March 28, 2015
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SAN DIEGO -
The San Diego State track and field team wrapped up another successful Aztec Invitational Saturday at the AzTrack in San Diego.
The meet included over 1,700 high school, college, university and professional athletes with a total of 3,500 marks in the meet. Additionally, state and national teams from Brazil and Mexico, as well as a Mexican high school team, competed in the meet. Over 35 track and field clubs came to SDSU as well, making it one of top meets on the entire West Coast.
In all, three meet records were set and two facility record were broken over the three-day competition. Those belonged to Brazil's Geisa Coutinho in the 400 (51.93, women's meet/facility record), Empire Track Club/Saudi Arabia's Ali Alderaan in the 800 (1:45.83, men's meet/facility record) and World Athletics Center's Lindsay Lindley in the 100-meter hurdles (13.10, women's meet record).
Alexa Evans won the invitational discus throw on the final day of the three-day meet, while the 4x100-meter relay team ran the eighth-fastest time in program history.
Evans won the discus with a heave of 169 feet, 7 inches (51.70m) in a field of 40 entrants. She added a sixth-place showing in the invitational shot put with a toss of 45-01.00 (13.74m).
The 4x100 of Jazmen Bunch, Ashley Henderson, Micha Auzenne and Simone Glenn ran a time of 44.91 seconds, which was the eighth-fastest time in school history and only trailed the Brazilian Olympic Committee (44.14) in the race.
The 4x400, meanwhile, of Tyra Lea, Glenn, Madison Gipson and Henderson came in second in 3:45.27.
Bonnie Draxler was the top collegiate finisher in the pole vault flight 2 invitational and second overall with a mark of 13-00.75 (3.98m), while Kristen Brown tied for third with the same mark. Brown added a third-place showing in the invitational 100 hurdles in 13.51, and teamed up with Draxler, Kira Moreland and Starlynn Singleton for a fourth-place showing in the 4x100 in 46.44.
Henderson came in third in the invitational 100 (11.64) and sixth in the invitational 400 (56.35), Lea was third in the invitational 400 (55.14), and Ariel Oliver took third in the invitational shot put in 46-02.50 (14.08m) and seventh in the invitational discus (155-09 (47.47m)).
Auzenne also came in fourth in the invitational 100 hurdles (13.73) and ninth in the invitational 100 (11.84), Dynasty Gammage (2:11.99) and Ellison Grove (2:12.15) finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the invitational 800, Gipson was fifth in the invitational 400 hurdles (1:03.77) and Bunch was ninth in the invitational 200 in a wind-aided 24.51.
Other top-10 marks in the field events included Jasmine Burrell in the invitational discus (fifth, 161-05 (49.20m)), Kortney Ross (tied for fifth, 12-06.75 (3.83m)) and Holly Waseloff (tied for eighth, 12-00.75 (3.68m)) in the pole vault flight invitational 2, and Singleton in the invitational long jump (seventh, 17-08.25 (5.39m)).
The Aztecs return to the track next Saturday (April 4) for the UCLA Double Duel, beginning at 10 a.m. PT.
Aztec Invitational
AzTrack at SDSU Sports Deck - San Diego, Calif.
March 28, 2015 - Day Three of Three
Team Results
No team scores
Individual Results (SDSU and winner of each event only)
100 Meters Invitational (out of 31 entrants)
1. Ann Silva (Brazilian Olympic Committee) - 11.39
3. Ashley Henderson (SDSU) - 11.64
9. Micha Auzenne (SDSU) - 11.84
13. Simone Glenn (SDSU) - 12.00
16. Jazmen Bunch (SDSU) - 12.09
19. Starlynn Singleton (SDSU) - 12.38
21. Kira Moreland (SDSU) - 12.60
200 Meters Invitational (out of 28 entrants)
1. Zaria Francis (Unattached) - 23.60
9. Jazmen Bunch (SDSU) - 24.51w
400 Meters Invitational (out of 24 entrants)
1. Geisa Coutinho (Brazilian Olympic Committee) - 51.93
3. Tyra Lea (SDSU) - 55.14
6. Ashley Henderson (SDSU) - 56.35
800 Meters Invitational (out of 31 entrants)
1. Krishna Curry (The Janes Elite) - 2:09.29
5. Dynasty Gammage (SDSU) - 2:11.99
6. Ellison Grove (SDSU) - 2:12.15
100-Meter Hurdles Invitational (out of 19 entrants)
1. Lindsay Lindley (World Athletics) - 13.10
3. Kristen Brown (SDSU) - 13.51
4. Micha Auzenne (SDSU) - 13.73
400-Meter Hurdles Invitational (out of 14 entrants)
1. Danielle Dowie (Unattached) - 58.32
5. Madison Gipson (SDSU) - 1:03.77
4x100-Meter Relay Invitational (out of 8 teams)
1. Brazilian Olympic Committee - 44.14
2. SDSU `A' (Jazmen Bunch, Ashley Henderson, Micha Auzenne, Simone Glenn) - 44.91 (No. 8 all-time at SDSU)
4. SDSU `B' (Kristen Brown, Bonnie Draxler, Kira Moreland, Starlynn Singleton) - 46.44
4x400-Meter Relay Invitational (out of 8 teams)
1. Fresno State - 3:41.88
2. SDSU (Tyra Lea, Simone Glenn, Madison Gipson, Ashley Henderson) - 3:45.27
Pole Vault Flight 2 Invitational (out of 20 entrants)
1. Allison Koressel (Unattached) - 13-06.50 (4.13m)
2. Bonnie Draxler (SDSU) - 13-00.75 (3.98m)
3t. Kristen Brown (SDSU) - 13-00.75 (3.98m)
5t. Kortney Ross (SDSU) - 12-06.75 (3.83m)
8t. Holly Waseloff (SDSU) - 12-00.75 (3.68m)
--. Karen Snapper (SDSU) - No Height
Long Jump Invitational (out of 18 entrants)
1. Chantel Malone (Unattached) - 21-01.25 (6.43m)
7. Starlynn Singleton (SDSU) - 17-08.25 (5.39m)
Shot Put Invitational (out of 29 entrants)
1. Alex Porlier-Langlois (Hawai`i) - 51-00.75 (15.56m)
3. Ariel Oliver (SDSU) - 46-02.50 (14.08m)
6. Alexa Evans (SDSU) - 45-01.00 (13.74m)
17. Rachel Alesi (SDSU) - 41-05.25 (12.63m)
--. Jasmine Burrell (SDSU) - Foul
Discus Throw Invitational (out of 40 entrants)
1. Alexa Evans (SDSU) - 169-07 (51.70m)
5. Jasmine Burrell (SDSU) - 161-05 (49.20m)
7. Ariel Oliver (SDSU) - 155-09 (47.47m)
22. Victoria Dickerson (SDSU) - 134-01 (40.88m)
25. Rachel Alesi (SDSU) - 129-09 (39.54m)
--. Freja Liljedahl (SDSU) - Foul