SAN MARCOS, CALIF. - On Friday and Saturday, March 24th and 25th, the Sonoma State track & field team competed in two southern California events at Cal State San Marcos and Point Loma Nazarene to conclude a successful weekend with multiple season bests and a ANOTHER school record. 

MANGRUM INVITATIONAL:

Gianna Bomarito continues her dominant and historic freshman campaign on both the cross country and track & field teams as she finished first overall in the 10k and set a new school record with a time of 34:21.82. This goes down as her third school record and her second of the track & field season. She would win her second event of her career and record the first sub-35 minute 10k time in program history, once again decisively breaking the previous record by more than a minute. With the impressive performance, Bomarito held on to the top 10k time in all of Division II on the weekend.  
 

Along with another school record were multiple season bests from several Seawolves at the Mangrum Invitational. Second year track member Katie Sheldon would place in the top-10 and record a season best 1:06.20 in the 400 meter hurdles. The Seawolves also had participants in the unique 3000 meter steeplechase as Alex Boyle, Sara Wenger, and Alex Doyle all recorded season bests. Boyle would have the top spot for SSU with a time of 12:17.52 good for 12th place. Rounding out the track events for SSU were Abby Ribet and Sophie Rodriguez who joined Bomarito in the 10k. Both would record new season bests with top-10 finishes and sub-40 times in the event. 

In the field events, first year throwers Halle McDaniels, Ariyah Ford and Kyra Togni would all record season bests in their respective events. McDaniels put up a top-10 throw with a mark of 35'1 ¾''. Ford, Togni and Lopez would highlight the hammer throw with top-10 finishes. Togni would be SSU's top finisher with a 3rd place mark of 137' 4''. Senior Amber Lanza would record a season best of her own in the javelin, recording a mark of 23.52 meters good for a top-15 finish.   


Mangrum Invitational Season Bests: 

Katie Sheldon 400h (1:06.20)
Halle McDaniels Shot Put (35'1 3/4) 
Amber Lanza Javelin ( 23.53m)
Ariyah Ford Hammer (40.60)
Kyra Togni Hammer (41.87m).
Alex Boyle 3k steeplechase (12:17.52)
Sara Wenger 3K steeplechase (12:25.73)
Alex Doyle 3k steeplechase (13:30.8)
Gianna Bomarito 10k (34:21)
Abby Ribet 10k (39.23)
Sophie Rodriguez 10k (38:57)


PLNU TRACK & FIELD INVITATIONAL:

Head coach David Lawrence Jr. had his team in another meet on the weekend as they stayed in Southern California and competed in the Point Loma Track & Field Invitational on Saturday, March 25th. The Seawolves would compete in 13 events on the day and see great success again with several top-10 finishes. 

Some of the team's best finishes came in the field events including the shot put and the hammer throw. First year track & field member Halle McDaniels recorded a top-10 finish in the shot put with a mark of 36' 11/2''. Freshman thrower Ariyah Ford would record the team's highest finish out of any event with a 3rd place finish in the discus, recording a throw of 120' 1''. 

Additional top-10 finishes in their respective events included freshman Kathryn Rust in the high jump and sophomore Emma Lopez in the hammer throw. All the team's top finishers in the PLNU Track & Field Invitational can be found below. Full meet results can be found HERE.       

Top Finishers:

Sophie Rodriguez 1500m (5:07.10)
Mia Oggenfuss 100m hurdles (17.95)
Mia Cecilio 400m dash (1:01.02) 
Nia Arceneaux 100m dash (13.03)
Alex Boyle 800m (2:30.30)
Katie Sheldon 400m hurdles, top-10 (1:07.46)
Makayla Bernadez 200m dash (26.82)
Emma Lopez Hammer throw, top-10 (38.21m)
Kyra Togni Javelin throw (19.21m)
Kathyrn Rust High jump, top-10 (5' 1'')
Katie Sheldon Long jump (4.73m)
Halle McDaniels Shot put, top-10 (36' 11/2'')
Ariyah Ford Discus, top-10  (120' 1'')


The Seawolves will look to continue their successful spring campaign this week at the annual Mike Fanelli Track Classic on Thursday, March 30th. Live results, scoring links and meet information can be found at sonomaseawolves.com. 

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