Results: Track and Field Hosts Arnie Robinson Invitational

Results: Track and Field Hosts Arnie Robinson Invitational
Posted: Apr 03, 2024

The San Diego Mesa men's and women's track and field team recently participated in the Mangrum Invitational in San Marcos and Willie Williams Classic in Arizona. They then hosted the annual Arnie Robinson Invite, which is a two-day event honoring the legendary Olympic gold medalist who graduated from Mesa before transferring to San Diego State University. 

Arnie Robinson was a product of Morse High School and won the 1970 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship in the long jump. He won the Olympic Trials in the long jump twice, placing third at the 1972 Olympics, and then grabbing gold at the 1976 games. Robinson won seven national long jump titles, six of them being outdoors. In 1979, Robinson returned to Mesa College and dedicated his life and resources to helping track and field grow in San Diego. He spent more than $35,000 of his own money on track and field equipment to be used by youth athletics. 

The coaching staff, led by Sean Ricketts, has the team running in peak form as usual. In the college open events, there were nine meet records and five stadium records broken, including Victor Rosas' 14.29.39 in the 5000-meter race. Here are the highlights from the event.

 

Meet and Stadium Records

Women's 4x100m Relay: 44.31 San Diego St. - J Pierre, A Mbye, H Waller, J Moore

Women's 100H: 13.22 Chari Hawkins

Women's Pole Vault: 4.27m 14'0 Katerina Adamiec - Unattached UCLA

Men's 5000m: 14:29.39 Victor Rosas - San Diego Mesa

Men's 5000m Wheelchair: 11:07.55 - Miguel Vergara - U.S. Paralympics

 

Meet Records

Women's 200m: 23.94 Danae Dyer - North American Women's Athletic League

Women's Javelin: 42.17m 138'4 Annie Kunz - FPmovement

Men's 10000m: 30:29.86 Ernesto Ruiz - Riverside

Men's 200m: 20.45 Cooper Bibbs - SHARKS ELITE

 

SD Mesa Stats:

WOMEN

Sidney Garcia 400m 58.79 State A, 1st Place 800m 2:20.01 
Alexis Noble 5000m 18:04.64 State A, #3 All Time, #5 in the State
Sophie Moser Smith 5000m 18:46.56 State A 
Ashley Nash Long Jump 5.33m 17'6 State A #9 in the State
Kaylee Tan Pole Vault 3.55m 11'7.75 State A, #4 in the State, #3 All Time
Kaitlyn Lau Pole Vault 3.10m 10'2 State A, #5 All Time
 

MEN


 Victor Rosas 5000m 14:29.39 State A, #4 All Time, STADIUM RECORD, #4 in the State
Ian Rosen 800m 1:54.78  State A #4 in the State
Chris Jackson Long Jump 7.17m 23'6.25 State A, #5 in the State
Balamber Izsold 110H 14.99 State A, State #3 in the State
Men's 4x100m Relay (Chris Jackson, Lamar Smith, Jake Hoffman, Kyle Wood) 40.30 State A, #8 All Time, #3 in the State
Men's 4x400m Relay (Marcel Acosta, Ian Rosen, Jaden Dasher, Isaiah Dasher) 3:20.37 State A