SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco State track and field squad held the second of its three 2009 home meets on Friday when it played host to the SF State Distance Carnival at Cox Stadium.
Brijet Finister (Stockton, Calif., Franklin HS) notched a pair of top-10 finishes, placing sixth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 29.41 seconds to go along with a 10th-place performance in the 100 with a 13.95 clocking. Meanwhile, Caitlyn Buske (Sacramento, California, Sierra College) recorded a personal record in the 1500 with a time of 5:08.83, slashing nearly six seconds off her previous best.
The meet also featured a pair of field events, with Lisa Fong (Antioch, Calif., Las Lomas HS) finishing third in the long jump after a leap of 16 feet, 3.25 inches, while Chelsea Rinderspacher (Foothill Ranch, Calif., Mission Viejo HS) (15-7) and Colleen Allen (Atascadero, Calif., Cuesta JC) (13-6) placed fifth and sixth, respectively. Rinderspacher competed in the triple jump as well, posting a second-place distance of 29-10.
Rounding out the day was a third-place showing by the Gator 4x400 relay team of Carrie Saccone (San Diego, California, West Hill), Karen Marchan (Laguna Hills, Calif., Laguna Hills HS), Kirsten Jackson (Oak Park, Calif., Oak Park HS) and Buske, who registered a time of 4:48.62.
Select Gator student-athletes also competed in the Stanford Invitational on Friday at Cobb Track and Angell Field in Palo Alto, Calif. Meagen Moiola (Morro Bay, Calif., Morro Bay HS) set a season-best in the high jump with a fifth-place height of 5-5, followed closely by Felicia Terwilliger (Eureka, Calif., West Warwich (Rhode Island)), who wound up in seventh with a jump of 5-3.
Elsewhere, Luisa Musika (Milpitas, Calif., Milpitas HS) took ninth in the shot put invitational with a toss of 39-4, while Tyler Dalbey (Petaluma, Calif., Santa Rosa JC) finished the third heat of the 400 hurdles in third place with a 1:08.10 clocking.
SF State returns to action on Saturday for the second day of the Stanford Invitational.
SF State Distance Carnival
SF Results Only
100 Meters
200 Meters
800 Meters
1500 Meters
27. Carrie Saccone, 5:29.56
3000 Steeplechase
4x400 Relay
3. (Saccone, Marchan, Jackson, Buske), 4:48. 62
Long Jump
Triple Jump
