SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The San José State track and field teams were back in action on Saturday in Sacramento and both the men's and women's programs took home first place in the Sacramento State Invitational.
The day was highlighted by multiple school records for the Spartans, including a program-best mark in the women's 4x100. Senior Daryia Greene led the way for the Spartans, setting three school records herself.
"Today was a solid day across the board," said director of track and field Kendra Reimer-Gonzales after the meet. "The team has been trusting the process and have been working hard leading up into this meet. We had lots of personal bests and really showed up ready to compete. It was fun to watch everyone get out there and go for big marks. There was good competition and we rose to the occasion."
Just one more regular season meet remains for SJSU before next month's Mountain West Championships. The teams will be back in action on Saturday, Apr. 24 at the Fresno State Invitational in Clovis, Calif.
MEET NOTES
- The women's 4x100 team finished in first place and clocked a time of 45.79 seconds. The mark is a school record for the Spartans, eclipsing the previous best of 46.68 seconds (2016 Mountain West Championship).
- Senior Diamond Tabron took home a pair of individual titles, placing first in the 100m hurdles (14.58 seconds) and 400m hurdles (1:04.29).
- Sprinter Aidan Jardon finished in first place and clocked a time of 48.14 seconds in the 400m.
- Sprinter Sophie Liao placed first in the 100m with a time of 11.82 seconds. Liao's mark is the second-quickest in program history.
- Junior Bryan Quintero achieved a San Jose State all-time top-10 mark in the hammer throw with his throw of 181-02. Quintero now ranks No. 7 in school history and is the first Spartan to crack the school's top-10 list in 32 years.
- Competing against one of the deepest fields of the day, senior Roman Johnson won the 100m with a time of 10.79 seconds.
- Senior Daryia Greene took first in the 200m, clocking a school-record mark of 23.89 seconds. Caitlin Wilson held the program's previous best with her time of 24.14 at the 2015 Beach Invitational.
- Greene also placed first and recorded a school record in the 400m, notching a mark of 54.53 seconds. Wilson also held that previous record with her time of 55.24 at the 2015 Beach Invitational.
- The men's 4x400 team finished in first place with a mark of 3:49.42 seconds.
