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TRACK & FIELD WINDS DOWN REGULAR SEASON WITH RECORD SETTING DAY
2/14/2009
 SEATTLE — The Sacramento State men’s and women’s track and field teams combined to record 35 personal season bests, including three school records and three NCAA provisional marks at the Husky Classic on Saturday.
In what was nearly a repeat of last weekend, Ericka Violett, Renisha Robinson and Ronald Brookins each moved to the top of the school record book. Violett recorded a pair of NCAA provisional marks with a long jump of 20-00.25 and a pole vault of 12-11.75. Her pole vault, not only broke her own school record, it is tied for the 24th best in Div. I this year. The Shingle Springs, Calif., native also moved to the top of the Big Sky leaderboard in the long jump. Violett also moved into second place in school history in the long jump and is now fourth in the record book with a Big Sky leading time of 8.66 seconds.
Robinson broke her own school record in the 800 with a time of 2:09.67. Her time now leads the Big Sky by 3.4 seconds over teammate Lea Wallace and is over four seconds ahead of the closest competitor from a different team.
Brookins became the first Hornet to run the 60-hurdles in less than eight seconds as he crossed the line in the final in 7.96 seconds. Brookins opened the competition with a time of 7.99 in the qualifying round and finished second in the final. He has now improved his time in every meet this season.
The women’s team also had some success in the throws where Ify Agwuenu and Nicole McClure now rank second in the shot put and weight throw, respectively. Agwuenu had a put of 47-05.00 and McClure tossed the weight 54-06.75. On the track, Victoria Humphery moved into fourth place with a 400 time of 56.58. The team also added first-time Big Sky qualifying marks from Brianna Nelson in the 400 (57.40), Natalia Wright (38-09.50) and Baiba Celma (38-00.25) in the triple jump, Lizzy Norvell in the pole vault (12-00.00), and Tatiana Clark (43-08.00) in the shot put.
Joining Brookins in the Sacramento State record book on Saturday was senior Jimmy Williamson who took over second place with a pole vault of 16-01.25 which also places him fifth in the Big Sky this season. Freshman Philip Burks is also third in school history and third in the Big Sky this year with a triple jump of 47-09.00.
On the track, Jason Nelson ran the 400 in 48.92 to crack the top five. David Rabinowitz ran the 800 in 1:53.05 to move into second place and was joined by Terrell Kirtz who is now fifth in 1:54.29. Rabinowitz’s time is also the fourth fastest in the Big Sky this season. Scott Grose is now third in school history in the mile at 4:17.48 and Marcus McMillan is fifth with a 60-hurdles time of 8.41 seconds.
Sacramento State will have a week off before traveling to Flagstaff, Ariz., for the Big Sky Indoor Championships on Feb. 27-28.
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