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 […]
Tag: Cal Poly track and field
Posted inSports, Top Stories
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 […]
Posted inSports, Top Stories
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 […]
Posted inSports, Top Stories
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 […]
Posted inSports, Top Stories
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 […]
Posted inSports, Top Stories
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, […]
Posted inSports, Top Stories
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 […]
Posted inSports, Top Stories
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 […]
Posted inSports, Top Stories
Track and Field makes school history with first ever Women’s Conference Championship
The new three-day format for the Big West Track and Field Championships proved to be a successful one for Cal Poly’s Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams. The men brought home a second-place finish while the women marked their place in the Cal Poly history books with their first-ever team conference championship. Multi-Event Championships, […]
Posted inSports, Top Stories
Women’s Track and Field earns first place while Men’s team takes second at Big West Multi-Event Championships
The Cal Poly Women’s Track and Field team took first place while the Men’s team took second place at the Big West Multi-Event Championships from Friday, May 7 to Saturday, May 8 at Anteater Stadium in Irvine. Cal Poly senior Julianna Ruotolo won the Big West championship for the heptathlon, helping the Mustangs earn 14 […]
Posted inSports, Top Stories
Track & Field makes history with 10 wins at Fresno State
Cal Poly Track & Field took home 10 wins on Saturday, April 24 at the Fresno State Invitational at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The meet had full squads competing from San Jose State, the University of San Francisco, Sacramento State, Santa Clara, the University of Nevada, Saint Mary’s, fellow Big West member CSU Bakersfield, and lastly […]