Fresno State at Stanford Invitational
March 29-30 • Cobb Track and Angell Field • Stanford, Calif.
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Fresno State at Mike Fanelli Track Classic
March 29-30 • Chabot College Track • Hayward, Calif.
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FRESNO, Calif. – Following a successful home meet last weekend, the Fresno State track and field teams travel to the Bay Area this weekend to compete in both the Stanford Invitational and Mike Fanelli Track Classic.
LAST TIME OUT
Fresno State totaled 14 event wins at the West Coast Relays. The women finished with nine while the men had five.
To go with 12 wins on the second day, the Bulldogs added five marks to the program's all-time Top 10 lists (Jordyn Bryant - No. 4 discus, Madison Hutton - No. 7 100mH, Rachela Pace - No. 2 long jump, Ceonna Pipion - No. 2 400m, Women's 4x100 - No. 2).
OPENING UP IN THE TOP 25
In the first USTFCCCA national rankings, the Fresno State women were ranked No. 24. It is one spot higher than the Bulldogs were to open the 2023 outdoor season.
Fresno State was ranked No. 4 in the West, the only Mountain West school in the Top 8.
NO PACING NECESSARY
In her first outdoor event after competing at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships, Rachela Pace showed no let up, winning the long jump at the West Coast Relays with the No. 2 mark in program history (6.30m/20-8). The junior entered the year with a PR of 5.97m/19-7.
Pace owns Fresno State's record in the indoor triple jump (2014), ranks No. 2 in both the indoor (2014) and outdoor (2014) long jump and is No. 4 in the outdoor triple jump (2013).
DUELING THROWERS
After two weekends of meets, Fresno State's Jordyn Bryant and Cierra Jackson are already showing off things to expect this spring. Bryant sits No. 17 in the shot put and No. 8 in the discus in the NCAA, while Jackson is No. 23 in the shot put and No. 3 in the discus.
The duo went 1-2 in both events at the West Coast Relays with Jackson winning both.
Jackson ranks No. 2 all-time in both events at Fresno State while Bryant is No. 4 in both events. Bryant has posted PRs in both events this season.
LAST YEAR, BEST YEAR
The indoor season saw Ceonna Pipion claim school records in both the 200 and 400 meters. The first outdoor meet of the season saw the senior get closer to another. At the West Coast Relays, Pipion jumped to No. 2 in the 400 meters with a time of 52.89, just 0.09 back of the program record.
Pipion entered the year ranking No. 3 in the 200 meters.
Not only has Pipion posted all-time marks individually, she and her teammates (Chloe Sharp, Antoinette Stubbfield and Iyanna Ross) clocked the No. 2 time at Fresno State in the 4x100 relay (45.33) at the West Coast Relays.
THE TOP 10
Fresno State's current group of Bulldogs entered 2024 holding 15 spots on the program's all-time Top 10 lists.
Ten of those 15 come from five athletes who hold two each. Ceonna Pipion in the 200m and 400m. Madison Hutton in the long jump and heptathlon. Cierra Jackson in the shot put and discus. Jordyn Bryant in the shot put and discus. Jocelynn Budwig in the shot put and hammer.
HEADING INTO OUTDOORS
Fresno State's women came into the outdoor season on a high, earning its best finish at the Mountain West Indoor Championships in program history. The Bulldogs placed third with 87 points.
Nine Bulldogs earned all-conference honors.
Rachela Pace (triple jump, long jump) and Ceonna Pipion (400m, 4x400 relay) were named all-conference in two events.
Madison Hutton (pentathlon) was the Bulldogs' lone event winner at the championships.
INDOOR RECORDS FALLING
During the indoor season, five different records fell, a sign of things to come for the outdoor season.
Three records came on the track, with two coming from Ceonna Pipion. The senior owns both the 200m (23.80) and 400m (52.90). The third came from Corie Smith in the 5,000m (17:21.96).
USTFCCCA Second Team All-American Rachela Pace claimed the triple jump mark (13.40m/43-11.75) while Cierra Jackson reset her record in the shot put (16.86m/55-3.75)