March 23, 2002

Cal State San Marcos Track Team Competes in Aztec Invitational

Cal State San Marcos competed in the San Diego State University Aztec Invitational, Saturday, March 23, 2002. By the end of the day, two new Cougar school records were set and the women's 4 x 100 m relay team and a men's distance runner qualified for nationals.

For the first time in the team's young history, Cal State San Marcos will send a women's 4 x 100 m relay team to the NAIA Nationals. They were automatic qualifiers with a time of 48.43 seconds. The team consisted of Andrea Jackson, a sophomore from Oceanside; Autumn Wright, a freshman from San Diego; Jessica Walker, a junior from San Diego; and Tiffany Lowery, a freshman from Escondido.

Kris Houghton, a junior from Tualitin, Oregon, qualified for the NAIA Nationals in the 5,000 m run, with a time of 14:51. He also finished third for the day.

Among the other highlights from the day were two new Cal State San Marcos school records. In the men's pole vault, James Barbour, a sophomore from Poway, finished with a height of 15'5".  Head coach Steve Scott qualified it as a "respectable jump."  In the javelin, Ed Wurz, a junior from Daly City, Calif., through for a record-setting distance of 180'1".

Other Cal State San Marcos Women's Results

100 m dash:  Andrea Jackson, 13.31 seconds; Tiffany Lowery, 13.08 seconds; Jessica Walker, 13.29 seconds; Autumn Wright, 12.29 seconds.

200 m dash:  Amy Cutshaw, a junior from Rancho Bernardo, 26.08 seconds; Luci Downey, a junior from Escondido, 26.45 seconds; Andrea Jackson, 27.64 seconds;  Tiffany Lowery, 26.77 seconds; Jessica Walker, 27.11 seconds.  

400 m dash:  Amy Cutshaw, 58.51 seconds; Lucinda Downey, 1:00.79

4x400 relay:  Abril Jiminez, a sophomore from San Diego; Amy Cutshaw; Tiffany Lowery; and Luci Downey, finished with a time of 4:00.6.

1,500 m run:  Felisha Mariscal, a sophomore from Chula Vista, 5:05.3; Manal Yamout, a freshman from San Diego, 5:06.79.

5,000 m run:  Lanele Cox, a junior from Escondido, 18:43.

400 m hurdles:  Abril Jiminez, 1:09.21.                                           

4x400 m relays:  4:01.09

Cal State San Marcos Men's Results

100 m dash: Yanta Morrow, a sophomore from San Diego, 11.22 seconds.

200 m dash:  Greg Hollingsworth, 22.88 seconds; Yanta Morrow, 23.34 seconds;  Jeremy Taylor, 23.28 seconds.

400 m dash:  Shaun Bright, 52.06 seconds; Greg Hollingsworth, a freshman from Temecula, 50.94 seconds.

800 m:  Brandon Cline, a sophomore from Carlsbad, 2:04.47; Justin Lessel, a freshman from Fresno, 2:01.08; Dax Solorzano, a junior from San Diego, 2:06.43.        

1,500 m run:  Brandon Cline, 4:35.30.

3,000 m steeplechase:  Brian Sullivan, a junior from San Diego, 9:40.50.

5,000 m run:  Kris Houghton, a junior from Tualitin, Oregon, 14:51.34; Robby McClendon, a junior from Truckee, 15:31.78;  Rene Reyes, a freshman from Long Beach, 15:10.90; Omar Zavala, a junior from San Diego, 15:30.00.

110 m high hurdles:  Anthony Blacksher, a junior from San Bernardino, 14.88 seconds.

400 m intermediate hurdles:  Jason Williams, a sophomore from San Diego, 52.97 seconds.

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