Multiple Spartans Set Personal Bests on Day One of Silver and Blue InviteMultiple Spartans Set Personal Bests on Day One of Silver and Blue Invite

Multiple Spartans Set Personal Bests on Day One of Silver and Blue Invite

RENO, Nev. – Nakai Johnson, Emilia Sjostrand, and Tyson Bonilla all set personal bests on the first day of competition as San José State Track & Field opened their 2025 at the Silver and Blue Invitational hosted by Nevada on Friday, Jan. 10, from Reno-Sparks Convention Center. 

  • Running in the Women’s 60m Dash Prelim, Johnson finished second in her heat with a personal best time of 7.67 seconds.  
  • Sjostrand, the All-American jumper, also competed in the Women’s 60m Dash Prelim, finishing in third in her heat with a personal best time of 7.70. 
  • Bonilla competing in the Men’s Long Jump finished in third place with a personal best mark of 7.18 (23’ 6¾”). 
  • Bonilla’s personal best mark beats his personal best that he set just a month ago in December at the Silver State Invitational in the same building. 
  • Freshman Myles McFarland running in the Men’s 60m Hurdles finished in second place with a time of 8.20 seconds. 
  • Fellow freshman, Zion Shelton also running in the Men’s 60m Hurdles finished third with a time of 8.37. 
  • Amanda Challburg competing in the Women’s 1 Mile finished in 4th place with a time of 5:19.61. 
  • Alexander Walker running in the Men’s 1 mile finished in second place with a time of 4:25.91.
  • Katharina Graman finished in second in the Women’s Long Jump with a distance of 6.05m (19’ 10¼”).
  • Simone Johnson also competing in Women’s Long Jump finished in third with a mark of  6.04m (19’ 9¾”).

UP NEXT: The Spartans will be back at Reno-Sparks Convention Center for day two of competition tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 11. Events are set to commence at 10:00 a.m. PT and you can tune in on Mountain West Network.  

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