SAN DIEGO-Anessa Chirgwin broke her school record in the discus to lead a valiant effort from the Point Loma Sea Lions Track and Field Team at their first home meet of the season Saturday during the Ross and Sharon Irwin Invitational.

Chirgwin improved on each of her four attempts and had the two longest throws of the day. Her final mark of 47.61 meters, which was two and a half meters than the 2nd place finisher.

Her third attempt was within a foot of her previous best, the school record she set in 2021, but Chirgwin blew away the field, exceeding her best performance by five feet.

Chirgwin also had a top 10 finish in the Hammer, finishing 6^th with a 133'4" in her third attempt. Again, Chirgwin improved on each of her tosses, just topping her 2^nd throw by half a meter.

The Sea Lions had a few other top 5 finishes on the track. The Women's 400 Relay of Macy Groves, Blanca Granados, Madelynn Worley, and Jemmia Pennix finished fourth with a time of 49.15.

Madelynn Worley led a strong effort in the 400-meter dash, placing fifth in 58.15.

Blanca Granados added a pair of top-ten finishes with a  6^th place finish in the 100-meter dash, posting a time of 12.48 and a 9^th place finish in the 200 meters.

The day's final event saw two Point Loma relay teams finish in the top 10 with Pennix, Santos, Johnston, Kuhn, Sullivan, and Muniz finishing 5^th with a 4:14.92.

The team of Nex, True, Gomez, Pratt, and Wagner finished 8^th with a 4:19.85.

Point Loma will look to build on their home success next weekend as they host the PLNU Invitational at Point Loma beginning at 9:00 am on Saturday, March 26^th.