MARYSVILLE—Why travel all the way to State Capital when you can be just as successful less than an hour from home? Due to the cancelation of Sacramento State's Hornet Invitational, the Chico State women's track & field team instead enjoyed an amazingly productive Friday and Saturday in Marysville at the Yuba College-hosted Wildcat Cup Invitational, with two Wildcats etching their names in the program's all-time top 10 record book, and many more 'Cats achieving season or personal best marks.
Chloe Taylor, who set a new school record in the 400-meter hurdles at last week's Wildcat Invitational, scored an NCAA Provisional mark and turned in the fifth-fastest time in program history in the Wildcat Cup Invitational's 400-meter dash Saturday, stopping the clock with a winning time of 55.89 seconds. Taylor teamed with Danielle Bacon, Savannah Bailey, and Jessica James to win the 4x100-meter relay with a season-best time of 47.85 seconds, and combined with Bacon, Bailey, and Taylor Lee to record the quartet's fastest time of the season (3:54.60) in winning the 4x400-meter relay. Taylor also finished second Saturday in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.55 seconds.
Josie Peterson took top honors in the Wildcat Cup Invitational's javelin competition, with a personal best distance of 41.22 meters—the eighth-longest throw in program history.
Four other Wildcats recorded first place finishes Saturday. Katie Hawley won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.62 (she was also the top Wildcat performer in the 1,500-meter run, placing third with a season-best time of 4:43.90). Marissa D'Atri earned an NCAA Provisional mark while finishing first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:56.88), Gracie Dupuis was the first to cross the finish line in the 5,000-meter run (18:38.20), and Elise Barnum was the winner in Friday's pole vault competition, clearing the bar at 3.35 meters.
Below are how the members of the Chico State women's track & field team fared Friday and Saturday at the Wildcat Cup Invitational.
FRIDAY, MARCH 17
Hammer
2. Ava Cavallaro, 45.94 meters (season best)
3. Citlalli Fernandez, 45.79 meters (season best)
8. Josie Peterson, 36.01 meters
9. Sara Filter, 35.47 meters (season best)
Pole Vault
1. Elise Barnum, 3.35 meters
3. Rebecca Graham, 3.35 meters (matched season best)
4. Carissa Rodriguez, 3.20 meters (season best)
5. Samantha Brackett, 3.20 meters (season best)
7. Shelby Gill, 2.90 meters (matched season best)
SATURDAY, MARCH 18
3,000-meter steeplechase
1. Marissa D'Atri, 10:56.58
2. Avery Lambrite, 12:08.13
3. Hannah Wirth, 12:19.74
4x100-meter relay
1. Danielle Bacon/Jessica James/Savannah Bailey/Chloe Taylor, 47.85 seconds (season best)
1,500-meter run
3. Katie Hawley, 4:43.90 (season best)
4. Jasmine Fletcher, 4:49.94
6. Gracie Dupuis, 4:54.37
100-meter hurdles
2. Alexis Hinojosa, 15.05 seconds
6. Annie Belter, 19.21 seconds
100-meter dash
2. Jessica James, 12.77 seconds
8. Alexis Hinojosa, 13.21 seconds
12. Mary Casserly, 13.63 seconds
13. Teresa Vasconcellos, 13.69 seconds
400-meter dash
1. Chloe Taylor, 55.89 seconds (fifth fastest event time in program history)
2. Savannah Bailey, 56.43 seconds (season best)
3. Taylor Lee, 58.63 seconds (season best)
4. Danielle Bacon, 58.75 seconds (personal best)
5. Kaitlyn Gonzales, 1:00.92 (season best)
800-meter run
1. Katie Hawley, 2:21.62
3. Natalie Dinin, 2:22.34 (season best)
400-meter hurdles
2. Alyssa Evans, 1:08.68
4. Selina Schillig, 1:10.66 (season best)
200-meter dash
2. Chloe Taylor, 25.55 seconds
3. Savannah Bailey, 25.71 seconds (season best)
4. Jessica James, 26.33 seconds (personal record)
5. Taylor Lee, 26.49 seconds
9. Danielle Bacon, 26.70 seconds (personal record)
13. Teresa Vasconcellos, 28.11 seconds
16. Mary Casserly, 28.65 seconds
21. Annie Belter, 29.78 seconds (personal record)
5,000-meter run
1. Gracie Dupuis, 18:38.20
4x400-meter relay
1. Savannah Bailey/Taylor Lee/Danielle Bacon/Chloe Taylor, 3:54.60 (season best)
2. Jessica James/Kaitlyn Gonzales/Selina Schillig/Alyssa Evans, 4:08.04
Shot Put
3. Citlalli Fernandez, 10.20 meters (season best)
18. Sara Filter, 7.46 meters
Discus
13. Citlalli Fernandez, 30.08 meters
15. Sara Filter, 28.64 meters (season best)
Long Jump
3. Samantha Brackett, 4.67 meters (season best)
Triple Jump
3. Natalie Muse, 10.92 meters (season best)
High Jump
2. Kendra Pearson, 1.55 meters (matched personal record)
3. Victoria Celine Vally, 1.55 meters (season best)
5. Annie Belter, 1.40 meters
8. Hunter Casperson, 1.30 meters (matched personal record)
Javelin
1. Josie Peterson, 41.22 meters (personal record/eighth highest mark in program history)
2. Ashley Brown, 40.44 meters (season best)
3. Selina Schillig, 35.49 meters (personal record)
4. Hunter Casperson, 34.07 meters (personal record)
17. Annie Belter, 20.66 meters (personal record)
The Chico State women's track & field team will take next week off as it prepares for a pair of high-profile meets scheduled at the end of the month. The Wildcats will head to the Bay Area to compete in the March 30–April 1 Mike Fanelli Track Classic and the March 31–April 1 Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto.
