The Chico State women's track & field team made quite an impression in Sacramento at last weekend's Hornet Invitational, racking up a huge string of personal best and season-high marks. The Wildcats enjoyed their time in the state capital so much, they're back in Sactown this Thursday and Friday to compete in the Jamie Nieto Invitational, taking place at Hughes Stadium on the campus of Sacramento City College.
 
Fans can follow the meet results online through the Wildcat Athletics website.
 
Chico State will feature 29 athletes competing in 14 events Thursday and Friday, spotlighting the team's talented array of sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and throwers. The Wildcat distance runners will not be in action, as they prepare for next week's Stanford Invitational and San Francisco State Distance Carnival.
 
A light event schedule Thursday will see Taylor Nevitt, Michelle Flint, Alana Ochoa, and Kyndall Vargas competing for the 'Cats in the hammer throw beginning at 4 p.m.
 
The majority of the Jamie Nieto Invitational events take place on Friday, with pole vaulters Megan Farrell, Lara Condosta, Rebecca Graham, Jade Parmenter-Barnes, and Carmen Villarruel leading things off for the Wildcats at 1 p.m. The first running event is at 2 p.m. Friday, with Claire Chappell, Jordyn Dorsey, and Sydney Proiette toeing the starting line for the 100-meter dash.
 
The final women's event of the meet is scheduled for 7:40 Friday night, when Chappell, Proiette, Sheena Blackwell, and Savannah Bailey lead three different Wildcat quartets in the 4x400-meter relay. 
 
Representing Chico State at the Jamie Nieto Invitational:
 
Olivia Abbott—triple jump
Allysa Ashburn—long jump
Savannah Bailey—400-meter dash, 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay
Sheena Blackwell—100- and 400-meter hurdles, and 4x400-meter relay
Claire Chappell—100- and 200-meter dash, 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay
Lara Condosta—pole vault
MacKenzie Deeter—400-meter hurdles
Jordyn Dorsey—100- and 200-meter dash, and 4x100-meter relay
Megan Farrell—pole vault
Michelle Flint—hammer throw, shot put, and discus
Adelae Fredeen—100-meter hurdles, high jump, and shot put 
Rebecca Graham—pole vault
Eva King—high jump and triple jump
Jessica Lee—long jump and triple jump
Jacqueline Massey-Blake—400-meter dash, and 4x100-meter relay
Kylie McCloskey—100- and 400-meter hurdles
Isabella Moyer—200-meter dash, and 4x100-meter relay
Taylor Nevitt—hammer throw, shot put, and discus
Alana Ochoa—hammer throw, shot put, and discus
Dani Olson—200-meter dash, 100-meter hurdles, and 4x100-meter relay
Heather Pendleton—high jump
Jade Permenter-Barnes—pole vault
Brooklynn Pitz—triple jump
Sydney Proiette—100- and 200-meter dash, 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay
Lyndsey Settle—200-meter dash, and 4x100-meter relay
Jessica Toombs—100-meter dash, and long jump
Nadia Torkman—high jump
Kyndall Vargas—hammer throw, shot put and discus
Carmen Villarruel—pole vault