Sophomore Whitney Sisler won the high jump while freshman Taylor Herrera won the 200 meter dash in the second day of competition at the Mt. Sac. Relays Friday.
Sisler tied for first in the high jump when she cleared 5-feet, 10 ¾ inches. She finished tied with Washington State’s Holly Parent and Paola Saraid Fuientes from Mexico.
Herrera won the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.10 seconds — his previous best was 21.36 at the Fresno State dual meet last month. Herrera’s time is the fastest run at Cal Poly since Kaaron Conwright ran a 20.69 in 1999, and is the eighth fastest in Cal Poly history.
Senior Joe Gatel finished second in the “Open A” 5000 meters with a time of 13:57.54 minutes. It was the fourth fastest time in school history behind Ben Bruce (13:40.9), Jim Schankel (13:48.1) and Carmelo Rios (13:57.4).
Carl Dargitz finished third in the “Open B” 5000 meters with a personal best 14:08.49 minutes, while Rebecca Paddack finished 14th in the women’s 5000 with a new personal record of 16:58.74 minutes, improving on her old mark of 17:11.72.
Junior Jasmine Pickett and another solid day placing second in the triple jump with a mark of 41-feet, 3 ¼ inches. She added a third with a jump of 19-feet, 9 ½ inches in the long jump.
Freshman Korben Boaz just missed his season-best in placing eighth in the discus. Boaz hit his mark on his final attempt of 165-feet, 5 inches.
Sophomore Blake McDowell ran a season best 1:52.05 minutes in the 800-meter event. McDowell finished 12th and improved on his previous best of 1:52.26 set at Cal-Nevada Championships.
Kevin Jones cleared a season best 15-feet, 7 inches in placing sixth in the pole vault.