SAN DIEGO – Senior Josh Maffei broke his program shot put record and senior Justin Washington and sophomore Joe Gonzalez collected event victories for the Cal State San Marcos men's track & field team in the open divisions of the Aztec Invitational at San Diego State on Friday.

Maffei threw 13.92m to break his own school shot put record; the second meet in a row in which he achieved the feat. In all, Maffei has set the record three times over the five meets this season. Today's throw was the sixth-longest in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) this year, bested last week's mark by 0.29-meters and was good for a 12th-place result.

Washington won the 800m with a time of 1:54.51 after finishing runner-up at the Aztec Invitational two straight years. It is Washington's second 800m win of the season and his fourth in the event as a Cougar.

Gonzalez picked up his first collegiate victory on the 3000m with a personal best mark of 8:39.29. The time improved upon his previous best by 10.42 seconds. In all, five Cougars finished in the top eight in the 3000m, with sophomore Steven Terris (8:44.17) placing third and freshmen Joshua Litwiller (8:44.84), Kevin Lehr (9:01.11) and Phillip Dorado (9:07.50) running personal bests to finish fourth, fifth and eighth, respectively.

Freshman Shea Vavra continued his strong season, finishing second in the 1500m with a personal best time of 3:58.19.

Sophomore Nathan Hale, Jr. qualified for his second event in the CCAA Championships, hitting the standard in the 400m with a personal best of 50.62 to place ninth.

Sophomore Bryce Johnson picked up a fifth-place result in the 110H with a mark of 15.31.

In the triple jump, freshman Nick Samuels finished fourth with a mark of 12.97m and fellow freshman Antonio Riggins leaped 12.94m to finish fifth.

Tim Stalboerger, another Cougar freshman improving every week, recorded a javelin personal best of 47.98m to place ninth overall.

The Cougars will be in La Jolla next week for the California Collegiate Invitational, hosted by CCAA rival UC San Diego.

Men's Team Results
NTS
 
Men's Individual Results
100m
1. Lorenzo Larry (Wisconsin) – 10.55
15. Bryce Johnson (CSUSM) – 11.28
32. Antonio Riggins (CSUSM) – 11.91
 
200m
1. Lorenzo Larry (Wisconsin) – 21.44
14. Nathan Hale, Jr. (CSUSM) – 22.78
17. Bryce Johnson (CSUSM) – 23.10
24. Aaron Hickman (CSUSM) – 23.40
27. Caine Harder (CSUSM) – 23.60
 
400m
1. Brandon Smart (Utah Valley) – 48.82
9. Nathan Hale, Jr. (CSUSM) – 50.62 (PR)
17. Aaron Hickman (CSUSM) – 52.06
 
800m
1. Justin Washington (CSUSM) – 1:54.51
 
1500m
1. William Ernst (Cal Baptist) – 3:54.93
2. Shea Vavra (CSUSM) – 3:58.19 (PR)
17. Casey Cruz (CSUSM) – 4:10.91
27. Eric Constante (CSUSM) – 4:21.14
 
3000m
1. Joe Gonzalez (CSUSM) – 8:39.29 (PR)
3. Steven Terris (CSUSM) – 8:44.17
4. Joshua Litwiller (CSUSM) – 8:44.84 (PR)
5. Kevin Lehr (CSUSM) – 9:01.11 (PR)
8. Phillip Dorado (CSUSM) – 9:07.50 (PR)
12. A.J. Freund (CSUSM) – 9:20.78 (PR)
13. Mark Werley (CSUSM) – 9:27.66 (PR)
15. Jhair Torres (CSUSM) – 9:32.19
 
110H
1. Sean Mcgetrick (Utah Valley) – 14.43
5. Bryce Johnson (CSUSM) – 15.31
 
Triple Jump
1. CJ Stevenson (Unattached) – 14.60m
4. Nick Samuels (CSUSM) – 12.97m
5. Antonio Riggins (CSUSM) – 12.94m
 
Discus
1. Kordell Hampton (UC Santa Barbara) – 55.50m
19. Josh Maffei (CSUSM) – 38.79m
 
Hammer
1. Austin Turner (Azusa Pacific) – 56.69m
24. Josh Maffei (CSUSM) – 34.70m
 
Shot Put
1. Zachary Stetler (BYU) – 17.98m
12. Josh Maffei (CSUSM) – 13.92m (SR/PR)
 
Javelin
1. Brent Lagace (Team Mizuno Athletics) – 65.68m
9. Tim Stalboerger (CSUSM) – 47.98m (PR)