VENTURA, CA - Traveling to Ventura for the second WSC meet of the season, the Men's and Women's Track & Field teams competed against the Coastal portion of the conference, competeting against Ventura, Santa Barbara, Cuesta, Hancock and West LA. Having won 7 of 18 events, the men dominated the field finishing with 240 points followed closely by Ventura with 103 points. Cuesta was 3rd (72 points), Santa Barbara (58.5), Hancock (48 points), and West LA (32.5). 

With the 1st place finish, the Men are 10-0 in conference heading to the conference prelims and finals next month.

Event Winners:

• Jordan Navarro, 400Hurdles (59.86)
• Michael Holland, 200m (21.79) .16 improvement
• 4x400m Relay: Curtis Somerville, Carson Zeedik, Tyler Zeedik, Dominic Deleon
• Benjamin Nathanson, Discus (37.00m)
• Kade Larson, Hammer (45.48m) .34m PR
• Kade Larson, Shot Put (13.54m) 
• Cytres Vives, High Jump (1.95m)

 2^nd Place Finishers

• Ethan Smith, 1500m (4:00) first race of the season
• Dominic Deleon, 400 Hurdles (1:00.03) .18 improvement
• Dylan Brown, 3,000m (8:55) season opener
• Wyatt Nowak, Hammer (36.16m)
• Cytres Vives, Javelin  (47.52m)
• Jordan Navarro, High Jump  (1.80m)
• Jordan Navarro, 110 Hurldes (16.00) .03 second improvement 

 3^rd Place Finishers

• Seth Mack, 400m (51.48) .22 improvement
• Michael Holland, 100m (10.81)
• Chris Brady-Breton, 800m (2:00) 6 second improvement
• Cytres Vives, 400 Hurdles (1:00.89)
• Ethan Kuske, 3,000m (9:01) season opener

• Ian Burr, Discus (34.88m) .53m PR

• Benjamin Nathanson, Hammer (34.87m) 
• Eric Glover, Shot Put  (12.76m) 

• Jordan Navarro, Javelin (42.35m) 

 Notable Performances

• Aiden Bermudez broke the 12.00 barrier in the 100 (11.96)
• Curtis Somerville improved 6 seconds in the 800m (2:03) 
• Connor Gannon improved 7.75" in the pole vault for a college PR (13' 5.25")
• Cole Jarvis improved 7.75" in the pole vault for a personal best (11'5.75")

On the Women's side, Ventura took honors with 150pts, followed by Cuesta with 137pts, then the Raiders with 117 points. West LA was 4th (60), followed by Hancock (51) with Santa Barbara (25) rounding out the scoring.

With the 3rd place finish, the Women are 8-2 in conference heading into the conference prelims and finals next month.

 Event Winners:

• Ava Ball, 100 Hurdles  (15.49) .04 improvement 
• Ava Ball, 400 Hurdles (1:05.10)
• Jaelyn Lee, Discus (38.14m)
• Jaelyn Lee, Hammer (35.63) .69 PR
• Amani Hooker, Javelin (34.66) 1.86m PR
• Ava Ball, Pole Vault (3.10)

 2^nd Place Finishers

• Madison Reeder, Discus (33.32m)

 3^rd Place Finishers

• Ava Ball, 100m (12.68), first race of season
• Mariah Kendrick, High Jump (1.45m)
• Mariah Kendrick, Triple Jump (9.76) season opener

 Notable Performances

• Erin Winston improved her throw in the hammer by 11' 3"!! 
• Shelly Martin had a 5 second improvement in the 800 (2:28 5) 
• Margarita Rosales improved 2 seconds in the 800 (2:42) 
• Ada Muzoglu improved 8 second in the 1500 (6:23)

 Next up, the Raiders will host the MC Invitational on Friday, 3/29 with events beginning at 12p.