The Cal Poly track and field team secured seven event victories during the Fresno State Invitational, which concluded on May 2 at Buchanan High’s Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis, California.
The event marked the penultimate weekend of regular season competition for the Mustangs, with a total of 40 athletes participating. The team demonstrated strong performances across both days of competition.
On Friday’s opening day at Warmerdam Field, freshman Golda Demby achieved the second-best mark in school history for the women’s hammer throw with a distance of 188 feet, 3 inches (57.39 meters). Travis Martin set a facility record in the men’s hammer throw with a mark of 231 feet, 10 inches (70.68 meters).
Saturday saw sophomore Ava Simos run a personal best of 11.67 seconds in the women’s 100-meter dash to place third and improve her No. 6 time in school history. Simos also contributed to Cal Poly’s third-fastest all-time finish in the women’s 4×100-meter relay alongside Desie Armstrong, Cadence Roy-Williams, and Tayhlore Hoagland.
The Cal Poly women claimed three event wins: Taylor Hofland took first place in shot put (47-7), Camrenne Genilla won javelin (151-11), and Lexi Evans secured victory in pole vault (13-8.25). In addition, Kalia Estes recorded a lifetime best to finish second in the women’s 400 hurdles with one minute and .71 seconds—the twelfth-fastest time ever for Cal Poly.
On the men’s side, Ben Kin Ho Tsang won the men’s 400 hurdles (53.18), Vincent Atilano finished first in the men’s 400 meters (47.93), and Ben Feyrer took top honors in pole vault (17-0). Aiden Pastorian earned second place in shot put with a throw of over fifty-five feet.
Looking ahead, Cal Poly will send more than ten distance runners to compete at Azusa Pacific’s Franson Last Chance Invite as they wrap up their regular season schedule next weekend. The full Big West Track & Field Championship meet is scheduled for May 15–16 at Long Beach State.
