Mustangs Win 15 Events at Bulldog Classic

Friday, March 17

Clovis, CA / Veterans Memorial Stadium

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Bulldog Classic

Noah Bustos, long jump, Cal Poly Open, 3-3-23

Photo by: Emmy Scherer

Mustangs Win 15 Events at Bulldog Classic

3/18/2023 8:15:00 PM | Track and Field

CLOVIS, Calif. — Cal Poly track and field captured 15 event victories and Shelby Daniele sprinted into the top marks list in the women's 200-meter during the Bulldog Classic hosted by Fresno State on Friday and Saturday.

Over 40 Mustangs made the trip north to battle competitors from the host Bulldogs, CSUN, CSU Bakersfield and Fresno Pacific at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The hammer throw and javelin were held Friday while the rest of the events were contested Saturday.

Daniele stole the show for the Mustangs, running the fifth-fastest women's 200-meter time in school history (24.06 seconds) to capture first. The performance comes just two weeks after Daniele moved to No. 7 all-time in the 100-meter dash, posting a time of 11.78 at the Cal Poly Open.

Daniele also ran the second leg on Cal Poly's 4x100 relay team that took first Saturday. Anisa Rind, Melody Nwagwu and Jadyn Snaer ran the other three legs and the quartet finished with a time of 45.45, just 0.31 seconds away from the school record in the event (45.14, 1982). Snaer (24.72) and Rind (24.86) posted personal bests in the 200 as well.

Nwagwu placed second in the women's triple jump with a season best of 39 feet, 5 inches. The Mustangs swept the top three spots in the 1,500 as Abigail Fletcher finished first, Ellie Baxter second and Isabel Sanchez third. Lariel Henley won the high jump with a personal best (5-3.25) and Chase Kubinski took home second in the event.

The Cal Poly men dominated the Bulldog Classic, winning 11 events. Zack Volpe soared to a personal best (16-5.25) and a title in the pole vault, while Noah Bustos (pictured above) leaped a personal best of 22 feet, 11 inches to win the long jump.

Joey Souto won the 400 hurdles, and Lucas Lacambra, Rory Smail, Oscar Gomez and Anthony Benitez placed first, second, third and fourth in the 1,500.

Quinton Alexander and Carson Smith finished first and second in the 800, and Rory Devaney tossed a PR of 168-5 to win the discus. Corban Payne grabbed first in the shot put (52-10.25), Nick Gammal launched a PR (187-7) to win the javelin, and Bailey Jones and Tibyasa Matovu secured first and second respectively in the triple jump.

Cal Poly won both relays (4x100 & 4x400) on the men's side, and Tyler Esteves (100), Ben Laughlin (3,000) and Chase Walter (javelin) each took third in their respective events.

Maya Holman earned second in the women's 100 hurdles and tossed a PR in the shot put, while Lexi Evans was third in the pole vault.

Cal Poly hosts the inaugural Conover Classic this coming Friday and Saturday at the Miller & Capriotti Athletics Complex. It will be the Mustangs' second of three home meets this spring.

Cal Poly Results

Men's

Hammer — 4, Corban Payne, 181-1. 6, Noah Bultman, 178-3. 8, Devon Cetti, 174-11. 9, Rory Devaney, 172-9.
Javelin — 1, Nick Gammal, 187-7. 3, Chase Walter, 184-11.
Shot put — 1, Corban Payne, 52-10.25. 4, Devon Cetti, 50-2. 9, Jason Reyes, 42-2.25.
Discus — 1, Rory Devaney, 168-5. 4, Devon Cetti, 150-6. 6, Corban Payne, 137-7. 7, Jason Reyes, 134-10. 8, Nick Gammal, 125-0.
Long jump — 1, Noah Bustos, 22-10.75. 9, Nick Gammal, 19-9.5.
Triple jump — 1, Bailey Jones, 46-4.25. 2, Tibyasa Matovu, 46-3.5.
Pole vault — 1, Zack Volpe, 16-5.25. 2, Christian Valles, 15-1.75.
100 — 3, Tyler Esteves, 10.96. 6, Wesley Salzman, 11.12. 9, Noah Bustos, 11.30.
200 — 6, Chris Davis, 22.32. 7, Wesley Salzman, 22.42.
4x100 — 1, Cal Poly (Chris Davis, Tyler Esteves, Joey Souto, MacGregor TeSelle), 41.22.
4x400 — 1, Cal Poly (MacGregor TeSelle, Joey Souto, Chris Davis, Wesley Salzman), 3:16.02. 3, Cal Poly (Tyler Esteves, Carson Smith, Quinton Alexander, Tibyasa Matovu), 3:21.70.
400 hurdles — 1, Joey Souto, 54.13.
800 — 1, Quinton Alexander, 1:52.61. 2, Carson Smith, 1:54.01.
1,500 — 1, Lucas Lacambra, 3:52.31. 2, Rory Smail, 3:52.34. 3, Oscar Gomez, 3:55.29. 4, Anthony Benitez, 3:55.54.
3,000 — 3, Ben Laughlin, 8:49.01.

Women's

Hammer — 8, Anna Grexton, 155-11.
Shot put — 10, Maya Holman, 39-8.5. 11, Isabella Rigby, 38-2.75.
Discus — 4, Amaya Lopez-Fuller, 155-10. 6, Isabella Rigby, 152-11.
Triple jump — 2, Melody Nwagwu, 39-5.
High jump — 1, Lariel Henley, 5-3.25. 2, Chase Kubinski, 5-1.25. 4, Olivia Rankin, 4-9.5.
Pole vault — 3, Lexi Evans, 12-5.25.
200 — 1, Shelby Daniele, 24.06. 4, Jadyn Snaer, 24.72. 5, Anisa Rind, 24.86. 9, Aspin Oliver, 25.43.
4x100 — 1, Cal Poly (Anisa Rind, Shelby Daniele, Melody Nwagwu, Jadyn Snaer), 45.45.
4x400 — 3, Cal Poly (Belle Aduaka, Cassidy Hubert, Emma Lim, Katelyn Carro), 3:58.65.
100 hurdles — 2, Maya Holman, 14.63. 8, Aspin Oliver, 15.75.
400 — 5, Katelyn Carro, 57.21. 7, Belle Aduaka, 57.98. 8, Cassidy Hubert, 58.01. 14, Emma Lim, 1:05.24.
1,500 — 1, Abigail Fletcher, 4:43.65. 2, Ellie Baxter, 4:44.14. 3, Isabel Sanchez, 4:45.01.