BERKELEY, CALIF. - On Saturday, April 6th, the Sonoma State track & field team competed in a pair of events in Berkeley hosted by Division I member Cal. Sophomore
Kathryn Rust got the weekend started on Friday in the Brutus Hamilton Multis where she recorded 3851 points in the Heptathlon. Rust has now competed in the event twice this season and would place 6th in a DI riddled field. Rust's best finish in the 7 events came in the high jump where she placed 2nd with a mark of just over five feet.
On Saturday, the rest of the SSU squad would compete in the Brutus Hamilton Invitational with Seawolves in 11 events on the day. Some of the team's best throwers would partake in the hammer throw with sophomore
Lily Garcia recording the best throw of the day with a mark of 147' 2''.
Kyra Togni was close behind with a mark of 146' 2'' good for 15th place.
The Seawolves had an impressive showing in the 3000 meter steeplechase with
Constance O'Neal and
Alex Boyle finishing in the top-5. O'Neal placed 2nd with a time of 11:35.69 which was just seconds off of the program record. Boyle placed 4th just after the 12-minute mark with a time of 12:00.67. The complete list of SSU finishers can be found below:
FIELD EVENTS
Hammer Throw
Lily Garcia (147' 2'', 14th place)
Kyra Togni (146' 2'', 15th place)
Emma Lopez (135' 8'', 21st place)
Chloe Traxler (130' 5'', 24th place)
Shot Put
Chloe Traxler (35' 9 1/2'', 10th place)
TRACK EVENTS
5000m
Liliana Salado (19:17.64, 7th place)
Abby Ribet (19:34.12, 9th place)
400m Relay
48.43 sec., 9th place)
3000m Steeplechase
Constance O'Neal (11:35.69, 2nd place)
Alex Boyle (12:00.67, 4th place)
1500m
Abby Carroll (5:19.87, 33rd place)
400m Dash
Mia Cecilio (59.35 sec., 17th place)
Makayla Bernadez (1:00.98, 22nd place)
100m Dash
Aniaya Bishop (12.70 sec., 30th place)
800m
Loralye Clements (2:23.80, 16th place)
Abby Carroll (2:40.82, 34th place)
400m Hurdles
Katie Sheldon (1:05.15, 10th place)
200m Dash
Makayla Bernadez (26.91, 41st place)
LOOKING AHEAD
The Seawolves will head south and compete in the Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific this week, starting on Thursday, April 11th. Meet information, live results and more can be found at sonomaseawolves.com.
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