ATHENS, Ga./CLOVIS, Calif. — The Sacramento State track and field teams made their final preparations for the upcoming Big Sky Outdoor Championships as the team completed in a pair of meets on Saturday. Four Hornet student-athletes traveled to Georgia for the Torrin Lawrence Memorial while the majority of the team competed at the Fresno State Invitational.
 
Sacramento State accounted for one event title, 20 top-five showings and one school top 10 performance during the day.
 
The Hornets will next compete at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in Portland, Ore., from May 13-16.
 
Men's Track Highlights

• Brandon Moreno finished in first place at the Fresno State Invitational in the men's 800 and bettered his fourth-place standing in school history. Moreno ran 1:49.21 to take a tenth of a second off his previous best. The time was 1.73 seconds clear of the second-place finisher. Cooper Love was sixth in 1:53.28 while Thomas Rasner used a PR of 1:54.39 to place seventh.
• Jaden Thompson led the team in the 100 and 200. Thompson finished third in the 100 in 10.55 and was 11^th overall in the 200 (21.55).
• Malachi Cox paced three Sacramento State runners in the 400. Cox was third in 48.33 while Logan Borg was sixth and Andrew Abello was seventh with a PR of 49.13.
• Blake Gross was second in the 400-hurdles after a career-best time of 53.29 while his twin brother, Brock Gross ran 54.27 to take third.
• The men's 4x400 team placed third in 3:20.49.
• Gianni Miles took fifth place at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial in 100. Lawrence ran 10.41 which was a tenth of a second off his season best.

 
Women's Track Highlights

• Jayla Cigar-Dingle just missed moving into the top 10 in the women's 200. Cigar-Dingle ran 24.27 to take sixth place in a fast 200 and was .01 seconds out of the school record book.
• Lilly Escorcia and Sophia Dudley each set PRs in the women's 800 and finished among the top 10. Escorcia posted a time of 2:10.97 to place fifth while Dudley ran 2:14.21 to finish ninth.
• Four Hornets were among the top eighth in the 1500. The quartet was led by Ashley Busienei who took third place in 4:36.57. Dakota Gibson was fourth (4:40.40), Marina Lipary was sixth (PR, 4:42.37) and Kate Sanders eighth (4:43.61).
• Ava Fitzgerald was the lone women's entry for the team at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial where she ran 13.77 in the 100-hurdles to place 10^th.

 
Men's Field Highlights

• Blake DaQuino cleared a career-best 5-05.25 to finish in third place in the high jump.
• Emmanuel Akutey was fifth in the shot put with a long of 49-08.25.
• Jamar Andrews, Jr. had a long of 49-01.75 to take seventh in the triple jump at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial.

 
Women's Field Highlights

• Hope Gordon took second place in the shot put with a best of 47-02.25 to set her career best. Gordon was followed by Galadriel Mellion (4^th, 43-11.25) and Asha Abubakari (5^th, PR, 43-06.00).
• Abubakari and Mellion returned to the top five in the discus. Abubakari was second at 161-04 while Mellion was fourth at 155-07.
• Indiana Davis used a PR of 5-07.75 in the high jump to take third place. Her mark left her just a quarter-inch out of the school top 10. Chandler Miller also set a season best with a successful attempt at 5-05.75.

 
Torrin Lawrence Memorial
Women's Results
100H: 10. Ava Fitzgerald 13.77.
 
Men's Results
100: 5. Gianni Miles 10.41.
200: 15. Nathan Rider 21.20.
TJ: 7. Jamar Andrews, Jr. 49-01.75.
 
Fresno State Invitational
Women's Results
200: 6. Jayla Cigar-Dingle 24.27; 10. Syniah Beverley 24.44; 21. Jaylin Hunter 24.89; 30. Emily Giddens 25.59.
400: 9. Emily Giddens 57.11.
800: 5. Lilly Escorcia 2:10.97; 9. Sophia Dudley 2:14.21; 12. Jasayla Mariscal 2:17.24; 17. Dakota Gibson 2:19.72; 18. Keira Quigley 2:19.86; 22. Kate Sanders 2:23.24; 28. Ashley Busienei 2:28.87.
1500: 3. Ashley Busienei 4:36.57; 4. Dakota Gibson 4:40.40; 6. Marina Lipary 4:42.37; 8. Kate Sanders 4:43.61; 13. Meg Moyer 4:48.40.
HJ: 3. Indiana Davis 5-07.75; 6. Chandler Miller 5-05.75; 8. Elizabeth Abiara 5-03.75.
LJ: 11. Mara Vonnahme 17-11.00; 13. Skye Camacho 16-11.25.
TJ: 5. Amarie Riley 38-05.00.
SP: 2. Hope Gordon 47-02.25; 4. Galadriel Mellion 43-11.25; 5. Asha Abubakari 43-06.00; Jordan Bailey Foul.
DIS: 2. Asha Abubakari 161-04; 4. Galadriel Mellion 155-07; 9. Hope Gordon 137-00; 11. Jordan Bailey 115-03.
HAM: 7. Jordan Bailey 170-09; 12. Asha Abubakari 144-03; 13. Hope Gordon 139-07.
4x400: 5. "A" 4:00.97; 7. "B" 4:16.83.
 
Men's Results
100: 3. Jayden Thompson 10.55; 19. Kalil Powers 11.04; 30. Blake DaQuino 11.74.
200: 11. Jayden Thompson 21.55; 16. Malachi Cox 21.92; 21. Ian Anglin 22.10; 22. Andrew Abello 22.18; 29. Kalil Powers 22.73.
400: 3. Malachi Cox 48.33; 6. Logan Borg 49.12; 7. Andrew Abello 49.13; 16. Ian Angling 51.95.
800: 1. Brandon Moreno 1:49.21; 6. Cooper Love 1:53.28; 7. Thomas Rasner 1:54.39; 24. Saul Orozco 2:03.03; 27. Noah Mikusevich 2:07.36; Logan Borg DNF.
1500: 19. Saul Orozco 4:14.58.
110H: 9. Cole Oliver 15.64.
400H: 2. Blake Gross 53.29; 3. Brock Gross 54.27.
HJ: 3. Blake DaQuino 5-05.25; Cole Oliver NH.
LJ: 6. Michael Cherry 22-01.75.
SP: 5. Emmanuel Akutey 49-08.25; 10. Blake DaQuino 31-08.00.
DIS: 6. Blake DaQuino 125-00; 8. Jaden Washington 119-06; Emmanuel Akutey Foul.
HAM: 10. Emmanuel Akutey 154-07; 13. Jaden Washington 123-09.
4x400: 3. 3:20.49.