The Azusa Pacific women secured another title, keeping their streak alive. The win marks the eighth year in row for the Cougars. On the men’s side, the streak for APU was broken and a new champion has arrived — Fresno Pacific University (FPU). The majority of points came from taking 2nd through 4th in the men’s triple jump, sweeping the top three spots in the men’s javelin, and going 1-2 in the 5000m.
To start the meet off, Jack Ferrence from Biola won the men’s decathlon by over 200 points. Giovana Pelascini from Concordia University Irvine (CUI) narrowly beat out her teammate, Riley Norris, (4894 points to 4775) for first place in the women’s heptathlon. The Golden Eagles women earned 20 points from the heptathlon.
A big surprise came in the men’s 4x100m with Academy of Art winning in a blazing 40.60 over top-seeded FPU (41.14). However, FPU women secured the 4x100m relay title, and their time of 44.80 moved them to #5 in the nation.
Jasmyne Crawford of CUI ran 11.52 in the women’s 100m prelims, putting her at #16 nationally. Crawford went on to finish 5th in the final.
Adrian Aguire of Dominican University dominated the 110 hurdles, winning in 13.64 — now ranked #3 in Division II.
The men's 400m ended up producing some of the top times in the country. Shemar Palmar of FPU (45.77) won the conference title and moved up to #3 in the nation. Maxime Wassmer (APU) took 2nd (46.81) and Tre’Sean Bouie (Academy of Art) placed 3rd (46.83). Those two now sit at 14th and 15th nationally in the 400m.
Alayna Verner of APU ran a time of 53.79 to win the women’s 400m title, moving her up to 12th in the nation.
Josh Marlin from Academy of Art won the men's 400m hurdles with his 51.29, now ranked #10 nationally.
Sariyah Copeland (FPU) grabbed the women’s 200m title with her time of 23.67, putting her at 16th in the nation.
In the men's long jump, Dylan Fox of CUI and Yacouba Gnacko of Academy of Art both jumped 7.51m, but after tie-breaking procedures, Fox came out on top. Both athletes now sit at #8 in the nation.
Esther Conde-Turpin of APU climbed the podium twice, winning the 100m hurdles (13.63) and taking second in the long jump (6.06m/19-10.75) — moving her up to #15 nationally.
Finally, Luisa Fischer threw a huge personal best of 50.41m to win the women’s javelin, moving her up to #2 in the nation.
– Demi Marine
