SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Heading into the final weekend of meets before the Big Sky Indoor Championships, the Sacramento State track and field teams will split its squad between a pair of competitions. The majority of the Hornets' throwers and distance runners will compete at the Husky Classic in Seattle while the sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers will head to Albuquerque, N.M., for the Don Kirby Invitational. Both meets will take place on Friday and Saturday.
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Sacramento State student-athletes recorded several impressive performances last weekend at the Wolf Pack Classic in Reno, Nev. The Hornets recorded nine school top 10s at the meet, including
Tamia Ramos tying the program record in the long jump and
Ava Fitzgerald running the second-fastest 60-hurdles time by a Hornet.
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The team is looking to recreate its success in Seattle from earlier this season. Sacramento State will have the majority of its entrants in the 800 and mile for both the men and the women. On Friday,
Tia Oliver will run the 3K and
Hope Gordon will take part in the women's weight throw. All other action for the team will come on Saturday. The Dempsey Indoor facility has been home to several of the team's school records in distance races and draws some of the top talent in the world. This week's meet will include Olympians Nico Young and Juliette Whittaker.
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The Hornets will be appearing in Albuquerque, N.M., for the eighth time in the last nine years. All but one of the team's entries in the running events will take place in races ranging from 60m-400m. Sacramento State will also have a strong contingent in the high jump, long jump and triple jump.
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With the help of last week's performances, Sacramento State currently has 21 marks which rank among the top eight in the Big Sky Conference:
- Ava Fitzgerald – Women's 60-Hurdles – 8.40 (1st in the Big Sky)
- Miles Grant – Men's High Jump – 7-02.50 (1st in the Big Sky)
- Eli Kaltreider – Men's High Jump – 6-08.75 (3rd in the Big Sky)
- Tamia Ramos – Women's Triple Jump – 49-02.25 (3rd in the Big Sky)
- Eliana Coburn – Pentathlon – 3,729 points (3rd in the Big Sky)
- Mason Mitchell – Men's Long Jump – 23-02.75 (4th in the Big Sky)
- Kellan Quinley – Men's Triple Jump – 47-11.25 (4th in the Big Sky)
- Campbell, Giddens, Stredic, Abbott – Women's 4x400 Relay – 3:47.08 (5th in the Big Sky)
- Tamia Ramos – Women's Long Jump – 20-00.50 (5th in the Big Sky)
- Joshua Braun – Heptathlon – 3,821 points (5th in the Big Sky)
- Jessi Barry – Women's 60 – 7.54 (6th in the Big Sky)
- Brei'ja Stredic – Women's 400 – 54.97 (6th in the Big Sky)
- Stephen Dahdouh – Men's 60-Hurdles – 8.15 (6th in the Big Sky)
- Jessi Barry – Women's Long Jump – 19-03.50 (6th in the Big Sky)
- Eliana Coburn – Women's 60-Hurdles – 8.68 (7th in the Big Sky)
- Cox, Hill, Rider, Borg – Men's 4x400 Relay – 3:19.94 (7th in the Big Sky)
- Audrey McElmurry – Women's Triple Jump – 38-09.75 (7th in the Big Sky)
- Tristian Campbell – Women's 400 – 55.44 (8th in the Big Sky)
- Jake Slade – Men's 400 – 1:54.54 (8th in the Big Sky)
- Abby Sheets – Women's High Jump – 5-06.00 (8th in the Big Sky)
- Jessi Barry – Women's High Jump – 5-06.00 (8th in the Big Sky)
