Live Meet Results
LA JOLLA -- Cal State L.A.'s men's and women's track and field teams got off to strong starts on Friday as the California Collegiate Athletic Association championships continued at UC San Diego.
Verlondon Harris won a conference title in the men's shot put, while Josh Como and Jamilah St. Cyr finished second in their events to highlight the day's activities. Sprinters Damein White, Dominic McGiffert and Moriah Jubrey each qualified for Saturday finals in two events.
Harris recorded a toss of 55-00.75 to win the conference title. Como, the nation's leading triple jumper, finished second in the long jump with a mark of 23-2.50. Como was participating in the long jump for only the second time this season.
St. Cyr, meanwhile, after finishing fifth in the heptathlon, came back to take second in the javelin with a mark of 138-5. The Golden Eagles earned extra points in that event when Karee Nordby took fourth with a toss of 125-2 and Tuekeha Huntley took eighth with a mark of 107-10.
Te'Ahnalin Harris earned points in the discus by placing seventh with a toss of 126-0.
Huntley finished fourth, St. Cyr was fifth and Ashley Fletcher placed seventh in the heptathlon to give the Golden Eagles 11 points in the event. Fletcher came back to finish fourth in the long jump with a mark of 5.59 meters and Tanyshia Ridley picked up a point by placing eighth in that event with a leap of 5.17 meters.
Michael Esquivel placed seventh in the decathlon with 5,690 points.
White won his heats in both the 100 and 200 with the second-fastest qualifying time in both events. He ran a 10.68 in the 100 and 21.44 in the 200. McGiffert qualified with the third-fastest time in the 200 and had the second-best time in the 400 after winning his heat in 49.10. Leve Ross also qualified in the 100 with the fifth-fastest time in 11.06.
Jubrey qualified with the second-best mark in the 100 in 12.17 and the third-fastest mark in the 200 in 25.07. She has automatic qualifying times in both events for the NCAA Championships. Brittany Manuel also qualified in the 200 with the fifth-best time (25.38) and the 400 with the fourth-best time (56.65).
Cal State L.A. also had three qualify in the women's 100 high hurdles after St. Cyr was third in 14.39, Jennifer Shoate was fourth in 14.59 and Huntley was ninth in 15.76 in qualifying.
Esquivel was the eighth qualifier in the men's 110 hurdles in 16.56 and Pedro Lebron was the ninth qualifier in 16.64. Mark Malone qualified with the No. 6 time in the 400 hurdles (56.69) and Lebron was ninth in 58.59. Vijay Tidwell qualified in the 800 with the eighth-fastest time of 1:56.33.
UC San Diego took the top two places in the hepathlon with Stephanie LeFever winning with 5,161 points and Linda Rainwater taking second with 4,938 points. Kelly Clancey of Chico State was fourth with 4,863 points.
Huntley, who has the 12th best mark in the nation with a provisional qualifying total of 4,952 points, took fourth on Friday with 4,696 points. She had marks of 16-3.75 in the long jump, 109-11 in the javelin and 2:33.18 in the 800.
St. Cyr, completing the heptathlon for the first time this season, was as high as second in the competition until the last event. She took fifth with 4,544 points. She had marks of 16-10.75 in the long jump, 123-5 in the javelin and 3:04.13 in the 800 on Friday.
Fletcher was seventh with 4,338 points, which was right on her previous best. She had marks of 18-2.25 in the long jump, 103-9 in the javelin and 2:47.91 in the 800.
The meet will conclude on Saturday.
CCAA Championships
At UC San Diego
Friday's Results
Men's Finals
Shot Put -- 1. Verlondon Harris 55-00.75; 14. Eric Carlos 38-7.75
Long Jump -- 2. Josh Como 23-2.50; 10. Jordan Tyler 20-9.50; 15. Christopher Hicks 18-6
Decathlon -- 7. Michael Esquivel 5,690 points
Men's Prelims
100 -- 2. Damein White 10.68; 5. Leve Ross 11.06
200 -- 2. Damein White 21.44; 3. Dominic McGiffert 21.69; 10. Leve Ross 22.74; 19. Justin Foster 26.79
400 -- 2. Dominic McGiffert 49.10; 14. Justin Foster 58.59
800 -- 8. Vijay Tidwell 1:56.33
110 Hurdles -- 8. Michael Esquivel 16.56; 9. Pedro Lebron 16.64; 10. Mark Malone 16.79
400 Hurdles -- 6. Mark Malone 56.69; 9. Pedro Lebron 58.59
Women's FInals
10,000 -- 9. Keri Molt 40:17.11
Javelin -- 2. Jamilah St. Cyr 138-5; 4. Karee Nordby 125-2; 8. Tuekeha Huntley 107-10; 13. Te'Ahnalin Harris 85-0; 14. Roya Johnson 56-9
Discus -- 7. Te'Ahnalin Harris 126-0; 10. Karee Nordby 122-11; 18. Bregan Schultz 100-0; 20. Jamilah St. Cyr 97-8
Long Jump -- 4. Ashley Fletcher 5.54 meters; 8. Tanyshia Ridley 5.17 meters; 14. Jodyann Service
Women's Prelims
100 -- 2. Moriah Jubrey 12.17; 7. Jamilah St. Cyr 12.63; 13. Michelle Vaughner 12.79
200 -- 3. Moriah Jubrey 25.07; 5. Brittany Manuel 25.38; 19. Michelle Vaughner 26.33
400 -- 4. Brittany Manuel 56.65
800 -- 12. Justina Sadauskaite 2:29.41
1500 -- 15. Melissa Lopez 5:13.95
100 Hurdles -- 2. Jamilah St. Cyr 14.39; 4. Jennifer Shoate 14.59; 9. Tuekeha Huntley 15.76; 14. Tanyshia Ridley 16.89
400 Hurdles -- 9. Tuekeha Huntley 71.11; 10. Jennifer Shoate 75.47
Team Scores
Men
1.) Chico State - 71
2.) UCSD - 36
3.) Cal State Stanislaus - 30
4.) Cal State L.A. - 20
5.) Humboldt State - 19
5.) Cal Poly Pomona - 19
Women
1.) Chico State - 58
2.) UCSD - 52
3.) Cal State L.A - 33
4.) San Francisco State - 27
5.) Cal Poly Pomona - 15
6.) Humboldt State - 9
7.) Cal State Stanislaus - 1