CA Invitational Combined Events | Cougar Athletic Stadium | Azusa Pacific University
Decathlon/Heptathlon | April 12-13
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CA Invitational Combined Events Program (PDF)
2017 Pacific Coast Intercollegiate | Jack Rose Track | Long Beach State | April 13
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Mt. SAC Relays | Murdock Stadium | El Camino College | April 13-15
FULLERTON, Calif. --- The Cal State Fullerton outdoor track and field team has a busy week ahead with three meets on the schedule, beginning with the CA Invitational Combined Events meet at Azusa Pacific on Wednesday and Thursday for the decathlon and heptathlon.
Fullerton will return to Jack Rose Track on the campus of Long Beach State on Thursday for the 2017 Pacific Coast Intercollegiate.
The week will conclude as El Camino College hosts the Mt. SAC Relays at Murdock Stadium from Thursday-Saturday.
BIG WEST CHALLENGE RECAP:
The Cal State Fullerton men's outdoor track and field team placed second on Friday at the Big West Challenge hosted by Long Beach State at Jack Rose Track, while the women's team finished fourth.
The men totaled 183 points behind Long Beach State's 197, while UC Santa Barbara (178) and UC Irvine (100) trailed the Titans. The women finished fourth with 138.50 points trailing UC Santa Barbara (190), Long Beach State (182.50) and UC Irvine (157).
Junior Anthony Applequist set a new meet record in the triple jump as he placed first with a mark of 15.54 meters.
In addition, junior Mason Rollins set PRs in both the 100 meters (10.58) and 200 meters (21.45) as he placed first in the 100 meters followed by teammate Eli Penick (10.65).
Senior Darion Zimmerman won the 200 meters in a personal-best time of 21.12 which tops the Big West Conference.
The Titans' 4x100-meter relay team of Penick, Zimmerman, Rollins and Luis Matos clocked a time of 40.99 to claim first place which ranks first in the league.
Sophomore Diego Courbis won the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 52.52.
Junior Trevor Gorwin placed first in the shot put with a mark of 18.21 meters, a new PR and distance that ranks second in the Big West Conference.
On the women's side, the team of Mia Franco, Zuri Henderson, Fanny Giron and Kiana Clay set a new record in the 4x400-meter relay clocking a time of 3:43.49 – a time that leads the Big West.
Henderson and Clay both set PRs in the 400 meters as Henderson took first in a time of 55.04, followed by Clay at 55.17.
2017 RECORDS BROKEN
- Junior Bryn Williamson broke her own Cal State Fullerton pole vault record on April 1 at the UCLA Legends Invitational at Drake Stadium. Williamson placed second in the event as her mark of 13'0.25" (3.97 meters) set the new Fullerton record. The Bakersfield, Calif., native became the first Titan to clear 13 feet in the history of the program. Earlier this season on March 4, Williamson's mark of 3.93 meters at the RCC Quad Meet had broken CSF's previous pole vault record (3.92 m) which had stood since 2003.
- Junior Trevor Gorwin set a new mark in the hammer throw at 60.9 meters at the Ben Brown Invitational on March 10, besting Steven Parsons record of 58.6 meters set in 2016.
- In addition, sophomore Kelsey McKelvey broke her own record in the javelin throw with a mark of 42.64 meters on March 10, placing first in the event.
Cal State Fullerton broke five program indoor records during the 2017 season.
- Freshman Samantha Huerta set the program's new one-run mile record with a time 5:01.67 at the Huksy Invitational on Feb. 11.
- Sophomore Brianna Jacklin set the new record for the Titans in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:53.49 on Feb. 10 at the Husky Invitational.
- The women's distance medley team of junior Arianna Fuentes (1,600), freshman Chanel Rogers (400), Huerta (800) and senior Sierra Ungerman (1,200) set the new Fullerton record with a time of 12:05.41 at the Husky Invitational on Feb. 10.
- Freshman Shelby Noble set a new Cal State Fullerton indoor track and field record in the pole vault with a mark of 3.75 meters at the Don Kirby Invitational on Feb. 11.
- Freshman Naiah Boardingham opened the season with a new long jump record of 5.70 meters at the Lumberjack Team Challenge on Jan. 21.
AWARD WINNERS
Junior Trevor Gorwin set a school record in the hammer throw to earn Big West Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors, it was announced by the conference on March 14.
At his home meet, the Ben Brown Invitational, Gorwin uncorked a throw of 199-10 (60.90m) for a new PR and Cal State Fullerton record. He placed third in the event.
Gorwin also competed in the shot put, and fared well, finishing first overall with a mark of 58-01.75 (17.72m). That performance also was a personal-best.
Sophomore Diego Courbis was named the co-Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Week, it was announced by the conference on March 28.
Courbis posted a winning time in the 400 meter hurdles at the UC Riverside Spring Track Classic. He finished in 52.52, the top time in the Big West by .84 seconds this season, and ranked him No. 15 in the West Region and No. 23 in the NCAA. He shared the honor with UC Irvine senior Lloyd Sicard.
Bryn Williamson became the first pole vaulter in Titan program history to clear 13 feet as the recipient of Big West Women's Field Athlete of the Week award on April 4. She finished second in the event at the UCLA Legends Invite on April 1, posting a mark of 13-00.25. She broke her own previous record of 12-10.75 set earlier this year at the RCC Quad Meet, which at the time broke a school record that had stood since 2003.
Darion Zimmerman earned Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Week accolades on April 4 after recording personal-bests in two events at the UCLA Legends Invite on April 1.
Zimmerman ran a 10.57 in the 100 meters and blazed to a 21.16 finish in the 200 meters. Both performances netted him third place at the prestigious meet.
UP NEXT: The Titans will split squads between the Michael Johnson Invite in Waco, Texas, and the UCSD Triton Invite in San Diego, Calif., between Friday-Saturday, April 21-22.
LONGEST-TENURED COACH: As the 2017 season gets underway, cross country and track and field head coach John Elders enters his 29th season at the helm of each program making him the longest tenured head coach in the history of Cal State Fullerton.
Elders was tied with former fencing head coach Heizaburo Okawa (1982-2006) and former men's soccer coach Al Mistri (1981-2005) for 25 years of service at Fullerton. The Orange County native is coach of cross country, women's indoor track and field, and men's and women's outdoor track and field.
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