When considering Sharon Day’s long list of accomplishments at the collegiate level, the Olympic Games seemed almost like the natural progression for her athletic career. The London games will be her second time competing in the Olympics, but this time around she, along with fellow Cal Poly alumna Stephanie Brown Trafton, will take part in […]
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Mustangs race to season's finish line in Irvine
In a season filled with many ups and downs, improvement has been a satisfying constant for the Cal Poly men’s and women’s track teams. “It’s always hard to have a perfect meet,” head coach Mark Conover said. “There are so many events and sometimes you get a little glitch. I think the men competed very […]
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Cal Poly's road woes in Davis, Santa Barbara
With less than a month remaining in the spring athletics season, the Mustang baseball, softball and track and field teams hit the road during the weekend. Baseball Cal Poly baseball walked off with a win against Pepperdine on Tuesday night following a 10th-inning home run by third baseman Jimmy Allen, but the Mustangs couldn’t continue […]
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Two-sport athlete makes time for ‘wife’ and ‘mistress’
“The way I see it, football is my wife and track is my mistress,” Houston said. “Football is what I came to college for. I love the physicality of it and how every play can be a big play.”
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Sisler takes soccer, high jump to new heights
Whitney Sisler, Cal Poly NCAA high jumper and star soccer forward, began her journey as a double athlete when her dad signed her up for the America Youth Soccer Organization when she was five years old.
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Track and field finishes decathlon and heptathlon at championships
Corbin Duer finished fifth in the decathlon while Turquoise Williams finished seventh in the heptathlon at the Big West Conference Championships last weekend.
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Sisler, Herrera Win at Mt. Sac. Relays
Sophomore Whitney Sisler won the high jump while freshman Taylor Herrera won the 200 meter dash in the second day of competition at the Mt. Sac. Relays Friday.
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22 Mustangs hit Big West Conference qualifying marks last weekend
22 Cal Poly Mustangs — 15 men and seven women — hit Big West Conference qualifying marks on Saturday at the Cal Poly Invitational that featured nine collegiate teams and individuals.
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Conover named track and field/cross country director
After coaching the men’s cross country team to its seventh straight and 10th Big West Conference Championship overall last fall, Mark Conover has been named the new Director of Track and Field / Cross Country for Cal Poly.
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Eighteen Mustangs to compete in west regional
The Mustangs were without top sprinter Jarred Houston who had been injured in spring football practice. Houston was expected to be one of Cal Poly’s major contributors when the NCAA West Regional begins today.