From LBSU reports
Three 49er track and field athletes posted regional qualifying marks in Long Beach State’s lone home meet of the season at Cerritos College on Saturday.
LBSU played host to the VS Athletics Beach Invitational, which featured 2,306 athletes representing 52 schools and three countries.
Junior Colin Dunbar took third in the hammer throw, establishing a career-long distance of 190-10 to qualify for the NCAA West Regionals. Dunbar’s mark ranks him 10th on the 49er all-time charts and betters his previous lifetime best by 10 feet, six inches.
Senior Patrick Smith also recorded a regional qualifying mark in the javelin with a personal-record 203-03, which was good enough for a runner-up finish. Smith’s previous lifetime best was 192-06.
Rounding out the regional qualifiers was junior Kenneth Medwood, who won the 400-meter hurdles in 51.30 seconds. It was Medwood’s second NCAA West Regional qualifying mark of the season as he posted a lifetime-best 50.94 at the Cal-Nevada Championships.
In other men’s action, freshman Michael Vaughan had a fifth-place showing in the triple jump, leaping a career-long 47-09.00. Senior Rodney Hawkins also had a top 10 finish in the long jump with a lifetime-best 22-05.75. Classmate Collin Cram wasn’t far behind in 13th place, recording a personal-record 22-03.50.
The quartet of Alex Goldberg, Medwood, Richard Crawford and Christopher Lawson chipped in a strong performance in the 4x100m relay, clocking in at 41.81 for fourth place.
On the women’s side, freshman Ashley Campbell topped her personal best in the 100-meter dash, crossing the finish line in 11.83 seconds to place third overall. Campbell finished behind Cal State Fullerton’s Ciara Short (11.65) and previous world-record holder Christine Ohuruoga (11.37), who was representing Great Britain.
Junior B.J. Triplett tied her career-low in the 100m (12.17), while posting a top 10 finish in the 200m at 25.08 seconds.
Campbell and Triplett also combined with Jazmin Brooks and Amanda Rosencrantz to take third in the 4x100m relay with a season-low 47.14 seconds.
In the field events, freshman Destanie Yarbrough notched a career-long 43-03.75 in the shot put, while classmate Janelle Coulter took third in the high jump, tying her personal best of 5-07.00.
Long Beach State returns to action next weekend with a split squad. One group will travel to Des Moines, Iowa, for the Drake Relays (April 23-25), while another 49er contingent heads south to San Diego to compete in the UCSD Triton Invitational (April 24-25).