Friday, February 23
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Ken Shannon Last Chance Invite
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Cal Poly Caps Indoor Season with 3 Historic Performances
2/24/2024 5:00:00 PM | Track and Field
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SEATTLE, Wash. — The Cal Poly track and field program wrapped up its indoor season in fashion this Friday and Saturday at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational as Spencer Pickren shattered a school record, Davis Bove posted a sub-four-minute mile and Tatiana Cornejo ran the fastest women's indoor 3,000-meter time by a Mustang in nearly 40 years.
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It was a historic showing for the three Cal Poly distance runners that made the trip to Seattle to cap off another successful indoor season for the squad.
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The action started Friday evening for the Mustangs as Cornejo recorded the third-fastest time in program history in the women's 3,000 (9:16.93) to finish 10th in a loaded field. It was the fastest time indoors by a Mustang since Gladees Prieur in 1985 (9:16.34), and the best indoors or outdoors since Teena Colebrook broke the outdoor 3,000 school record in 1990 (9:05.80).
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Cornejo was just 1.69 seconds off Amy Harper's 1983 school record in the 3,000 (9:15.54). The performance finished off an incredible indoor campaign for the sophomore, who obliterated the program record in the women's indoor 5,000 by nearly 22 seconds (16:01.47) at the Husky Classic on Feb. 9 and ran the fifth-fastest mile time (4:46.10) at the UW Invitational on Jan. 27.
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Pickren stepped up on the track about 30 minutes after Cornejo and laid down an impressive performance of his own, breaking the 2023 school record in the men's 3,000 with a time of 8:02.53 to place ninth. Earlier this season at the UW Invitational, the junior ran a sub-four-minute mile (3:59.38).
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Pickren's mile time was the second fastest in school history until Bove surpassed him Saturday at Dempsey Indoor, running a time of 3:58.00 to capture second. Bove is the fourth Mustang to post a sub-four-minute mile this season and the fifth in program history. Bove, who earned Second Team All-American honors in the mile twice while competing for LSU, wasn't quite able to best his blistering PR of 3:56.38 in the event. The graduate student established a program record in the men's 1,000 at the UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 13.
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With the indoor season in the books, Cal Poly will now focus all of its attention on its outdoor season opener on March 6-8 when they compete in the UC Santa Barbara Invitational.
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SEATTLE, Wash. — The Cal Poly track and field program wrapped up its indoor season in fashion this Friday and Saturday at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational as Spencer Pickren shattered a school record, Davis Bove posted a sub-four-minute mile and Tatiana Cornejo ran the fastest women's indoor 3,000-meter time by a Mustang in nearly 40 years.
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It was a historic showing for the three Cal Poly distance runners that made the trip to Seattle to cap off another successful indoor season for the squad.
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The action started Friday evening for the Mustangs as Cornejo recorded the third-fastest time in program history in the women's 3,000 (9:16.93) to finish 10th in a loaded field. It was the fastest time indoors by a Mustang since Gladees Prieur in 1985 (9:16.34), and the best indoors or outdoors since Teena Colebrook broke the outdoor 3,000 school record in 1990 (9:05.80).
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Cornejo was just 1.69 seconds off Amy Harper's 1983 school record in the 3,000 (9:15.54). The performance finished off an incredible indoor campaign for the sophomore, who obliterated the program record in the women's indoor 5,000 by nearly 22 seconds (16:01.47) at the Husky Classic on Feb. 9 and ran the fifth-fastest mile time (4:46.10) at the UW Invitational on Jan. 27.
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Pickren stepped up on the track about 30 minutes after Cornejo and laid down an impressive performance of his own, breaking the 2023 school record in the men's 3,000 with a time of 8:02.53 to place ninth. Earlier this season at the UW Invitational, the junior ran a sub-four-minute mile (3:59.38).
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Pickren's mile time was the second fastest in school history until Bove surpassed him Saturday at Dempsey Indoor, running a time of 3:58.00 to capture second. Bove is the fourth Mustang to post a sub-four-minute mile this season and the fifth in program history. Bove, who earned Second Team All-American honors in the mile twice while competing for LSU, wasn't quite able to best his blistering PR of 3:56.38 in the event. The graduate student established a program record in the men's 1,000 at the UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 13.
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With the indoor season in the books, Cal Poly will now focus all of its attention on its outdoor season opener on March 6-8 when they compete in the UC Santa Barbara Invitational.
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