LONG BEACH, Calif. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs track & field closed out their west coast swing as they competed at the Beach Invitational at Long Beach State University on Saturday. The Mountain Lions also had athletes in action at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif., and the Doug Max Invitational in Fort Collins, Colo.
 
INSIDE THE BEACH INVITATIONAL
Location: LBSU Jack Rose Stadium | Long Beach, Calif.
 
INSIDE THE MT. SAC RELAYS
Location: Mt. SAC Hilmer Lodge Stadium | Walnut, Calif.
 
INSIDE THE DOUG MAX INVITATIONAL
Location: CSU Jack Christiansen Track
Elevation: 5,081 ft
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The bulk of the Mountain Lion student-athletes in action on Saturday were competing at the Beach Invitational among a large field of Division I athletes.
  • Redshirt junior Dakota Abbott earned a sixth-place finish in a field of 34 competitors in the men's triple jump as he reached a provisional distance of 15.21m. Redshirt sophomore Peyton Turnage also finished among the top-20 of the competition with a mark of 14.44m that was good for 18^th place.
  • In the women's triple jump, redshirt sophomore Audrey Bloomquist finished in the top half of the field of 38 competitors, leaping to a mark of 11.68m for an 18^th place finish.
  • On the track, the women's 4x100m relay team of Keyanda Bolton, Victoria Farinas, Brittany Fuchs and Kayla Zink continued to impress as they came up just shy of their season best time at 46.22s to finish fourth in the race.
  • Zink also raced in the individual 100m dash, claiming a tenth place finish out of 87 sprinters with a time of 11.91s, while Bolton was in action in the 200m where she registered a 26^th place finish at 24.78s.
  • Redshirt sophomore Dillon Andrews posted a national qualifying mark in the 400m hurdles for the second consecutive day as he raced to a ninth-place finish with a time of 52.74s.
  • Although coming up shy of their season-best marks, Chris Hudnall and Melissa Moreni posted strong performances in the shorter distance hurdle races as Hudnall earned a 26^th place finish in the men's 110m hurdles with a time of 14.63s and Moreni was the 40^th finisher in the women's 100m hurdles at 14.40s.
  • After re-writing the UCCS record book for the women's 1500m last night, Riley McGrath, Layla Almasri, and Kate Hedlund were back in action on Saturday this time competing in the 800m race. Hedlund was the first Mountain Lion to cross the line with a time of 2:14.16, followed by Almasri at 2:14.53 and McGrath at 2:14.59.
  • At the long jump pits, Peterson Bohannon recorded the highest finish for any Mountain Lion as he came in 16^th place with a jump of 7.09m.
  • As the lone Mountain Lion thrower in action at the Beach Invitational, redshirt sophomore Emily Arseneau recorded a toss of 12.75m in the women's shot put for a 48^th place finish.
• Redshirt senior Hannah Meek was the lone Mountain Lion in action at the Mt. SAC Relays on Saturday as she qualified for the elite division of the women's long jump. Meek jumped to a Division II provisional mark of 5.92m for a sixth-place finish.
• The UCCS pole vaulters made their way to Colorado State University to compete at the Doug Max Invitational.
  • In the men's competition, Dawson Hopkinson was the top finisher for UCCS as he cleared a bar height of 4.72m to come in third place. Sophomore Holden Daniels finished just behind Hopkinson in fourth place with a season-best mark of 4.57m.
  • On the women's side, freshman Alison Van Dyke was the third overall finisher after clearing 3.15m.

UP NEXT

• In their final action before RMAC Outdoor Championships, the Mountain Lions will make the short trip to Golden, Colo. to compete at the Kit Mayer Classic on the campus of Colorado School of Mines.

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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 16 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.