Men's Track and Field | 12.14.2024
RESULTS
SPOKANE, Wash. – The Warriors closed the first meet of the season with a program and facility record. The group of
Jordan Castillo, Sydnie Zywina,
Trenton Johnson and Emily Collins made history with the inaugural mixed 4x400m relay record on a time of 3:40.90. The performance closed a busy day at the Spokane Invitational where young LC State Track and Field athletes gained valuable experience.
Along with his action in the relay, Johnson earned a second-place finish in the triple jump with his mark of 14.33m.
Preston Cooper ran the first indoor 400m of his career and etched his name as the third-fastest in the event all-time at LC State. The sophomore ran a time of 50.39 to place 10
th.
Distance runners
Tristin O'Brien,
Alexander Fry and
Luke Sellmann were in action in the 3,000m. In his first time running the indoor event, O'Brien won his heat and placed 12
th overall with a time of 8:53.57 and Fry was 15
th (8:58.37). Sellmann ran his first 5,000m and clocked a time of 17:33.24 to place 21
st before wrapping up his career with a 29
th-place finish in the 3,000m (10:20.70).
Sophomore
James Bogdanowicz cleared a big personal best in the pole vault. Entering the season with a PR of 4.22m in the indoor event, he cleared a height of 4.43m to place second overall.
Brandon Decker placed 12
th in the pole vault with a mark of 3.93m. Bogdanowicz went on to run a career-best time in the 200m (23.47) to place 29
th.
Freshman Cameron Carrera waited until his final leap to record a mark, but he made statement with it in the long jump. He cleared 5.89m to place 12
th in his collegiate debut. Fellow first-year
Max Funk was 24
th at 5.49m. Carrera was also 10
th in the high jump (1.75m) with
Ian Gardom in 14
th (1.70m).
Decker was also in action in the 60m dash. He placed 72
nd (7.75) behind
Tanner Sibert who tied his personal best with a time of 7.49 to finish 63
rd. Funk was 74
th (8.01). Sibert placed 40
th (24.35) in the 200m. In his first taste of collegiate action,
Jr Mendoza finished 17
th in the shot put (12.29m) and 2
9th in the weight throw (9.93m).
UP NEXT
The Warriors break for the holidays and will return to action Jan. 24-25 at Idaho's Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open in the P1FCU Kibbie Dome.
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