CSUN Track & Field Impresses at Armory Invitational

Friday, February 3

New York, N.Y.

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California State University at Northridge

Armory Track Invitational

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CSUN Track & Field Impresses at Armory Invitational

2/8/2017 9:01:00 AM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

Matadors Continue Indoor Season in Washington This Weekend

By: by Geoffrey Herberg

Full Results

BRONX, N.Y. --- The CSUN men's and women's track & field programs continued to impress with their recent performance at the 2017 Armory Invitational in New York City. On the women's side, Gardenia Centanaro tied for fifth in the pole vault while Monique Griffiths posted a fifth-place finish in the weight throw. On the men's side, Louis Pancotti tied for fifth in the pole vault while Lohnnie Tape-Jackson placed seventh in the high jump, Zachary Rosales recorded a seventh-place finish in the shot put and Dawaun Lucas finished seventh in the weight throw.

"A lot of great things happened this past weekend. Our continued assault of our indoor record books is an example of that and a great indication of where we're going," said CSUN head coach Avery Anderson. "We had every event group contribute to the all-time indoor record list. The distances, throws, jumps and sprints all had athletes step up and compete very well. All of the distance runners that came on the trip set personal bests in their events. I thought that was outstanding."

Men's Recap

After finishing in third at the 2016 Big West Championships in the event, Tape-Jackson continues to excel in 2017. He tied for seventh in the event by clearing 1.95m (6-04.75). Rosales also posted a third-place finish at the 2016 Big West Championships in the shot put and posted a heave of 16.79m (55-01) to take seventh in the Big Apple.

In other results, Louis Pancotti tied for fifth in the pole vault by clearing 4.85m (15-11) in his third and final attempt at the height. That clearance moved him into fourth place in CSUN's all-time indoor list. Logan Cantrell placed 11th in the event at 4.25m (13-11.25) while Tevin Limon and Mark Nicolas also competed in the event.

The sprints saw Andre McBride just miss out on a berth in the 60m finals, finishing a 6.92 seconds in his semifinal heat and two places away from the top nine competitors. T'Jari Packard, Johnathan Warren, Ian Harriott, Kiyoshi Johnson, Taylor Cudequest and Tyree Harriott also competed in the event.

McBride also competed in the 200m, finishing 14th overall in a time of 22.20 seconds. Warren, Ian Harriott, Tyree Harriott, Anthony Teart and Alex Hibbert also competed in the event. Warren closed out a busy weekend by also competing in the 400m and he was joined in the event by Re'Quan Harley and Tyree Harriott also ran the 400m over the weekend.

In the distance events, Michael Merchan and Santiago Gomez competed in the mile run while Charlie Nettles ran in the 3000m. All three set new personal bests in their events.

Joshua Turner made the finals of the 60m-hurdles and ran a weekend-best 8.10 seconds in the semifinals. Teart, Harley, Cudequest and Hibbert also competed in the event.

Other field events saw Dennis Hicks II earn a point with a 10th-place finish in the long jump. He posted a weekend-best leap of 7.03m (23-00.75) in the event and Harley, Matthew Arnold and Cudequest also competed. Clint Meyer, Jacob Harbin, Dawaun Lucas and Cudequest joined Rosales in the shot put.

Lucas was CSUN's top finisher in the weight throw, placing seventh with a toss of 16.57m (54-04.50) while Christopher Brown finished eighth (16.09m) and Rosales was ninth (15,90m).

Women's Recap

Centanaro, the defending Big West Champion in the pole vault, tied for fifth with a clearance of 3.90m (12-09.50) on her first attempt at the height. That clearance improved the senior's mark for third in the program's all-time indoor record book. Alyana Nicolas added another point with an eighth-place finish in the event, clearing 3.80m (12-05.50) on her first attempt at the bar. Caitlin Nilssen also competed in the event.

Griffiths, the 2015 Big West Champion in the weight throw, placed fifth with a career-best heave of 17.80m (58-04.75) to claim eighth in the program's all-time indoor record book. Brianna Cueva posted an 11th-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 13.63m (44-08.75) and Elena Lopez and Tiarah Umu also participated in the event.

In other field events, four Matadors (Leah Lambert, Sydney Berry, Ty Wallace and Isabel Leonard) competed in the long jump with Lambert leading the group with a leap of 5.29m (17-04.25). Taren Hayward paced CSUN in the triple jump by recording a mark of 11.31m (37-01.25).

Like McBride on the men's side, Marie Veale narrowly missed out on a spot in the 60m dash. She finished in a personal-best 7.53, sixth in the program's all-time indoor record book, in the semifinals to place 10th while Serena Felicity, Kayla Pickens, Berry and Lambert also competed in the event.

Lambert led the CSUN contingent in the 200m with an 11th-place finish in a time of 24.41 seconds. Veale, Courtney Robinson, Charlease Rodgers, Pickens and Lambert also competed in the event. Lambert then just missed out on scoring in the 400m Invitational heat, placing ninth overall in a time of 55.27 seconds, while also competing in the 60m hurdles. Finally, Rachael Naumann ran a new personal best in the 3000m to wrap-up the distance events.

The Matadors continue their preparation for the 2017 MPSF Indoor Championships with a meet this weekend at both the Husky Invitational in Seattle and the Don Kirby Elite Invitational in Albuquerque.