It was a successful weekend for Cal Poly’s track and field team.
Twenty-two Cal Poly Mustangs — 15 men and seven women — hit Big West Conference qualifying marks on Saturday at the Cal Poly Invitational that featured nine collegiate teams and individuals.
On the men’s side, sophomore Daniel Erdman and freshman Korben Boaz stole the top of the leader board. They went 1-2 in the shot put with qualifying marks of 53 feet, eight and 3/4 inches and 51 feet, eight and 3/4 inches.
But Erdman and Boaz weren’t finished. In discus, Boaz finished third and Erdman finished sixth, with marks of 165 feet, 10 and 3/4 inches and 152 feet, three inches.
Sophomore Jordan Goffena won the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 14.82, while sophomore Eric Surprenant finished third with a time of 15.08.
In the 1500, Cal Poly took three of the top five spots with sophomore Brandon Shirek, winning with a time of 3:53.33. Senior Nathan Huerta finished third with a time of 3:54.35 while senior Carl Dargitz finished fifth with a time of 3:55.37.
Sophomore Blake McDowall won the 800 with a time of 1:53.85. Teammate Aric Champagne finished third with a time of 1:54.81.
In javelin, freshman Dominic Byrne finished second with a throw of 179 feet, 11 inches. Boaz also qualified with a toss of 164-feet, 10 and 1/4 inches.
Freshman Michael Johnson finished second in the 3000m steeplechase with a qualifying time of 9:36.38.
Other men who finished with qualifying times were freshman John Prader and Corbin Duer in the pole vault with cleared heights of 15-feet, 5 and 3/4 inches.
Sophomore Whitney Sisler led the women’s team with a best five feet, 10 inches in winning the high jump, and junior Rebecca Paddack’s time of 4:35.35 in winning the 1500.
Senior Colleen Callaghan finished second in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:04.93 with senior Jenna Homes also posting a second in the pole vault when she cleared 11-feet, 11 and 1/2 inches.
Sophomore Tenise Brewer had three qualifying marks on Saturday. She hit the mark in the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 4 inches, and she qualified in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.01. Brewer finished third in the triple jump with a leap of 39-feet, 4 and 3/4 inches.
The Mustangs will return to the track on April 9 to 11 at the Jackie Joyner Kersee/Rafer Johnson Invitational hosted by UCLA.