Matadors Dominate Northridge Invitational

Thursday, March 16

Northridge, Calif.

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California State University at Northridge

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Photo by: Larry Goren

Matadors Dominate Northridge Invitational

3/20/2017 1:36:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – This past weekend, the CSUN men's and women's track & field teams hosted the Northridge Invitational at the Northridge Track Complex. In the three-day meet, the Matadors placed in nearly every event, dominating at their first home competition in several years.

"The meet went really well from every event group," said head coach Avery Anderson. "From top to bottom the student-athletes, including those that competed in the multis earlier in the week, are working really hard and their performances and hard work are paying off."

The Matador men were led by the throwers and jumpers, although there were top finishes in events across the board. CSUN's triple jumpers swept the podium while sprinter Andre McBride won the 100 meter dash and junior Dawaun Lucas won the shot put.

On the women's side, the Matadors won the 100m, 400m, 4x100m, 800m, pole vault, long jump and hammer and swept the podium in the 200m, 100m hurdles, shot put and discus.

"The magic of the Northridge track is still in effect," said Anderson on the teams' success competing on campus. "I forgot how it felt to run at home; it still has that magic feel. It was probably the best quality surface we've competed on in the past couple of years," he added, referring to the newly re-surfaced track.

Men's Recap

Senior Andre McBride was the first first-place finisher for the men, winning the 100m with a time of 10.60. He also placed second in the 200m in 21.65 and was a member of the 4x100m relay that took second, joining teammates Chazz Warren, Ian Harriott and Kiyoshi Johnson.

In the middle distance events, sophomore Mario Ramirez took third in the 800m, finishing in 1:55.83, and second in the 1500m in 3:59.67. Junior Manuel Vargas rounded out the Matadors' distance team, placing second in the 3000m in 9:03.76.

Junior Joshua Turner took second in the 110m hurdles in a time of 14.58 and senior Anthony Teart took second in the 400m hurdles in 54.15, with both narrowly missing first place by just .15 seconds.

Felicitas also contributed in the jumps with a mark of 22' 9.25" in the long jump to finish second, and senior Josh Webster, who jumped 22' 4.5", joined him on the podium after finishing third. The duo plus sophomore Nathan Washington swept the triple jump, with Kurt Felicitas taking first with a jump of 50' 4.5", Webster going 49' 7" and Washington jumping 47' 9.75", all personal bests.

The Matadors took second in the high jump with Lohnnie Tape-Jackson clearing 7' 0.25" for a personal record and second and third in the pole vault, with junior Mark Nicolas clearing 15' 1" and senior Tevin Limon finishing at 14' 7.35".

In the throws, junior Dawaun Lucas threw 59' 6.75" to win the shot, with teammate Clint Meyer taking third at 53' 5". Junior Daniel Swarbrick finished second in the discus (173' 7") and the hammer (190' 4").

Complete Men's Results

Women's Recap

For the female sprinters, senior Marie Veale won the 100m in a time of 11.67, beating her nearest competitor by more than half a second. She was also part of a trio of Matadors that swept the 200m, joining Lexis Lambert (1^st – 23.72) and Courtney Robinson (3^rd – 24.85).

Lambert (53.64) and fellow senior Asheley Bamberg (56.12) took first and second in the 400m with personal bests and Veale and Lambert were joined by Kayla Pickens and Serena Felicity to win the 4x100m relay in a time of 45.76.

Senior Rachael Naumann won the 800m, running 2:21.46, followed closely by teammate Katie Alvarenga, who took third in 2:23.31. Alvarenga also placed second in the 1500m in a time of 4:45.19, a personal best, and Naumann won the 3000m Steeplechase in 11:18.43.

The CSUN women swept the podium in the 100m hurdles, with Courtney Robinson (13.90) coming in first, Charlease Rodgers (14.14) placing second and Sydney Mosley (14.18) placing third.

For the jumpers, junior Gardenia Centanaro won the pole vault, clearing 12' 11.5", with teammate Alyana Nicolas finishing second with a height of 12' 5.5". Junior Sydney Berry cleared 17' 7.5" to win the long jump and senior Marissa Rossi finished second with a height of 17' 3.5". Senior Cydney Leath rounded things out by finishing second in the triple jump, going 37' 7.5".

The Matador women swept the podium in both the shot put and the discus, with senior Brianna Cueva winning both (shot - 49' 6.5", discus 170' 4"). Senior Tiarah Umu placed second in the shot (48' 1.25") and third in the disc (152' 5") and junior Elena Lopez finished third in the shot (43' 8.5").

Senior Monique Griffiths won the hammer with a distance of 183' 2" and also rounded out the podium for the discus, placing second with a throw of 166' 3". Sophomore Kelly McGiffney placed third in the javelin, throwing 11' 8".

Complete Women's Results

The Matadors compete again next weekend in Honolulu from March 24-25 at a three-way meet against Sacramento State and Hawai'i.