LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - Over the weekend the Sonoma State track & field team competed in a pair of events hosted by Division I member UCLA. The distance events would take place on Friday with the remainder of the track and field events following on Saturday. The Seawolves continued to take positive strides throughout the spring campaign and had several top performers once again.
In the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival sophomore
Constance O'Neal made a big splash with a 2nd place finish in the 3000 meter steeplechase. O'Neal's time of 12:08.39 was good for 6th best in program history. Rounding out the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival was junior
Sophie Rodriguez who took the top spot in the 5000 meters with a time of 18:06.88.
On Saturday,
Ariyah Ford would continue her solid campaign in the throwing events with a 7th place finish in the discus.
Beck Hampton and
Halle McDaniels would finish 10th and 11th respectively in the event as well. Hampton also placed 7th as the team's top finisher in the javelin with a throw of 91' 8''.
In the track events,
Liliana Salado became the team's second event winner of the day with a first place finish in the 1500 meters (5:01.81).
Sophie Rodriguez and
Constance O'Neal also finished in the top-5 in the event. The team's full list of participants can be found below:
Bob Larsen Distance Carnival
TRACK EVENTS
3000m Steeplechase:
Constance O'Neal (12:08.39, 2nd place)
Loralye Clements (12:26.85, 3rd place)
5000m:
Sophie Rodriguez (18:06.88, 1st place)
Liliana Salado (18:46.72, 3rd place)
Rafer Johnson & Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite
FIELD EVENTS
Hammer Throw:
Halle McDaniels (147' 6'', 8th place)
Ariyah Ford 138' 4'', 11th place)
Kyra Togni 132' 6'', 15th place)
Javelin:
Beck Hampton (91' 8'', 7th place)
Kathryn Rust (87' 6'', 8th place)
Pole Vault
Sammy Rodriguez (9' 3 ¾'', 7th place)
Long Jump
Katie Sheldon (15' 8 ¾'', 10th place)
Discus
Ariyah Ford (131' 11'', 7th place)
Beck Hampton (121' 11'', 10th place)
Halle McDaniels (116' 3'', 11th place)
Shot Put
Kathryn Rust (32' 2 ¼'', 16th place)
TRACK EVENTS
4x100m Relay
49.19 sec., 7th place
100m Hurdles
Kathryn Rust (16.01 sec., 8th place)
400m Dash
Makayla Bernadez (1:02.00, 12th place)
100m Dash
Aniaya Bishop (12.75 sec., 13th place)
800m
Loralye Clements (2:31.48, 16th place)
Maddy Petersen (2:49.69, 19th place)
400m Hurdles
Katie Sheldon (1:07.65, 7th place)
Sydney Lopes (1:10.25, 8th place)
200m Dash
Aniaya Bishop (27.05 sec., 16th place)
Kathryn Rust (27.77 sec., 18th place)
1500m
Liliana Salado (5:01.81, 1st place)
Sophie Rodriguez (5:05.95, 2nd place)
Constance O'Neal (5:15.94, 4th place)
Maddy Petersen (5:29.06, 8th place)
4x400m Relay
3rd place, 4:15.49
LOOKING AHEAD
The Seawolves will compete again this week in the Mike Fanelli Track Classic on Thursday, March 28th. Meet events will take place throughout the weekend. Meet information, live results and more can be found at sonomaseawolves.com.
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