March 25, 2017
SAN DIEGO -
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Junior Ashley Henderson ran the fastest 100-meter dash in the NCAA this season and in San Diego State history during the second day of the 39th annual Aztec Invitational Saturday.
Henderson's 11.10 time surpassed Tonette Dyer's 11.20 school-record time, set in 2004. Henderson's time in the 100 was also the fastest recorded run in the NCAA this year. She previously ran the 100 at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 10.96 but because the time was wind-aided, it does not count as a school record.
Also finishing among the top five in the 100 was junior Rochene Smith (11.58) at third, running a collegiate best and tying for the ninth-fastest mark in program history, and senior Starlynn Singleton (11.70) at fifth.
SDSU also posted top-five marks in the 4x100-meter relay, 100 hurdles, 800, 400-meter hurdles, long jump, triple jump, high jump, hammer, shot put, discus, javelin and pole vault.
Micha Auzenne, Simone Glenn, Singleton and Henderson earned silver in the 4x100, ranking third in the school record book with a 44.40 time.
The Scarlet and Black finished 3-4-5 in the 100-meter hurdles, with Auzenne finishing third (13.37), freshman Andrenette Knight narrowly placing fourth (13.561) and sophomore Sierra Brabham-Lawrence recording a collegiate-best 13.57 for fifth.
In the long jump, sophomore Lisa-Anne Barrow placed third (19-05.75), and Singleton surpassed her best mark as an Aztec with a 19-02.50 showing for fourth.
Senior Rachel Alesi was third in both the discus (166-7) and the shot put (49-5), while junior Melody Harris captured bronze in the javelin (141-2). Senior Freja Liljedahl placed fifth in the hammer throw (166-10).
Sophomore Je'Neal Ainsworth leaped to a 38-04.50 in the triple jump for third. Junior Monique McPherson ran the 800 in 2:10.36 for fourth, while classmate Jasmine Young placed fifth with a collegiate-best 1:02.89 in the 400-meter hurdles. In the high jump, freshman Hannah Taylor jumped 5-05.50, the best of her young collegiate career, to take fifth.
The pole vault saw junior Bonnie Draxler (13-04.50) and sophomore Marissa Berry (13-00.25) take the third and fourth spots, respectively.
The Aztecs stay local next weekend, taking part in the California Collegiate Invitational hosted by UC San Diego on Sat., April 1.
39th Annual Aztec Invitational
March 24-25, 2017
San Diego, Calif.
Team Results
1. USC - 140
2. San Diego State - 136
3. UNLV - 104.5
4. UC Santa Barbara - 66.5
5. BYU - 64.5
6. Air Force - 44
7. Grand Canyon - 40
8. Wisconsin - 32.5
9. Utah Valley - 29
10. Loyola Marymount - 27
Individual Results (SDSU and winner of each event only)
Women's 4x100-Meter Relay Invite (out of 6 entrants)
1. USC (Brown, Francis, Westbrook, Hill) - 43.97
2. San Diego State (Auzenne, Glenn, Singleton, Henderson) - 44.40 (No. 3 all-time)
Women's 100-Meter Hurdles Invite (out of 31 entrants)
1. Dior Hall (USC) - 13.20
3. Micha Auzenne (SDSU) - 13.37
4. Andrenette Knight (SDSU) - 13.561
5. Sierra Brabham-Lawrence (SDSU) - 13.570 (PR)
Women's 100 Meters Invite (out of 31 entrants)
1. Ashley Henderson (SDSU) - 11.10 (school record)
3. Rochene Smith (SDSU) - 11.58 (No. 9 all-time) (PR)
5. Starlynn Singleton (SDSU) - 11.70
Women's 800 Meters Invite (out of 23 entrants
1. Mandy Chitwood (UNLV) - 2:09.61
4. Monique McPherson (SDSU) - 2:10.36
14. Angela Wilson (SDSU) - 2:17.75
22. Cali King (SDSU) - 2:29.46 (PR)
Women's 400-Meter Hurdles Invite (out of 15 entrants)
1. Shannon Trumbull (UCSB) - 1:00.78
5. Jasmine Young (SDSU) - 1:02.89 (PR)
Women's 200 Meters Invite (out of 45 entrants)
1. Cameron Pettigrew (USC) - 23.66
9. Rochene Smith (SDSU) - 24.33
11. Lisa-Anne Barrow (SDSU) - 24.74
27.Kassidy Ellis (SDSU) - 26.08
Women's Long Jump Invite (out of 23 entrants)
1. Margaux Jones (USC) - 19-10.75
3. Lisa-Anne Barrow (SDSU) - 19-06.00
4. Starlynn Singleton (SDSU) - 19-02.75 (PR)
7. Kira Moreland (SDSU) - 18-06.50
Women's Triple Jump Invite (out of 9 entrants)
1. Andrea Olstead (Unattached) - 38-08.50
3. Je'Neal Ainsworth (SDSU) - 38-04.75
Women's High Jump Invite (out of 17 entrants)
1. Shelley Spires (AFA) - 5-11.25
5. Hannah Taylor (SDSU) - 5-05.75(PR)
Women's Hammer Throw Invite (out of 21 entrants)
1. Amanda Gricus (Cal Coast) - 191-8
5. Freja Liljedahl (SDSU) - 166-10
Women's Shot Put Invite (out of 13 entrants)
1. Brittany Mann (USC) - 56-8.50
3. Rachel Alesi (SDSU) - 49-5
Women's Discus Throw Invite (out of 25 entrants)
1. Liz Podominick (Unattached) - 176-7
3. Rachel Alesi (SDSU) - 166-7
8. Anushi Desai (SDSU) - 156-7 (PR)
Women's Javelin Throw Invite (out of 6 entrants)
1. Payge Cuthbertson (BYU) - 144-8
3. Melody Harris (SDSU) - 141-2
Women's Pole Vault Invite (out of 26 entrants)
1. Carmelita Viridi Correa (Club de atle)
3. Bonnie Draxler (SDSU) - 13-04.50
4. Marissa Berry (SDSU) - 13-00.25
17. Taylor Alexander (SDSU) - 11-02.50 (PR)
18. Rachel Craft (SDSU) - 11-02.50
19. Katherine Magill (SDSU) - 11-02.50
-- Sara Curran (SDSU) - NH