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Track & Field: McIntosh,
Showns, Stein, Guadagnini, McFadden Win at Point Loma |
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It was a successful couple of days for Coach Steve Scott’s track & field team at the Point Loma Invitational, as his athletes captured numerous individual wins on their way to Nationals. Star runner Namadhjlah McIntosh won the women’s 200-meter dash with a time of 25.27, and also finished third in the 100-meter with a time of 13.07. Fellow runner Samantha Showns won the 400-meter in 56.21. The only other athlete to break one-minute in the event was teammate Lucia Asbury, who placed second at 58.63. For the men, Nick Stein took the title at the 400-meter dash, finishing a fraction of a second ahead of teammate Thomas McDougal to claim the title with a time of 49.15. Tony Guadagnini joined them in the winner’s circle, running the 1,500-meter in 3:57.48. The men’s 4x100-meter relay team bested four other schools to win their event in 42.06 seconds. And Ronnie McFadden continued his strong season in the field, winning the discus with a throw of 45.59 meters. Other top-5 finishes include Ashleigh Davis in the women’s 100-meter hurdles (2nd; 14.41), Laura Huering in the women’s 1,500-meter (4th; 4:52), and Jessica Staub in the shot put (4th; 9.80 meters) and discus (5th; 33.59 meters). On the men’s side, top-5 finishers included Billy Walker in the 100-meter (2nd; 10.98), Austin Sylvia in the 200-meter (2nd; 22.42), Kevin Ott Wright and Cory Dart in the 400-meter hurdles (2nd; 53.72 and 3rd; 54.03, respectively), David Freund in the pole vault (T-2nd; 4.60 meters), and Thomas Polhill in the 1,500-meter (5th; 4:06). Cougar track & field will be in action this weekend at both Fresno State and Point Loma.
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