March 30, 2013
LA JOLLA, Calif. - The 15th-ranked San Diego State track and field team won its third consecutive Cal/Nevada championship Saturday at UC San Diego in La Jolla, Calif.
The Aztecs finished with 166 points, easily outdistancing runner-up Nevada's 136.50 points. Sacramento State (109.50), UC Santa Barbara (83.50) and USC (67) rounded out the top five.
Allison Reaser and Kristen Brown each won an individual event on the final day of the two-day competition.
Reaser had a busy day, individually winning the 400-meter hurdles in 59.32 seconds, taking second in the 100 hurdles (13.88) and ninth in the open 100 (12.25).
For her efforts, Reaser was named the Track Athlete of the Meet, while head coach Shelia Burrell was named the Coach of the Meet.
Brown, meanwhile, won the 100 hurdles in 13.85 seconds.
Antonique Campbell, Deyna Roberson, LaQuisha Jackson and Maderia Toatley finished the day by winning the 4x400 in convincing fashion. The quartet won in 3:43.01, just over four seconds faster than runner-up UC Santa Barbara (3:47.02).
Alex Evans finished second in the triple jump at 39 feet, 10 ¾ inches (12.16m) and was ninth in the 100 hurdles (14.42), while Nicole Oudenaarden came in fifth in the 400 (56.61) and sixth in the shot put (45-04.25 (13.82m)).
Other SDSU athletes who scored on the final day of the competition included Shanieka Thomas in the 400 (second, 55.60), Jasmine Burrell in the hammer throw (third, 176-11 (53.93m)), which was No. 3 all-time at San Diego State, Thoraya Maronsey in the triple jump (third, 39-07.75 (12.08m)), Roberson in the 400 hurdles (third, 1:00.71), Chelsea Kruthers in the 800 (fifth, 2:12.37) and Toatley in the 200 (sixth, 24.85).
The Aztecs are back in action next Saturday (April 6) at the Cal State San Marcos Mangrum Invitational in San Marcos, Calif.
Cal/Nevada Championships
UCSD Triton Track & Field Stadium - La Jolla, Calif.
Day Two of Two - March 30, 2013
Team Scores (out of 22 scoring teams) (after 20 of 20 events)
1. San Diego State - 166
2. Nevada - 136.50
3. Sacramento State - 109.50
4. UC Santa Barbara - 83.50
5. USC - 67
Individual Results
100 Meters (finals) (out of 9 entrants)
1. Jessica Davis (USC) - 11.58
9. Allison Reaser (SDSU) - 12.25
200 Meters (finals) (out of 7 entrants)
1. Emily Cooper (Long Beach State) - 24.18
6. Maderia Toatley (SDSU) - 24.85
400 Meters (finals) (out of 9 entrants)
1. Jennifer Carey (UC Santa Barbara) - 54.47
2. Shanieka Thomas (SDSU) - 55.60
5. Nicole Oudenaarden (SDSU) - 56.61
800 Meters (finals) (out of 9 entrants)
1. Diandra Castensen (Azusa Pacific) - 2:11.17
5. Chelsea Kruthers (SDSU) - 2:12.37
100-Meter Hurdles (finals) (out of 9 entrants)
1. Kristen Brown (SDSU) - 13.85
2. Allison Reaser (SDSU) - 13.88
9. Alex Evans (SDSU) - 14.42
400-Meter Hurdles (finals) (out of 9 entrants)
1. Allison Reaser (SDSU) - 59.32
3. Deyna Roberson (SDSU) - 1:00.71
3,000-Meter Steeplechase (out of 20 entrants)
1. Demerey Kirsch (Nevada) - 10:38.43
18. Rachel Roesgen (SDSU) - 12:27.85
--. Lily Mayko (SDSU) - DNF
4x400-Meter Relay (out of 18 teams)
1. San Diego State (Antonique Campbell, Deyna Roberson, LaQuisha Jackson, Maderia Toatley) - 3:43.01
High Jump (out of 26 entrants)
1. La Tijera Avery (Nevada) - 5-08.00 (1.73m)
T-11. Karsen Sper (SDSU) - 5-02.25 (1.58m)
T-18. Nicole Oudenaarden (SDSU) - 5-00.25 (1.53m)
Triple Jump (out of 25 entrants)
1. Deborah Amoah (Nevada) - 40-02.75 (12.26m)
2. Alex Evans (SDSU) - 39-10.75 (12.16m)
3. Thoraya Maronsey (SDSU) - 39-07.75 (12.08m)
Shot Put (out of 23 entrants)
1. Kerri Simmons (Nevada) - 51-01.75 (15.59m)
6. Nicole Oudenaarden (SDSU) - 45-04.25 (13.82m)
11. Brittany Bozeman (SDSU) - 41-00.25 (12.50m)
18. Alexa Evans (SDSU) - 37-02.50 (11.34m)
--. Jasmine Burrell (SDSU) - Foul
Hammer Throw (out of 27 entrants)
1. Lauren Chambers (USC) - 188-08 (57.52m)
3. Jasmine Burrell (SDSU) - 176-11 (53.93m) (No. 3 all-time at SDSU)
20. Mikayla Howden (SDSU) - 142-11 (43.56m)