Spartans Start Strong at Don Kirby InviteSpartans Start Strong at Don Kirby Invite

Spartans Start Strong at Don Kirby Invite

Albuquerque, N.M. – Simone Johnson, Jodeci Weems, Tyson Bonilla, and Christopher Coats all set individual personal bests leading San José State Track & Field on the first day of competition at the Don Kirby Invitational hosted by New Mexico on Friday, Feb. 14, from Albuquerque Convention Center. 

  • Johnson, competing in the Women’s Long Jump finished in third place with a new personal lifetime best mark of 6.25m (20’ 6 ¼).
  • Johnson surpassed her former personal best on all five of her attempts 
  • Weems, also competing in the Women’s Long Jump, finished with a personal best mark of 5.65m (18’ 6 ½)
  • Bonilla in the Men’s Long Jump finished in ninth place with a mark of  7.25 ( 23’ 9 ½)
  • Bonilla was just .01 meters off of his personal best
  • Coats, running in the Men’s 200m Dash Invitational finished in third place with a personal lifetime best time of 20.87.
  • Katharina Graman competing in the Women’s Long Jump finished in sixth place with a mark of 6.02m (19’ 9)
  • Eve Divinity competing in the Women’s Long Jump finished in 13th place with a mark of 5.86m (19’ 2 3/4)
  • Lina Schubert, competing in the Women’s High Jump, finished in fourth place with a mark of 1.72m (5’ 7 ¾).
  • Deshawn Banks, competing in the Men’s High Jump, took fourth place with a mark of 2.08m (6’ 9 ¾)
  • In the Men’s Unseeded 200 Dash, Aiden Simon finished with a personal best time of 22.22 seconds.
  • Alyssa Bean, competing in the Women’s 200m Dash Invitational, finished in 12th with a time of 24.12
  • Cameron Tarver, running in the Men’s 200m Dash Invitational, finished in seventh overall with a time of 21.41 seconds. 

UP NEXT: The Spartans will continue with day two of competition at the Don Kirby Invite hosted by New Mexico on Saturday, Feb. 15 from Albuquerque, N.M.

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