Malone Sets School Record on Last Day of Don Kirby InviteMalone Sets School Record on Last Day of Don Kirby Invite

Malone Sets School Record on Last Day of Don Kirby Invite

Albuquerque, N.M. – Christopher Malone set a new school record in the Men’s 800 while Simone Johnson finished first in the Women’s Triple Jump leading San José State Track & Field on the second and final day of competition at the Don Kirby Invitational hosted by New Mexico on Saturday, Feb. 15, from Albuquerque Convention Center.

  • Malone running in the Men’s 800m Dash, finished in seventh place with a personal lifetime best and SJSU school record time of 1:52.85.
  • Malone’s time breaks the SJSU indoor record previously held by Christian Rodriguez (1:53.01) in 2022. 
  • Johnson, competing in the Women’s Triple Jump won the event with a new personal lifetime best mark of 13.78m (45’ 2 ½”.)
  • Johnson’s mark now puts her at number four in the nation on the NCAA qualifying list for Women’s Triple Jump. 
  • Katharina Graman, competing in the Women’s Triple Jump, finished in fifth place with a new personal best mark of 12.98m (42’ 7”).
  • Graman also competing in the Women’s 60m Hurdle Prelim finished with a personal best time of 8.67 seconds.  
  • Jodeci Weems, also competing in the Women’s Triple Jump, set a personal best mark of 11.80m (38’ 8¾”). 
  • Weems set new personal bests in both the Triple and Long Jump at this weekend’s competition. 
  • Adrian Gomez running in the Men’s 800m Dash, set a new personal best with a time of 2:02.03. 
  • Alexander Walker running in the Men’s 1 Mile Run set a new personal best for the second consecutive race with a time of 4:22.72.
  • Sky Hagan in the Women’s 60m Hurdles final finished in second place with a time of 8.13 seconds. 
  • Hagan also competing in the Women’s 60m Dash Invitational, finished with a new personal best time of 7.42 seconds.
  • Ethan Fong competing in the Men’s Triple Jump finished 12th with a personal best mark of 14.66m (48’  1¼”). 
  • Christopher Coats, running in the Men’s 400m Dash Invitational, finished in fifth place with a time of 46.77.
  • Aiden Stalnecker running in the Men’s 60m Dash - Unseeded, put a personal best time of 7.05 seconds.
  • In the Men’s 4x400 Relay, Cameron Tarver, Nathaniel Guillory, Cooper Decillo, and Christopher Coats set a season-best with a time of 3:21.32.
  • In the Women’s 4x400 Relay, Savana Dutton, Katharina Graman, Nakai Johnson, and Alyssa Bean finished with a time of 3:54.68

UP NEXT: The Spartans will return home to rest and prepare for the Mountain West Indoor Championships hosted at the Albuquerque Convention Center on Feb. 27-March 1.

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