Cal Poly Earns a Dozen First-Place Finishes in UCSB Invitational

Friday, March 11

Santa Barbara, CA

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UC Santa Barbara Invitational

Martin Bresko, shown in 2021 meet, climbed a personal-best 17 feet, one-half inch, to win the pole vault event at the UC Santa Barbara Invitational on Friday.

Photo by: Owen Main

Cal Poly Earns a Dozen First-Place Finishes in UCSB Invitational

3/11/2022 10:32:00 PM | Track and Field

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Cal Poly track and field athletes earned a dozen first-place finishes, highlighted by a school record in the women's hammer throw, at the UC Santa Barbara Invitational, which ended a three-day run Friday at Pauley Track.

Emily Hallett placed first in the hammer with a personal-best and school record mark of 195 feet, 10.25 inches, bettering her previous best and school mark of 193-0 set in the 2021 Big West Conference Championships.

Personal bests also were recorded by event winners Isabella Rigby in the discus (159-1.25), Melody Nwagwu in the triple jump (39-7.5) and Carissa Buchholz in the 5,000 (17:04.28).

Other first-place finishes in women's events were earned by Misty Diaz in the 1,500 (4:30.19) and Cassidy Hubert in the 800 (2:11.85).

Personal-best times or marks were turned in by Anna Grexton in the hammer (fifth, 153-8.25) and Amaya Lopez-Fuller in the shot put (third, 41/4.25),

Shelby Daniele was second in the 100 with a season-best time of 12.02 seconds.

In men's events, first-place Mustang finishers with personal-best times or marks include Devon Cetti with a mark of 197-0.5 in the hammer, Mathis Bresko with a height of 17-0.5 in the pole vault, leading a 1-2-3-4 Mustang sweep, Aidan McCarthy with a 3:48.43 clocking in the 1,500, Jonathan Chagnon in the 400 hurdles (53.67) and Xian Shively in the 5,000 (13:58.22).

Shively's time is sixth on Cal Poly's all-time list for the 5,000.

Other personal-best times or marks in men's events include Corbin Payne (third in the hammer, 176-0.75), Elliot Payne (third in the javelin, 184-8.5), Anthony Guerra (second in the steeplechase, 9:19.13), Chris Davis (second in the 400, 48.97), Joey Souto (second in 400 hurdles, 55.00) and Spencer Thurman (third, 14:13.59) and John Bennett (fourth, 14:15.08) in the 5,000.

In other men's events, Brandon Dick was seventh in the discus (160-4), Payne (52-2.5) and Cetti (51-8.75) were third and fourth in the shot put, Payne was third in the hammer 176-0.75), John Walter finished second in the high jump (6-4.75) and Logan Moon was second in the 800 (1:53.61).

The men's team placed second in the 4-by-100 relay and third in the 4-by-400 relay while the women were second in both the short and long relays.

Cal Poly will host the Cal Poly Invitational on March 25-26.