April 1, 2012
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Three athletes won their respective events to give the San Diego State track and field team its second consecutive Cal/Nevada Championships title Sunday in Claremont, Calif.
The Aztecs finished with 130 points, five ahead of runner-up Long Beach State (125), despite not having Whitney Ashley compete in the discus throw (where she finished seventh en route to first-team All-America honors last year at the NCAA Outdoor Championships) or not running Allison Reaser in the finals of the 400-meter hurdles (where she was second in the preliminary heats on Saturday).
Ashley, Reaser and Shanieka Thomas all won their events on the final day of the two-day championship meet. Ashley beat out 26 others in the shot put with a personal-best heave of 53 feet, ½ inches. It was the second-best mark in program history.
Reaser, meanwhile, captured the 100-meter hurdles title with a time of 13.94 seconds. Reaser, who won the long jump in 19-01.50 yesterday, beat out eight other participants in today's 100 hurdles final.
Thomas made her outdoor debut a good one by winning the triple jump in 42-11.00. It was the third-best mark in program history. Additionally, she beat out 20 other entrants.
Other top-five finishes on the day went to Jasmine Burrell in the discus throw (second, 186-04) with the third-best mark in school history and the shot put (third, 46-06.25) with the ninth-best toss ever by an SDSU athlete.
Additionally, Alex Evans was third in the triple jump (40-09.50), Josefine Koskinen was fifth in the 800 (2:11.16) and Brittany Gonter was fifth in the shot put (45-09.25).
San Diego State is off next weekend before heading to Tempe, Ariz., to battle Arizona State and LSU in a tri-meet on April 14.
Cal/Nevada Championships
Claremont, Calif.
April 1, 2012 - Day Two of Two
Team Results (out of 20 scoring teams)
1. San Diego State - 130
2. Long Beach State - 125
3. Sacramento State - 98
4. Cal State Northridge - 84.5
5. UC Riverside - 81
Individual Results (SDSU events only)
800 Meters (finals) (out of 9 entrants)
1. Justine Diaz (UC Santa Barbara) - 2:06.09
5. Josefine Koskinen (SDSU) - 2:11.16
1,500 Meters (out of 36 entrants)
1. Rosa Del Toro (Long Beach State) - 4:28.44
13. Josefine Koskinen (SDSU) - 4:42.03
100-Meter Hurdles (finals) (out of 9 entrants)
1. Allison Reaser (SDSU) - 13.94
4x400-Meter Relay (out of 15 teams)
1. Cal State Northridge - 3:39.42
7. San Diego State - 3:52.92
Triple Jump (out of 21 entrants)
1. Shanieka Thomas (SDSU) - 42-11.00 (No. 3 all-time)
3. Alex Evans (SDSU) - 40-09.50
Shot Put (out of 27 entrants)
1. Whitney Ashley (SDSU) - 53-05.50 (No. 2 all-time)
3. Jasmine Burrell (SDSU) - 46-06.25 (No. 9 all-time)
5. Brittany Gonter (SDSU) - 45-09.25
Discus Throw (out of 27 entrants)
2. Jasmine Burrell (SDSU) - 186-04 (No. 3 all-time)
10. Brittany Gonter (SDSU) - 138-07
--. Whitney Ashley (SDSU) - foul