SAN DIEGO – The Cal State San Marcos men's track & field team saw a NCAA Division II provisional and top-10 program time at UC San Diego's Triton Invitational on Saturday.
 
TOP PERFORMANCES

• Nick Melanese placed second in the 800-meter run with the second-fastest time in program history and an NCAA Divisional II provisional at 1:50.58. Matt Frey finished third with the team's fourth-best time at 1:51.64.
• Jeremy Rack matched his own PR in the 110-meter hurdles at 15.47.
• Shea Vavra took second out of 61 competitors in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:53.69. Teammate Sankalp Shastri was fifth at 3:54.65.
• Kalathan Laiwa-McKay came just .13 shy of PR in the hammer throw at 49.16 meters. He later posted a shot put mark of 14.61 meters and a discus throw of 44.04 meters.
• Kenyon Riley was the top Cougar in the 400-meter dash at 50.43.
• Zavier Hidalgo tallied a 100-meter time of 11.17.
• Jackson Cross was CSUSM's top runner in the 200-meter dash at 22.99.
• Hayden Sumner was the top CSUSM finisher in the 400-meter hurdles at 57.58.
• Chris Lee posted a pole vault of 4.25 meters.
• Shaun Katje posted a wind-aided long jump of 6.46 meters in the long jump. He later had a wind-aided triple jump of 13.08 meters.
• Alex Anderson finished with a time of 9:52.88 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
• CSUSM capped off the meet with a time of 3:26.14 in the 4x400-meter relay.

 
TEAM SCORES
1. Mesa CC - 127; 2. Cal Poly Pomona - 104; 3. UC San Diego - 89; 4. Pima CC - 73.5; 5. San Diego Mesa College - 67.5; 6. Rice - 58; 7. Cal State San Marcos - 53; 8. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps; 9. Washington - 44; 10. Central Arizona - 37; 11. Utah Valley - 25; 12. CUI - 11; 13. Long Beach State - 7; 14. Oregon - 6; 15. Indiana - 5; T16. UC Riverside - 4; T16. Western New Mexico - 4; 18. Compton - 2; 19. Bentley - 1
 
UP NEXT
The Cougars have a busy week ahead with the Mt. Sac Relays (April 12-15), the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 13-15) and the Beach Invitational (April 14-15).