March 10, 2016
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SDSU NOTES - SAN DIEGO COLLEGIATE CHALLENGE | MEET PROGRAM
SDSU Kicks Off Outdoor Season at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge
Fresh off a runner-up finish at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, the San Diego State track and field team kicks off the 2016 outdoor season this weekend at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge. The one-day meet will be contested at Triton Track & Field Stadium on the campus of UC San Diego in La Jolla, Calif.
The meet will feature teams from the host Tritons, Aztecs, Cal State Dominguez and Point Loma Nazarene.
Scheduled to compete in two events for SDSU include Je'Neal Ainsworth (100 hurdles, long jump), Marissa Berry (pole vault, long jump), Anushi Desai (discus throw, javelin throw), Bonnie Draxler (pole vault, long jump), Kassidy Ellis (100, shot put), Katherine Magill (pole vault, hammer throw), Coryne McKenney (shot put, discus throw), Jelena McNown (100 hurdles, high jump) and Starlynn Singleton (100, triple jump).
Also slated to compete on Saturday is Lisa Anne-Barrow in the 200, Lakin Hatcher in the 400, Sierra Brabham-Lawrence, Courtney Robinson and Jasmine Young in the 400 hurdles, Sara Curran, Courtney Jackson and Karen Snapper in the pole vault, Karsen Sper in the shot put Rachel Alesi in the discus throw, and Victoria Dickerson and Freja Liljedahl in the hammer throw.
Additionally, San Diego State has entered three separate 4x100-meter relay teams into the meet.
Saturday begins with the long jump and javelin throw at noon PST, and ends for the Aztecs at 3:40 p.m. PST with the 200-meter dash.
Saturday's results will be posted after each event at http://finishedresults.com/liveresults/ and on GoAztecs.com at the end of the day.
Seven Aztecs Named to All-MW Indoor T&F Team
Seven San Diego State student-athletes were named to the 2016 all-Mountain West Indoor Track and Field team, the league announced Feb. 29. To be named to the all-conference team, an athlete must finish in the top three of an individual event or relay event.
The seven all-conference selections - Micha Auzenne, Marissa Berry, Sierra Brabham-Lawrence, Bonnie Draxler, Kassidy Ellis, Simone Glenn and Ashley Henderson - helped the Aztecs take second at the MW Championships last weekend.
Auzenne won the 60-meter dash in 7.33 seconds, a day after setting a school record in the prelims in 7.32, and the 60-meter hurdles in a program-best and MW Championship-best time of 8.18. The 8.18 broke her own record time of 8.21, set last year en route to her first MW title. Auzenne now has four MW titles to her credit (three indoor, one outdoor) and is a six-time all-league selection (four indoor, two outdoor). For her efforts, she was also named the meet's Women's Outstanding Performer.
Draxler, meanwhile, won the indoor pole vault for the second straight year with a mark of 13 feet, 9 ¼ inches (4.20m) after winning last year's championship as a freshman in 13-08.50 (4.17m). The 13-09.25 is the sixth-best mark in indoor school history. Draxler is now a three-time all-MW pick in the pole vault (two indoor, one outdoor).
Henderson also won an event for SDSU, taking home the 200 title in a school-record time of 23.44 in the 200 to capture her first career MW title. The time bested Shanae Roach's 23.45 set at the 2011 MW Championships. Henderson is now a two-time all-MW selection in the indoor 200.
A freshman, Berry took third in the pole vault, clearing 13-01.50 (4.00m) for the ninth-best vault in program history.
Also a freshman, Brabham-Lawrence came in second in the 60 hurdles in 8.29, tied for the fourth-fastest time in program history.
A day after coming in fourth in the pentathlon, Ellis took third in the open long jump with a leap of 18-10.75 (5.76m) for her first career all-MW accolade.
Glenn took third in the 200 in 23.84, tied for fourth all-time at San Diego State. It was her third career all-MW honor (one indoor, two outdoor).