the two days of the Hornet Invitational.

On Saturday evening, it was the distance runners who moved into the spotlight as four Hornet men and four women each set career bests in the 1500 while numerous others ran the event for the first time in their collegiate career. Ashley Busienei and Dani Gee had the top times for the women, running 4:31.53 and 4:34.11, respectively, to each set PRs. The men were paced by freshman Brandon Moreno in 3:53.20 in his first collegiate race at that distance. Jake Slade set a PR in 3:56.58 and the pair were two of four Sacramento State men to run sub four minutes.

The first individual track event of the day was the women's 100-hurdles where Ava Fitzgerald was ninth in 14.37 and Kameryn Brown ran 14.47 to place 11th.

In the men's 400, Malachi Cox finished in fourth place in 48.19 to record the highest placement in any track event by a Sacramento State student-athlete during the day. Cox's time left him just eight-tenths of a second out of the school top 10. Nathan Rider followed a career best in the 200 on Friday by running 49.14 to set his PR in the 400.

Three Hornet women set personal bests in the 100 led by Zoe Ewell who ran 12.08. The men were led by Jalen Adams in 10.73 seconds.

The newcomer pair of Dominique Abbott and Lilly Escorcia each set PRs in the 800. Abbott finished 11th in 2:15.10 while Escorcia was two spots back in 2:15.45.

Sacramento State had a pair of top 10 finishers in the 400-hurdles. Zachary Winger placed seventh in 54.64 while Breija Stredic ran 1:02.28 to come in eighth place for the women.

Jack Charlton finished in eighth place in the men's javelin with a best of 176-05. The highest placement on the men's side belonged to John Gibbs who was seventh in the pole vault with a successful attempt at 15-01.00.

Abby Meder was fourth in the women's shot put with a best of 44-02.75 and was joined in the top 10 by Deanna Gaines (ninth, 42-02.00).

R'kai Davis had the lone PR in the field events for the Hornets as she bettered her long jump from last week with a leap of 18-03.25.

Sacramento State will next compete at the Aztec Invitational in San Diego, Calif., on Mar. 21-23.


HORNET INVITATIONAL RESULTS
Women
100: 24. Zoe Ewell 12.08; 32. Kassidy Schroth 12.18; 36. Rionna Wallace 12.25; 47. Kameryn Brown 12.43; 60. Tamia Ramos 12.89; 67. Jillian Dobbins 12.98.
200: 7. Brei'ja Stredic 24.15; 30. Rionna Wallace 24.89; 40. Zoe Ewell 25.21; 42. Daysha Ford 25.22; 46. Ava Fitzgerald 25.25; 49. Kassidy Schroth 25.33; 60. Emily Giddens 25.86; 79. Kameryn Brown 26.28; 106. Eliana Coburn 27.32; 126. Hollie Lewis 28.62.
400: 15. Emily Giddens 57.55; 30. Daysha Ford 59.45; 33. Theone Divinagracia 59.63.
800: 11. Dominique Abbott 2:15.10; 13. Lilly Escorcia 2:15.45; 16. Sarah Collier 2:16.38.
1500: 11. Ashley Busienei 4:31.53; 13. Dani Gee 4:34.11; 25. Kaleena Narus 4:44.13; 29. Tia Oliver 4:44.93; 36. Kate Sanders 4:47.26; 38. Viviana Valenton 4:47.80; 45. Sophia Dudley 4:52.09; 54. Dakota Gibson 4:57.45; 65. Meg Moyer 5:03.64; 85. Lexie Gomez 5:25.74.
3K: 23. Sophia Dudley 10:21.83; 37. Meg Moyer 10:46.77; 61. Lexie Gomez 11:58.57.
100H: 9. Ava Fitzgerald 14.37; 11. Kameryn Brown 14.47.
400H: 8. Breija Stredic 1:02.28.
STPL: 5. Tia Oliver 10:54.38; 7. Viviana Valenton 11:24.08.
HJ: 9. Izzi Leonard 5-03.75; 20. Chandler Miller 4-11.75.
PV: Leah Chavez NH.
LJ: 11. R'kai Davis 18-03.25; 13. Kasee Aczon 17-09.75; 16. Tamia Ramos 17-06.75; 18. Audrey McElmurry 17-06.00.
TJ: 5. Tamia Ramos 40-06.75; 7. Jayla Flowers 40-03.50; 10. R'kai Davis 39-01.75; 11. Audrey McElmurry 38-11.75.
SP: 4. Abby Meder 44-02.75; 9. Deanna Gaines 42-02.00; 14. Abby Sheets 41-04.25; 15. Hope Gordon 40-09.00; 18. Breanna Espinoza 40-04.75.
DIS: 11. Breanna Espinoza 136-06; 14. Abby Meder 131-07; 15. Hope Gordon 115-02.
HAM: 14. Abby Meder 153-02; 16. Jey Rehnvall 151-03; 21. Hope Gordon 126-11.
JAV: 14. Abby Sheets 112-11; 16. Eliana Coburn 111-02.
4x100: 7. Sacramento State 46.47.
4x400: 4. Sacramento State "A' 3:48.64; 13. Sacramento State "B' 4:04.66

Men
100: 13. Jalen Adams 10.73; 19. Xavier Bruce 10.81; 38. Kalil Powers 11.05; 61. Jameel McDaniels 11.23; 62. Jonathan Bellamy 11.23.
200: 17. Malachi Cox 21.74; 21. Jalen Adams 21.88; 29. Nathan Rider 22.02; 52. Xavier Bruce 22.46; 64. Mason Mitchell 22.74; 67. Khalil Fowlkes 22.80; 68. Jameel McDaniels 22.82; 70. Kalil Powers 22.83; 74. Jonathan Yates 22.86; 90. Jonathan Bellamy 23.19; 91. Jack Charlton 23.20; 107. Miles Grant 23.67; 115. Joshua Braun 23.96; 120. Andrew Lehner 24.07.
400: 4. Malachi Cox 48.19; 18. Nathan Rider 49.14; 19. Khalil Fowlkes 49.32; 22. Nautus Moore 49.50; 48. Jonathan Yates 52.17.
1500: 12. Brandon Moreno 3:53.20; 19. Jake Slade 3:56.58; 30. Jacob Polivka 3:59.87; 31. Ryan Martin 3:59.94; 57. Cooper Love 4:06.74; 58. Kelly Galicia-Thomas 4:08.02; 64. Paden Collard 4:09.88.
3K: 33. Kelly Galicia-Thomas 8:53.32; 42. Cooper Love 9:06.47; 44. Paden Collard 9:07.06.
110H: Zachary Winger FS.
400H: 7. Zachary Winger 54.64.
PV: 7. John Gibbs 15-01.00; 15. Andrew Lehner 14-07.25; Joshua Braun NH.
LJ: 19. John Gibbs 21-05.25; 24. Joshua Braun 20-06.50.
SP: 18. Eric Nakagawa 43-10.50.
DIS: 16. Jaden Washington 129-02.
HAM: 11. Malik Shakur 164-02; Diego Lopez F.
JAV: 8. Jack Charlton 176-05.
4x100: 7. Sacramento State 41.53.
4x400: 5. Sacramento State "A" 3:16.63; 17. Sacramento State "B" 3:28.37