April 4, 2018
Heat Sheets/Schedule | Meet Preview
The Aztecs return to San Diego Friday to host the first ever Mountain West Conference Challenge. The meet will feature the Aztecs, San José State, UNLV and Nevada, all four of the Mountain West schools that only field a women's program, and will use the double-dual scoring format.
30 Aztecs will be competing on Friday, the most competitors SDSU has used in a meet in the outdoor season. 10 athletes will compete in multiple individual events with freshman Asia Smith participating in a team-high four events: the 200, the 100 hurdles, the high jump and the shot put. Other athletes competing in two or more individual events include: Cari Acosta (shot put and discus), Lisa-Anne Barrow (200 & long jump), Callista Fletcher (100 & 200), Jalyn Harris (200 & 400), Melody Harris (long jump and javelin), Lakin Hatcher (200 & 400), Coryne McKenney (shot put and discus), Jelena McNown (100 & triple jump) and Kambridge Van Der Veur (shot put and discus).
The meet gets started with the discus throw and long jump at 10:15 a.m. and the first running event will be the 4x100m relay at 11:30 a.m.
There will be a short ceremony at 10 a.m. where the Aztecs will present a gift to the other teams to commemorate the first annual Mountain West Challenge. In the future, the meet's site will rotate between San Diego State and UNLV.
Individual events will be scored 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 and relays 9-7-6-5 and only two individual entries per school can score. All races will be timed finals with sections running fast to slow. All horizontal jumps and throw athletes will be allowed three preliminary attempts with flights seeded worst to best. The top nine marks will earn three final attempts.
Admission to the meet is free and a link to live results will be available on GoAztecs.com.
Running Events Field Events
11:30 a.m. - 4x100m Relay 10:15 a.m. - Discus Throw
11:40 a.m. - Hurdes 10:15 a.m. - Long Jump
11:55 a.m. - 400m Dash 11:15 a.m. - Pole Vault
12:05 p.m. - 100m Dash 11:45 a.m. - High Jump
12:15 p.m. - 800m Run 11:45 a.m. - Javelin Throw
12:25 p.m. - 400m Hurdles 1:15 p.m. - Shot Put
12:40 p.m. - 200m Dash 1:15 p.m. - Triple Jump
12:55 p.m. - 1500m Run 1:05 p.m. - 5000m Run
1:35 p.m. - 4x400m Relay
SDSU Earns Five First Place Finishes at UCLA Last Weekend
SDSU won both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays while Lisa-Anne Barrow (long jump), Ashley Henderson (200m) and Jalyn Harris (400m) earned individual first place finishes.
Barrow's leap of 19' 11.75" was the farthest non wind-aided jump of her career and the eighth best all-time for an Aztec. She landed over ten inches farther than the second place finisher, UCLA's Kendall Gustafson.
"The key for me today was remembering to push all the way down the runway from the beginning because I've gotten in to the habit of being too passive," Barrow said after the meet. "I know there's still room for improvement. I expect more from myself but am very happy to see that I'm moving in the direction of my goals."
"Lisa-Anne is showing that things are coming together for a big long jump in the coming weeks," Head Coach Shelia Burrell said.
Jalyn Harris continued her outstanding freshman season, running a 54.63 in the 400m dash, the best time of her young collegiate career.
"Jalyn is showing signs of big things to come," Coach Burrell said.
Henderson was competing in her first outdoor meet of the season and she showed no signs of rust. Her time of 23.13 was over a second faster than her next closest competitor.
Je'Neal Ainsworth, who was the top collegiate finisher in the triple jump open and invite last weekend, finished second on Saturday. She cleared 40' 4" (12.29m), her top mark of the season.
"Je'Neal got a chance to work on some things today that will prepare her for the conference," Coach Burrell stated.
The Aztecs' team of Callista Fletcher, Ashley Henderson, Rochene Smith, and Lisa-Anne Barrow finished the 4x100 relay in 44.83, good for first place. This was the first time the Aztecs have competed in the event this season.
In the 4x400 relay, the Aztecs finished in 3:45.80, over two seconds ahead of second place Tulane.
Hannah Taylor cleared 5' 5.75" in the high jump, a mark good for a second place.