UCSB Invite
Mustangs Win 10 Events, Post 6 Top-10 Marks at UCSB Invite
4/27/2025 8:00:00 AM | Track and Field
GOLETA, Calif. — Highlighted by six top-10 marks in program history, 10 event victories and over 20 individual personal bests, the Cal Poly track and field team competed in the UC Santa Barbara Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Pauley Track.
A total of 40 Mustangs took part in the meet and 24 personal bests were recorded. On Friday, only the men’s and women’s shot put and discus were contested, but the few Mustangs that competed made sure the team got off to a roaring start at the meet.
Redshirt sophomore Albert Beerbower recorded the first top-10 mark in school history for the Mustangs at the meet, launching an over 2-foot lifetime best in the men’s shot put of 57 feet, 5.75 inches (17.52 meters), the seventh best mark in Cal Poly history. The performance allowed him to place second in the event while graduate student Corban Payne took first in the event with a mark (59-7) that was 9.5 inches off his PR which ranks No. 2 in school history. Sophomore Taylor Hofland also recorded a personal best of 45 feet, 9 inches in the women’s shot put Friday to take second.
The rest of the events were held Saturday with Cal Poly’s sprinters, jumpers and hurdlers stealing the spotlight as the event group posted a total of 15 personal bests and eight collegiate bests.
In the 400-meter alone, six personal bests were recorded as all the Mustangs on the men’s and women’s side that took the start line ran PRs. Sophomore Jordan Jackson led the way on the women’s side, running the fastest 400 time by a Mustang in 22 years (54.59 seconds) to improve her No. 6 time in school history and finish second at the meet. Sophomore Elianah DeMange ran a .2 second personal best of 55.13 seconds to move up to No. 7 in program history while freshman Avery Adelman ran a significant PR (56.86 seconds). All three runners, along with sophomore Kalia Estes, helped Cal Poly capture first in the women’s 4x400 relay with a time of 3:46.95.
On the men’s side in the 400, freshman Vincent Atilano posted the 10th fastest time in school history (46.95 seconds) to win the event while sophomore Alexander Franco ran the 12th fastest time in school history to place second (47.06 seconds). Sophomore Levi Romero also ran a PR (48.19 seconds).
In the women’s long jump, a pair of top 10 marks in school history were recorded. Freshman Tayhlore Hoagland leaped a lifetime best of 19 feet, 6.75 inches (5.96m), tied for eighth best in school history, while senior Cadence Roy-Williams recorded a PR of 19-6.25, tied for No. 10 in program history. The duo finished second and third respectively in the event.
Junior Desie Armstrong, freshman Madison Easter, senior Ciella Seals and Roy-Williams guided the Mustangs to a first-place finish in the women’s 4x100 relay with a season best of 45.55 seconds and the fastest time by Cal Poly in two years.
Junior Chase Kubinski won both the women’s javelin (139-11) and high jump at the meet, while senior Melody Nwagwu finished first in the triple jump (40-7). Freshman Ella Echsner won the 800 with a lifetime best (2:14.74) while sophomore Logan Hays grabbed first in the pole vault (12-1.5).
Freshman Ben Feyrer cleared a lifetime best of 16 feet, 8.75 inches in the men’s pole vault to place second. The mark is currently tied for No. 44 in the West Region this season. Junior Rory Devaney won the men’s hammer throw with a toss (226 feet, 10 inches) that was just 1 inch off his No. 2 mark in school history. Senior Noah Bustos ran a PR in the 100 (10.74 seconds), sophomore Isaac Knapp took second in the javelin with a PR (181-11) and freshman Noah Goodrich leaped a lifetime best in the triple jump (47-3) to finish second.
Cal Poly will split the squad between a pair of meets on Saturday, May 3, for its final action of the regular season. The Mustangs will send their top distance runners to the Oxy Invitational looking for West Preliminary qualifying times, while the rest of the team will compete in the Fresno State Invitational.
WOMEN
100-meter: Ciella Seals, 11.95. Ava Simos, 12.00. Cadence Roy-Williams, 12.10. Tayhlore Hoagland, 12.11. Madison Easter, 12.16.
200-meter: 3, Ava Simos, 24.84. 4, Madison Easter, 25.02. 5, Jordan Jackson, 25.03. 6, Ciella Seals, 25.03. 7, Tayhlore Hoagland, 25.14.
400-meter: 2, Jordan Jackson, 54.59. 5, Elianah DeMange, 55.13. 10, Avery Adelman, 56.86.
800-meter: 1, Ella Echsner, 2:14.74.
100-meter hurdles: 4, Kalia Estes, 14.72. 5, Kaira Burrage, 14.72. 8, Eva Brandenburg, 15.30.
400-meter hurdles: 5, Kaira Burrage, 1:02.76.
4x100-meter relay: 1, Cal Poly (Desie Armstrong, Madison Easter, Ciella Seals, Cadence Roy-Williams), 45.55.
4x400-meter relay: 1, Cal Poly (Elianah DeMange, Avery Adelman, Jordan Jackson, Kalia Estes), 3:46.95.
High jump: 1, Chase Kubinski, 5-5.25. 3, Lariel Henley, 5-5.25. 4, Maia Garcia, 5-3.25. 9, Eva Brandenburg, 4-9.5.
Pole vault: 1, Logan Hays, 12-1.5. 4, Avery Karner, 11-1.75.
Long jump: 2, Tayhlore Hoagland, 19-6.75. 3, Cadence Roy-Williams, 19-6.25. 6, Melody Nwagwu, 18-10.75. 7, Desie Armstrong, 18-9. 9, Grace Sloan, 18-0.5.
Triple jump: 1, Melody Nwagwu, 40-7.
Shot put: 2, Taylor Hofland, 45-9. 7, Brooklyn Epperley, 38-2. 9, Ariella Per, 37-1.75.
Discus: 6, Brooklyn Epperley, 138-9. 8, Taylor Hofland, 136-6.
Hammer: 4, Anna Grexton, 172-11. 12, Gracelyn Brown, 155-0. 15, Brooklyn Epperley, 145-8.
Javelin: 1, Chase Kubinski, 139-11. 3, Avery Karner, 127-1. 5, Natalie Porter, 123-8. 12, Eva Brandenburg, 85-9.
MEN
100-meter: 3, Noah Bustos, 10.74. 12, Ryan Teeple, 10.97. 15, Jonathan Yu, 11.08.
200-meter: 5, Levi Romero, 22.24. 7, Ryan Teeple, 22.28.
400-meter: 1, Vincent Atilano, 46.95. 2, Alexander Franco, 47.06. 4, Levi Romero, 48.19.
High jump: 2, Noah Goodrich, 6-2.75. 3, Isaac Knapp, 6-0.75.
Pole vault: 2, Ben Feyrer, 16-8.75.
Long jump: 3, Noah Bustos, 24-1.75. 14, Jonathan Yu, 20-3.5.
Triple jump: 2, Noah Goodrich, 47-3.
Shot put: 1, Corban Payne, 59-7. 2, Albert Beerbower, 57-5.75.
Hammer throw: 1, Rory Devaney, 226-10.
Javelin: 2, Isaac Knapp, 181-11. 3, Ben Lammers, 174-10.
