LA JOLLA, Calif. – A trio of freshmen qualified for their first California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Championship events as the Cal State San Marcos women's track & field team tied for fifth at the Triton Invitational at UC San Diego on Saturday.

Facing elite competition from around the world, the Cougars scored 36 points to tie with a group of Nike athletes for the fifth spot. UC San Diego finished first overall with 124 points.

Kylene Shuler kicked things off for the Cougars, achieving a CCAA qualifier in the long jump with a personal best leap of 4.90m.

Alicia Villarreal followed with a qualifier in the 800m, running a personal best 2:21.15. Sophomore Lisa Flora also qualified for the championships in the 800m, setting a personal best mark of 2:17.29. Flora has now qualified in two events, having previously achieved the standard in the 1500m.

Allison Mojica achieved the qualifier in an exciting 400H, running a personal best 1:08.51. Also setting personal bests in the 400H, while also improving their CCAA qualifying times, were freshmen Danielle Pettit (1:05.81) and Jenna Hernandez (1:06.34).

With the three names added to the list, 28 student-athletes have now achieved a qualifying mark for the CCAA Championships.

Another freshman putting up big marks was Devony Dettman, who placed 10th in the 100H with a personal best 14.63 to improve her CCAA qualifying time.

Also improving a CCAA qualifier was sophomore Victoria Ethridge, who leaped a personal best 4.91m in the long jump.

In the 4x100m, freshman Lea Ortiz, Dettman, sophomore Lauren Wyckoff and junior Jolene Widmer finished fifth with a season best 48.01, missing the CCAA qualifying time by just 0.01 seconds.

The 4x400m relay of Villarreal, Flora, freshman Sierra Valenzuela and Dettman picked up a fourth-place result with a time of 4:09.19.

Senior Anahi Soriano placed sixth in the 5000m with a season best 18:33.81.

Next week the Cougars will travel to UC Irvine for the annual adidas/Steve Scott Invitational, the namesake event for CSUSM track & field head coach and UC Irvine alumnus Steve Scott. Two days of competition will be held April 21-22 at Anteater Stadium.

Women's Team Results
1. UC San Diego – 124
2. Azusa Pacific –99
3. Alaska Anchorage – 91
4. Concordia (Ore.) – 42
t5. CSUSM – 36
t5. Nike – 36
7. Cal State San Bernardino – 32
8. Simon Fraser – 27
9. Point Loma – 25
10. Central Arizona – 24
11. Adidas – 20
12. Bentley – 19
13. Sherbrooke – 18
14. Pima CC – 13.50
15. Mexicali – 13
t16. Canada – 10
t16. Mexico (Baja California) – 10
t16. Natural Fitness – 10
t16. CETYS – 10
t20. Toronto – 9
t20. Cal State Dominguez Hills – 9
t22. West Indies-Mona – 8
t22. Anahuac Norte University – 8
t22. Team DL – 8
25. Cal Baptist – 7
t26. Playas de Castellon – 6
t26. New Zealand – 6
t28. Slo Mid Distance – 5
t28. Ottawa Lions – 5
t30. Border City AC
t30. Universite Laval – 4
t32. Boca del Rio Throwers Team – 3
t32. Western New Mexico – 3
t32. Baja – 3
35. Edsonora – 2
t36. Calgary International T.C. – 1
t36. Cal State L.A. - 1
 
Women's Individual Results
100m
1. Lekeisha Lawson (adidas) – 11.54
32. Jolene Widmer (CSUSM) – 12.91
 
200m
1. Lekeisha Lawson (adidas) – 23.86
26. Lauren Wyckoff (CSUSM) – 26.18(PR)
38. Jolene Widmer (CSUSM) – 26.63
54. Kylene Shuler (CSUSM) – 27.98
 
400m
1. Tyra Lea (San Diego State) – 54.64
24. Lauren Wyckoff (CSUSM) – 59.74
25. Lea Ortiz (CSUSM) – 1:00.05
34. Gabby Garcia (CSUSM) – 1:03.92
 
800m
1. Julia Stepanova (Unattached) – 2:05.38
25. Lisa Flora (CSUSM) – 2:17.29 (PR)
30. Alicia Villarreal (CSUSM) – 2:21.15 (PR)
31. Arianna Garcia-Swantek (CSUSM) – 2:21.84
37. Cristen Lane (CSUSM) – 2:24.28
39. Sierra Valenzuela (CSUSM) – 2:25.73 (PR)
47. Dezirae Soria (CSUSM) – 2:38.58 (PR)
 
1500m
1. Laura Aceves (Cal State San Bernardino) – 4:32.89
13. Arianna Garcia-Swantek (CSUSM) – 4:47.57
16. Tina Girolamo (CSUSM) – 4:50.06
19. Cristen Lane (CSUSM) – 4:52.00
20. Aholibama Velazquez (CSUSM) – 4:52.66 (PR)
21. Shelby Eberwein (CSUSM) – 4:53.04 (PR)
59. Bridget Cassidy (CSUSM) – 5:21.41
 
3000m
1. Andrea Hughes (San Diego State) – 9:54.97
7. Shelby Eberwein (CSUSM) – 10:24.23 (PR)
 
5000m
1. Julia Morena (Bentley) – 18:01.17
6. Anahi Soriano (CSUSM) – 18:33.81 
 
100H
1. Micha Auzenne (San Diego State) – 13.19
10. Devony Dettman (CSUSM) – 14.63 (PR)
 
400H
1. Andrenette Knight (San Diego State) – 58.44
13. Danielle Pettit (CSUSM) – 1:05.81 (PR)
15. Jenna Hernandez (CSUSM) – 1:06.34 (PR)
21. Allison Mojica (CSUSM) – 1:08.51 (PR)
 
4x100m Relay
1. Alaska Anchorage – 46.37
5. CSUSM (Lea Ortiz, Devony Dettman, Lauren Wyckoff, Jolene Widmer) – 48.01
 
4x400m Relay
1. UC San Diego "A" – 3:53.81
4. CSUSM "B" (Alicia Villarreal, Lisa Flora, Sierra Valenzuela, Devony Dettman) – 4:09.19
 
Long Jump
1. Gloria Alejandra Maldonado Carrisosa (Mexico (Baja California)) – 6.23m
28. Victoria Ethridge (CSUSM) – 4.91m (PR)
30. Kylene Shuler (CSUSM) – 4.90m (PR)
33. Makayla Byerly (CSUSM) – 4.89m
 
Triple Jump
1. Je'Neal Ainsworth (San Diego State) – 11.91m
12. Noelle Bediamol (CSUSM) – 10.32m
13. Jasmine Shambo (CSUSM) – 10.05m
 
Javelin
1. Mariana Castro (Mexicali) – 52.43m
19. Domenique Barnes (CSUSM) – 29.76m