SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos women's track & field team placed third at the CCAA Championships for the second consecutive season as it concluded the meet on Saturday at Mangrum Track & Field.
 
TOP PERFORMANCES

• Lilly McGraw took silver in the pole vault with a height of 3.57 meters.
• Luz Mercado silvered in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:34.79.
• Earning silver in the 4x400-meter relay, the team of Mia Salinas, Ana Mercado, Luz Mercado and Rasha Badrani finished in 3:50.18.
• The 4x100-meter relay team of Kailey Frye, Isabel Ortiz, Ashton Stamatopoulos and Rasha Badrani took bronze as they tied for the sixth-fastest time in program history at 46.94. It was CSUSM's fastest time in 10 years.
• Ana Mercado was awarded bronze in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:16.05. Hazel Hardman-Groff took fourth at 2:16.13 while Luz Mercado was eighth at 2:34.45.
• Rasha Badrani and Mia Salinas took silver and bronze in the 400-meter hurdles with the times of 1:00.40 and 1:00.51, respectively. Their times rank second and third in program history, and both times were NCAA provisionals.
• Morgann Wilson was the Cougars' top finisher in the javelin throw as she finished sixth with a mark of 36.58 meters. Rachelle Zilavec had the fifth-best throw in program history and finished seventh at 35.85 meters. Teigen O'Donnell wrapped up the scoring for CSUSM with an eighth-place finish at 35.67 meters.
• Ashton Stamatopoulos finished sixth in the 400-meter dash at 58.93.
• For the second consecutive day, Isabel Ortiz had the program's third-fastest 100-meter meter time as she finished eighth at 12.15.
• Teigen O'Donnell also placed eighth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.14 and earned CSUSM a point.
• Charlotte Allison gave CSUSM three points in the high jump with a sixth-place finish of 1.56 meters.
• Kailey Frye earned CSUSM two points in the triple jump with a seventh-place mark of 10.73 meters.

 
TEAM SCORES
1. Cal Poly Pomona – 191; 2. Chico State – 185.50; 3. Cal State San Marcos – 106.75; 4. Cal State San Bernardino – 77; 5. Stanislaus State – 66.75; 6. San Francisco State – 63; 7. Cal Poly Humboldt – 44; 8. Sonoma State – 42; T9. Cal State Monterey Bay – 16; T9. Cal State East Bay – 16; 11. Cal State LA – 8
 
POST-MEET NOTES

• CSUSM took home a total of 15 CCAA medals – its most in program history by a wide margin. Its previous best of five occurred last season.
• The Cougars' 106.75 points were their most ever in the CCAA Championships. CSUSM scored 85 last season.
• CSUSM currently has four NCAA provisionals heading into next week's meet.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will wrap up the regular season at the APU Last Chance Meet on Friday, May 12 and Saturday, May 13 in Azusa.