April 22, 2016
LA JOLLA, Calif. - Bonnie Draxler led a group of five pole vaulters in the top 10 for the San Diego State track and field team on the first day of the Triton Invitational Friday at UC San Diego in La Jolla, Calif.
Draxler beat out 37 other entrants in the pole vault by clearing 13 feet, 7 ¼ inches (4.15m). She was followed closely by Marissa Berry (third) and Karen Snapper (fourth), who each vaulted 13-03.50 (4.05m). The 13-03.50 is tied for the 10th-best mark in program history and currently is enough for the NCAA West Prelims. Sara Curran, meanwhile, came in sixth in a personal-best mark of 12-05.50 (3.80m), while Katherine Magill tied for eighth in 11-11.75 (3.65m).
Former Aztec Kortney Ross, meanwhile, qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the pole vault at a OTC qualifier with a mark of 14-05.25 (4.40m). Former San Diego State athletes who have now qualified for the trials include Ross and Kristen Brown in the pole vault, Whitney Ashley in the discus throw and Allison Reaser in the heptathlon. Current SDSU athlete Ashley Henderson has made it in both the 100 and 200, and former great Shanieka Thomas currently leads the world in the triple jump while representing Jamaica.
In the throwing events, Alexa Evans took 18th in the invitational discus throw with a season-best toss of 182-08 (55.64m). Rachel Alesi was sixth in the open discus at 170-03 (51.90m).
Aztec hammer throw school-record holder Freja Liljedahl led the hammer throwers with a 19th-place showing with a heave of 174-10 (53.29m).
The javelin throw starts off Saturday for SDSU at 10:30 a.m. PT, with the Léon T. Roach III invitational pole vault starting at 11 a.m. PT and the track events starting with the 4x100-meter relay at 11 a.m. PT. The meet for San Diego State concludes with the 5,000 at 7:25 p.m. PT.
Triton Invitational
La Jolla, Calif.
April 22, 2016
Team Results
No team scores
Individual Results (SDSU and winner of each event only)
Pole Vault Open (out of 38 entrants)
1. Bonnie Draxler (SDSU) - 13-07.25 (4.15m)
3. Marissa Berry (SDSU) - 13-03.50 (4.05m) (Tied-No. 10th all-time at SDSU)
4. Karen Snapper (SDSU) - 13-03.50 (4.05m) (Tied-No. 10th all-time at SDSU)
6. Sara Curran (SDSU) - 12-05.50 (3.80m)
8t. Katherine Magill (SDSU) - 11-11.75 (3.65m)
14t. Courtney Jackson (SDSU) - 11-05.75 (3.50m)
Discus Throw Invitational (out of 18 entrants)
1. Jade Lally (Great Britain) - 208-08 (63.60m)
18. Alexa Evans (SDSU) - 182-08 (55.64m)
Discus Throw Open (out of 56 entrants)
1. Alissa Rausch (Great Britain) - 177-09 (54.17m)
6. Rachel Alesi (SDSU) - 170-03 (51.90m)
25. Anushi Desai (SDSU) - 147-05 (44.93m)
28. Coryne McKenney (SDSU) - 142-03 (43.37m)
Hammer Throw Invitational (out of 54 entrants)
1. Brittany Henry (Oiselle) - 218-10 (66.70m)
19. Freja Liljedahl (SDSU) - 174-10 (53.29m)
22. Victoria Dickerson (SDSU) - 170-10 (52.06m)
52. Katherine Magill (SDSU) - 102-09 (31.31m)