Jan. 30, 2016
SEATTLE -
A day after winning the 200-meter dash, Ashley Henderson took down the 60 meters to lead the San Diego State track and field team on the final day of the UW Invitational Saturday in Seattle.
Henderson ran the fastest prelim time in 7.50 seconds, then edged Seattle Speed's Whitney Rowe at the line to capture the final in 7.42. It was the fifth-fastest time in program history. The qualifying prelims started with 57 entrants.
Seven other Aztecs logged all-time top-10 marks, including five on the track. Ellison Grove led the way with the second-fastest indoor 800 in school history in 2:11.04 en route to finishing 13th out of 62 entrants.
Sierra Brabham-Lawrence, meanwhile, only lost to Nike's Dawn Harper in the 60-meter hurdles, clocking a time of 8.43. The 8.43 is tied for the seventh-fastest time in school history.
In the 3,000, three SDSU athletes - Cassidy Towner, Lily Seynaeve and Rachel Roesgen - put their names in the record books with all-time top-10 times. Elaine Ribeiro was the first San Diego State to cross the finish line in 10:08.70, just over two seconds off a personal best (10:06.55), while Towner (10:15.21), Seynaeve (10:19.36) and Roesgen (10:31.33) ran the fourth, fifth and eighth-fastest times, respectively, in program history.
Tyra Lea came in fourth in the 400 in 56.26 and later teamed with Lakin Hatcher, Madison Gipson and Lisa-Anne Barrow in the runner-up 4x400-meter relay in 3:48.47.
Simone Glenn took seventh in the 60 (7.62), while Gipson added a seventh-place showing in the 400 (56.65) and a ninth-place finish in the 60 hurdles (prelims) in 8.58. Jazmen Bunch also came in 10th in the 60 prelims in 7.66.
Je'Neal Ainsworth came in sixth in the triple jump in 39 feet, 7 ¾ inches (12.08m), good for the eighth-best mark in school history.
Alexa Evans etched her named into the record books with the ninth-best weight throw in SDSU history (on Friday), with a toss of 50-09.50 (15.48m).
Barrow took fourth in the long jump (18-07.25 (5.67m)), while Bonnie Draxler (13-00.25 (3.97m)) and Marissa Berry (12-06.25 (3.82m)) finished fifth and sixth in the pole vault.
San Diego State returns to action on Feb. 12 at the two-day Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M.
UW Invitational
Jan. 29-30, 2016
Seattle, Wash.
Team Results
No team scores
Individual Results
60 Meters (qualifying prelims) (out of 57 entrants)
1. Persis William-Mensah (UC Irvine) - 7.49q
4. Jazmen Bunch (SDSU) - 7.61q
5. Simone Glenn (SDSU) - 7.62q
60 Meters (prelims) (out of 22 entrants)
1. Ashley Henderson (SDSU) - 7.50q
8. Simone Glenn (SDSU) - 7.65q
10. Jazmen Bunch (SDSU) - 7.66
60 Meters (finals) (out of 7 entrants)
1. Ashley Henderson (SDSU) - 7.42 (No. 5 all-time at SDSU)
7. Simone Glenn (SDSU) - 7.62
400 Meters (out of 47 entrants)
1. Turquoise Thompson (TMBAC) - 55.11
6. Tyra Lea (SDSU) - 56.26
7. Madison Gipson (SDSU) - 56.65
800 Meters (out of 62 entrants)
1. Natalia Piliusina (Brooks Beast) - 2:04.71
13. Ellison Grove (SDSU) - 2:11.04 (No. 2 all-time at SDSU)
3,000 Meters (out of 38 entrants)
1. Emily Myers (Nevada) - 9:29.67
24. Elaine Ribeiro (SDSU) - 10:08.70
31. Cassidy Towner (SDSU) - 10:15.21 (No. 4 all-time at SDSU)
32. Lily Seynaeve (SDSU) - 10:19.36 (No. 5 all-time at SDSU)
35. Rachel Roesgen (SDSU) - 10:31.33 (No. 8 all-time at SDSU)
60-Meter Hurdles (qualifying prelims) (out of 36 entrants)
1. Liz Harper (Washington State) - 8.58q
5. Madison Gipson (SDSU) - 8.83q
11. Kassidy Ellis (SDSU) - 9.01q
60-Meter Hurdles (prelims) (out of 20 entrants)
1. Dawn Harper (Nike) - 8.16q
5. Sierra Brabham-Lawrence (SDSU) - 8.48q
9. Madison Gipson (SDSU) - 8.58
14. Kassidy Ellis (SDSU) - 8.91
60-Meter Hurdles (finals) (out of 6 entrants)
1. Dawn Harper (Nike) - 8.14
2. Sierra Brabham-Lawrence (SDSU) - 8.43 (Tied for No. 7 all-time at SDSU)
4x400-Meter Relay (out of 16 teams)
1. Washington 'A' - 3:47.75
2. San Diego State 'A' (Lakin Hatcher, Madison Gipson, Lisa-Anne Barrow, Tyra Lea) - 3:48.47
Pole Vault (out of 48 entrants)
1. Kristina Owsinski (Washington) - 14-02.00 (4.32m)
5. Bonnie Draxler (SDSU) - 13-00.25 (3.97m)
6. Marissa Berry (SDSU) - 12-06.25 (3.82m)
Long Jump (out of 44 entrants)
1. Barbara Nwaba (Santa Barbara Track Club) - 20-03.00 (6.17m)
4. Lisa-Anne Barrow (SDSU) - 18-07.25 (5.67m)
Triple Jump (out of 40 entrants)
1. Andrea Guebelle (Unattached) - 43-05.75 (13.25m)
6. Je'Neal Ainsworth (SDSU) - 39-07.75 (12.08m) (No. 8 all-time at SDSU)
Shot Put (out of 37 entrants)
1. McKenzie Warren (Concordia (Ore.)) - 55-03.50 (16.85m)
11. Alexa Evans (SDSU) - 43-11.75 (13.40m)
--. Rachel Alesi (SDSU) - Foul
Weight Throw (on Friday) (out of 40 entrants)
1. Kaytlyn Coleman (Eastern Washington) - 60-08.50 (18.50m)
16. Alexa Evans (SDSU) - 50-09.50 (15.48m) (No. 9 all-time at SDSU)