AZUSA, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men's track & field team wrapped up a successful Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa Pacific University on Friday with the 4x100m relay team qualifying for the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Championships and seven Cougars posting personal best performances.

The men's 4x100m relay team of sophomores Bryce Johnson, Tyler Luis and Nathan Hale, Jr. and freshman Brian Wright posted a season best time of 42.34 to qualify the relay team for the CCAA Championships.

Wright also qualified for his first individual CCAA Championship event, running a personal best 11.22 in the 100m.

Hale, Jr. also had a strong race in the 400m, running a personal best 50.02 to improve his CCAA qualifying time.

Johnson improved his qualifying time on the 110H, clocking a personal best mark of 14.90.

Freshman Shea Vavra also improved a CCAA qualifier, knocking 1.86 seconds off of his previous best in the 800m with a time of 1:56.13.

CSUSM returns to competition on Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22 at the Triton Invitational at UC San Diego. It will be the second competition for the Cougars at Triton Track & Field Stadium this season.
 
Men's Team Results
NTS
 
Men's Individual Results
100m
1. Adam Gemili (Tumbleweed) – 10.08
49. Bryce Johnson (CSUSM) – 11.08 (PR)
55. Tyler Luis (CSUSM) – 11.13
63. Brian Wright (CSUSM) – 11.22 (PR)
 
200m
1. Hakim Sani Brown (Tumbleweed) – 20.41
58. Nathan Hale, Jr. (CSUSM) – 22.65
67. Bryce Johnson (CSUSM) – 22.79
80. Caine Harder (CSUSM) – 23.23 (PR)
86. Nick Heid (CSUSM) – 24.54 (PR)
 
400m
1. Drew Tingey (BYU) – 47.11
38. Nathan Hale, Jr. (CSUSM) – 50.02 (PR)
56. Aaron Hickman (CSUSM) – 51.27
62. Caine Harder (CSUSM) – 54.15
 
800m
1. Tyler Scheving (BUffalo) – 1:48.70
42. Justin Washington (CSUSM) – 1:53.07
78. Shea Vavra (CSUSM) – 1:56.13 (PR)
113. Casey Cruz (CSUSM) – 2:00.81
 
1500m
1. Josh Kerr (New Mexico) – 3:35.99
203. Shea Vavra (CSUSM) – 4:03.02
249. Eric Constante (CSUSM) – 4:12.42 (PR)
 
110H
1. Shakiel Chattoo (Azusa Pacific) – 14.01
12. Bryce Johnson (CSUSM) – 14.90 (PR)
 
4x100m Relay
1. Northern Arizona – 40.35
8. CSUSM (Bryce Johnson, Tyler Luis, Nathan Hale, Jr., Brian Wright) – 42.34
 
Long Jump
1. Donte McDaniel (Fresno Pacific) – 7.72m
50. Nick Samuels (CSUSM) – 6.00m
53. Tim Stalboerger (CSUSM) – 5.85m
54. Antonio Riggins (CSUSM) – 5.35m
 
Triple Jump
1. Wesley Gray (Western Oregon) – 14.85m
15. Nick Samuels (CSUSM) – 13.42m
22. Antonio Riggins (CSUSM) – 12.72m
 
Discus
1. Sam Mattis (Colorado State) – 60.72m
32. Josh Maffei (CSUSM) – 38.92m
 
Shot Put
1. Daniel Weirich (Colorado State) – 17.20m
31. Josh Maffei (CSUSM) – 12.82m