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Cougars Ready for UCI's Steve Scott Invitational

SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men’s and women’s track & field teams will compete in their final meet before the CCAA Championships when the Cougars travel to UC Irvine for the Steve Scott Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Anteater Stadium.

PREVIOUS MEET

  • On her second attempt in the shot put, Bianca Encio broke her own school record with a throw of 12.26 meters. Her toss was .03 better than her previous record of 12.23 meters set at the RCC Invitational on March 4.
  • Trevor Nakata finished fifth with a mark of 48.73 meters in the hammer throw and had the top mark among Division II competition. Teammate Nick Tangonan set a new PR for the event with the eighth-best toss in program history at 42.30 meters and beat out his old mark by 2.95 meters.
  • Caleb Reny posted new PRs in the 200- and 400-meter with times of 23.59 and 52.67, respectively.
  • Devin Yarbrough placed third out of 16 in the long jump with a distance of 5.42 meters and had the top collegiate mark in the event.
  • Isabel Ortiz recorded new PRs in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter with times of 12.90, 26.37 and 1:01.21, respectively.
  • Sarah Davis posted a new PR in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:01.81.
RCC INVITATIONAL
DateFriday, April 29 - Saturday, April 30, 2022 
TimeAll Day
LocationIrvine, Calif.
VenueAnteater Stadium
Live ResultsFinished Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEVE SCOTT INVITATIONAL

  • This will be CSUSM’s first time competing in the Steve Scott Invitational since 2018 and the 19th time overall.
  • The meet is named after former CSUSM head coach and three-time Olympian Steve Scott, who ran collegiately and was a six-time All-American at UC Irvine from 1974-78.
  • CSUSM will be sending nine athletes to the two-day meet, including Ased Adus, Camryn Ellis, Bianca Encio, Renee Laurenzana, Chris Lee, Alembe Mloko, Byaombe Mloko, Trevor Nakata and Rachel Sjolie.
  • The Cougars will be competing in the men’s and women’s hammer throw, the men’s pole vault, the women’s long jump, the women’s javelin throw, the men’s 800-meter run and the women’s 1500-meter run.
Cam Ellis
Photo Credit: Greg Siller

COUGAR OUTLOOK

  • The women's track & field team will field a roster of 35 for the 2022 season while the men's team will be comprised of 32.
  • The women's team will field 20 returners from the 2020 roster, and the men's team will return 13.
  • The women's squad will compete in four indoor meets and 15 outdoor meets in 2022 with the potential of competing at the NCAA Division II Indoor and Outdoor Championships.
  • The men's team will compete in 15 outdoor meets with the potential of competing at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships.
  • Of the women's team's 19 total meets, the Cougars have competed in 15 of them once before.
  • On the men's side, CSUSM has previously competed in 14 of its 15 scheduled meets.
  • Returners Jonathan Burton and Justice Chima were named CCAA Men's Track & Field All-Stars after the abbreviated 2020 season while returner Clarissa Garcia earned the distinction on the women's side.
  • Garcia was named an All-Academic Athlete for the 2020 season by the USTFCCCA while the men's and women's squads were each named an All-Academic Team.

THE OLSON FILE

  • Head coach Torrey Olson begins his fourth season at the helm of the men's and women's track & field programs after taking over in the summer of 2018.
  • In 2019, Olson's men's and women's squads tallied three CCAA Championships for outdoor competition while the men's team earned five All-West Region selections.
  • Olson came to CSUSM after spending three seasons as the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at the Academy of Art University where his teams earned 50-plus All-American honors.
  • Olson served as the head cross country coach the previous three years at Academy of Art.
  • In addition to the Academy of Art, Olson has also worked with the University of San Francisco and Pomona-Pitzer College.
  • A graduate of Pomona College in 2009, Olson also holds an MFA from St. Mary's College (2012).