RESULTS

(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) Peyton Yoshida repeated as conference pole vault champion on day one of the PacWest Track & Field Championships in Santa Barbara.
 
Yoshida and teammate Eva Koutelieris (second place) both cleared 3.77 meters on their third and final attempts at the height, leaving the PLNU pole vaulting duo as the only two remaining in the competition.
 
When neither surpassed the next height, Yoshida won the tiebreaker over Koutelieris for taking fewer overall attempts.
 

Peyton Yoshida wins a second-straight PacWest pole vault championship 🥇

Her mark of 3.77 meters sets a new personal-best and ranks third in PLNU history. pic.twitter.com/lMnCY0Euh3

— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) April 27, 2024

 

Both Yoshida and Koutelieris set new personal bests and are now tied-for-third in program history in the event with their NCAA provisional qualifying mark.


 
Brianne Camarena (sixth place) and Danielle Gould (eighth place) both cleared 3.57 meters in the pole vault, as the Sea Lions claimed four of the top-eight spots in the event. Gould's mark moves her up into a tie-for-eighth in PLNU pole vault history with Camarena.
 
In other final events that took place on Friday, Elizabeth Satterlee placed fifth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (11:21.83), Anessa Chirgwin finished sixth in the hammer throw (41.67 meters) and Millie Bledsoe took seventh in the long jump (5.14 meters).
 
Nica Zsiros is currently in fourth place after four events of the heptathlon.
 
She finished second in the 100 hurdles (15.32 seconds) and 200 meters (25.87 seconds), tied-for-second in the high jump (1.52 meters) and seventh in the shot put (7.09 meters).
 
Aubrie Nex cruised in qualifying for the 1500 meter finals, running the sixth-fastest preliminary time (4:51.80), finishing third in heat two.
 
Zsiros (15.19 seconds) secured the final spot in the 100 meter hurdles finals, finishing eighth in the prelims, as did Bree Gentry (2:20.42) in the 800 meters.
 
Madelynn Worley (56.97 seconds) and Blanca Granados (57.96 seconds) both qualified for the 400 meter finals, placing sixth and eighth respectively in the prelims.

Granados' 200 meter time of 24.55 seconds moves her into a tie-for-second place in program history in the event, while Lily Gomez moved up to sixth among Sea Lions all-time in the 100 meters with a mark of 12.24 seconds.
 
Makenna Sullivan (1:06.43) and Reagan Cole (1:07.37) snagged the final two spots in the 400 meter hurdles finals, finishing seventh and eighth respectively in the prelims.
 
The second and final day of the PacWest Track & Field Championships on Saturday will begin for the Sea Lions at 11 a.m. with the heptathlon long jump.

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