CSUSM Sees New School Record, Five Top-10 Program Marks at Ben Brown Invitational

Sat, Mar 9, 2024

FULLERTON, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men's track & field team saw a new school record in addition to five other top-10 program marks at Cal State Fullerton's Ben Brown Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the Titan Track Complex and the Oxy Distance Carnival on Saturday in Los Angeles.

TOP PERFORMANCES

Juan Leyva broke his one-week-old school record in the hammer throw with a distance of 52.72 meters – .21 better than his previous mark.
Dre Johnson posted the second-fastest 100-meter time in program history at 10.70 seconds. Aeden Fernandez tallied the eighth-fastest time in team history at 10.91 while Julian Watson had the school's 10th-fastest time at 10.95.
Johnson also recorded the fifth-fastest 200-time in school history at 21.97 seconds.
In the 4x100-meter relay, Johnson, Mateo Gomez, Charles Rogers and Watson posted the second-fastest time in team history at 41.81 seconds.
Kalathan Laiwa-McKay finished third out of 34 entrants in the shot put at 16.74 meters.
Trevor Boaz was CSUSM's fastest runner in the 5000-meter run at 14:44.56.
Shaun Katje posted a wind-aided distance of 13.17 meters in the triple jump.
Giovanni Moya was the fastest Cougar in the 400-meter run at 51.27 seconds.
As the lone CSUSM entrant in the 400-meter hurdles, Nate Valencia recorded of time of 59.79 seconds.
CSUSM wrapped up the Ben Brown Invitational in the 4x400-meter relays as Rogers, Amaree Berry, Giovanni Moya and Aeden Fernandez recorded a time of 3:23.01.
In the 5000-meter run at the Oxy Distance Carnival, Ziggy Nacco had CSUSM's fastest time at 15:25.03.