LOS ANGELES – Cal State L.A.’s men’s and women’s track and field teams will be well represented at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships.
The championship field was announced Wednesday for the meet, which will be held on May 27-29 in Charlotte, N.C. and hosted by Johnson C. Smith University. The Golden Eagles will have six members of the women’s track and field team competing in a total of nine events and five members of the men’s track and field team competing in a total of seven events.
The top eight finishers in each event will earn All-America honors.
Junior
Josh Como is the highest-ranked qualifier for the Golden Eagles. He has the No. 1 mark in the triple jump at 54-7.25. Como, the California Collegiate Athletic champion in the triple jump, also qualified in the long jump with a mark of 24-3. He had the ninth-best qualifying mark in that event.
White, who earned three All-America honors in 2008, will be competing in three events at the nationals. He has the seventh-best qualifying time in the 100 meters (10.44) and is also eighth in the 200 (21.11). He finished second in the nation in the 200, sixth in the 100 and was on the 4x100 relay team that took third in the country.
White won the conference championship in the 200 and was part of the conference champion 4x100 relay team, giving him five conference titles in his Cal State L.A. career.
McGiffert will enter the championships with the ninth-best qualifying time in the 200 (21.13) and the 11th-best time in the 400 (47.01). McGiffert was the CCAA champion in the 400 meters.
Verlondon Harris, the CCAA champion in the shot put, has the 16
th-best qualifying mark in that event for the championships.
Moriah Jubrey and
Jamilah St. Cyr will lead the women’s team into nationals. Jubrey, who has a total of five All-America awards in outdoor and indoor track and field, has the third-best qualifying time in the 200 (23.65) and the fifth-best qualifying time in the 100 (11.65). She was fourth in the 200 and seventh in the 100 last season.
St. Cyr, who has three All-America awards while at Cal State L.A., has qualified in three individual events. She has the eighth-best mark in the javelin (148-11), the 13th-best mark in the shot put (46-0.75) and the 20th-best mark in the 100 hurdles (14.21).
St. Cyr took third in the nation in the 100 hurdles in outdoor track in 2006.
Jubrey and St. Cyr will join
Brittany Manuel and
Jennifer Shoate in the 4x100 relay. The Golden Eagles qualified with the third-fastest time in the country after running a 45.90 on Saturday in the CSULA Last Chance Qualifier.
Jubrey, St. Cyr, Manuel and
Alisha Belt qualified in the 4x400 relay with the 13
th-best time in the country (3:48.21).
Tuekeha Huntley qualified in the heptathlon with the 14
th-best mark in the country (4,952 points), while Manuel posted the 19
th-best time in the country in the 400 (55.75).
Cal State L.A.’s women’s team finished seventh in the nation in 2009, while the men were seventh in the country in 2008. The men are currently ranked 11th in the nation, while the women are ranked 23rd.
NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships
At Irwin Belk Track Complex, Charlotte, N.C.
Hosted By Johnson C. Smith University
Cal State L.A. Qualifiers
Men
100 – Damein White 10.44 (7th)
200 – Damein White 21.11 (8th), Dominic McGiffert 21.13 (9th)
400 – Dominic McGiffert 47.01 (11th)
Long Jump – Josh Como 24-3 (9th)
Triple Jump – Josh Como 54-7.25 (1st)
Shot Put – Verlondon Harris 55-0.75 (16th)
4x100 Relay – Leve Ross, Damein White, Josh Como, Dominic McGiffert 40.67 (3rd)
Women
100 – Moriah Jubrey 11.65 (5th)
200 – Moriah Jubrey 23.65 (3rd)
400 – Brittany Manuel 55.75 (19th)
100 Hurdles – Jamilah St. Cyr 14.21 (20th)
Shot Put – Jamilah St. Cyr 46-0.75 (13th)
Javelin – Jamilah St. Cyr 148-11 (8th)
Heptathlon – Tuekeha Huntley 4,952 points (14th)
4x100 Relay – Jamilah St. Cyr, Moriah Jubrey, Brittany Manuel, Jennifer Shoate 45.90 (3rd)
4x400 Relay – Brittany Manuel, Alisha Belt, Moriah Jubrey, Jennifer Shoate 3:48.21 (13th)
Schedule Of Events (Pacific Standard Times)
Cal State L.A. Qualifiers
Thursday, May 27
8:00 a.m. Heptathlon begins (Tuekeha Huntley)
1:30 p.m. Men’s Long Jump (Josh Como)
2:20 p.m. Women’s 4x100 prelims (St. Cyr, Jubrey, Manuel, Shoate)
2:30 p.m. Men’s 4x100 prelims (Ross, White, Como, McGiffert)
3:10 p.m. Women’s 400 prelims (Brittany Manuel)
3:25 p.m. Men’s 400 prelims (Dominic McGiffert)
3:40 p.m. Women’s 100 prelims (Moriah Jubrey)
3:55 p.m. Men’s 100 prelims (Damein White)
Friday, May 28
8:00 a.m. Heptathlon Day 2 begins (Tuekeha Huntley)
2:00 p.m. Men’s Shot Put (Verlondon Harris)
3:00 p.m. Women’s 200 prelims (Moriah Jubrey)
3:15 p.m. Men’s 200 prelims (Damein White, Dominic McGiffert)
4:20 p.m. Women’s 100 Hurdles prelims (Jamilah St. Cyr)
4:30 p.m. Women's Shot Put (Jamilah St. Cyr)
6:10 p.m. Women’s 4x400 prelims (Manuel, Belt, Jubrey, Shoate)
Saturday, May 29
9:15 a.m. Women’s Javelin (Jamilah St. Cyr)
2:40 p.m. Women’s 4x100 finals (St. Cyr, Jubrey, Manuel, Shoate)
2:50 p.m. Men’s 4x100 finals (Ross, White, Como, McGiffert)
3:00 p.m. Men’s Triple Jump (Josh Como)
3:25 p.m. Women’s 100 Hurdles finals (Jamilah St. Cyr)
3:45 p.m. Women’s 400 finals (Brittany Manuel)
3:54 p.m. Men’s 400 finals (Dominic McGiffert)
4:08 p.m. Women’s 100 finals (Moriah Jubrey)
4:15 p.m. Men’s 100 finals (Damein White)
5:24 p.m. Women’s 200 finals (Moriah Jubrey)
5:31 p.m. Men’s 200 finals (Damein White, Dominic McGiffert)
6:30 p.m. Women’s 4x400 finals (Manuel, Belt, Jubrey, Shoate)