Cal Poly track and field earned six top-three finishes and several personal bests at the Fresno State Invitational on Saturday, Apr. 30 at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis. Sophomore Quinton Alexander placed second in the men’s 800 with a season-best time of 1:51.98 seconds. He was followed by fourth-place sophomore Mason Elefant with a season-best […]
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Track and field sets 17 personal bests at Mustang Invitational
Cal Poly track and field had a strong outing at the Mustang Invitational on Friday, Apr. 22 at the Miller and Capriotti Athletics Complex. Three athletes added themselves to the Mustangs’ Top 10 list of all-time marks while 17 individuals set their personal bests. Freshman Elliot Payne placed first in the javelin throw, throwing for […]
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Track and field finds success at West Coast Relays and Stanford Invitational
West Coast Relays Cal Poly track and field saw more than 20 personal bests recorded at the West Coast Relays on Friday, Apr. 1 at Buchanan High School. Redshirt senior Emily Hallett added another two feet, eight inches to her personal best and school record in the women’s hammer throw. She placed third in the […]
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Track and field dominates Cal Poly Invitational with 18 first-place finishes
Two clean sweeps in women’s discus and men’s javelin were a part of the massive podium presence the Mustangs harbored at home in the Cal Poly Invitational on Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26 at Miller and Capriotti Sports Complex. The Mustangs had 18 first-place finishes over the weekend with 11 of them followed […]
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Hallett sets school record, track and field ends UC Santa Barbara Invitational with 12 first-place finishes
Cal Poly track and field earned several first-place finishes at the UC Santa Barbara Invitational from Wednesday, Mar. 9 through Friday, Mar. 11 at Pauley Track. Redshirt senior Emily Hallett placed first in the hammer with a personal best and a school-record mark of 195 feet, 10.25 inches. She broke her own school record that […]
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Track and field wins 36 of 38 events at Cal Poly Open
Cal Poly’s track and field teams opened up the outdoor season with dominating performances in all but two events at the Cal Poly Open at the Steve Miller and John Capriotti Athletic Complex in San Luis Obispo on Friday, Mar. 4. The non-scoring meet is used as a tune-up for most of the Mustangs, as […]
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Track and field sees all-time performances at Arkansas Qualifier
Redshirt senior Emily Hammlet smashed her own women’s weight throwing record by seven inches in Track and Field’s latest indoor meet on Friday, Feb. 19 at the Arkansas Qualifier inside the Randal Tyson Track Center. Hallett’s mark of 54 feet, 4 3/4 inches shattered her own school record of 53 feet, 9 1/2 inche that […]
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Track and field earns five top-three finishes in Washington State Indoor Open
Freshman Melody Nwagwu led the way with an individual title and four more Mustangs stood on the podium in the Washington State University Open indoor track and field meet on Friday, Feb. 4 inside The Podium. The Mustangs traveled north to Spokane, Was. on Friday to compete in their second meet of the season against […]
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Track and field finds success at Michigan Indoor Invitational
Redshirt senior Emily Hallett destroyed her previous school record mark by two feet in women’s weight throw as the track and field team traveled up to Ann Arbor, Michigan for their season-opening Michigan Indoor Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 22. Hallet’s throw of 53 feet, 9.5 inches beats her record set in 2020 of 51 feet, […]
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Brooke Tjerrild: The pole vaulter who jumped to new heights
Senior Cal Poly pole vaulter Brooke Tjerrild has been named the Big West Field Athlete of the Year, won three consecutive conference pole vaulting titles and recently helped the Mustangs win their first women’s track and field Big West Championship. Since Tjerrild has broken two school records in both outdoor and indoor pole vaulting, pole […]
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Tjerrild posts highest Mustang finish at Texas A&M Track Regionals, finishes 15th
Nine Mustangs were selected to compete in College Station, Texas for the preliminary round of the NCAA Track and Field Championships. The four-day meet, hosted by Texas A&M University, saw a few Mustangs set personal records in their attempts to make it out of the Western Regional Round. Day One On Thursday, May 27, the […]