The Chico State men's and women's track teams enjoyed a great weekend of competition while winning another pair of CCAA team titles in the Cal State Los Angeles Jesse Owens track complex. For the women's team, it was title number 7 in a row, and for the men, the most recent banner was their 12th in the past 13 years. Athletes in all areas seemed to rise to the occasion as points were scored in Every event on the men's side, and nearly all of the women's. Once again the distance crew enjoyed a solid weekend of competition earning a number of CCAA individual titles, while also collecting a good number of team points to help the team's tally. Another highlight to note was the continued streak in the men's 5,000m event, in which a Wildcat has now won the featured distance event each of the past 15 years.

Follow along below, as I'll describe some of the blow-by-blow accounts of each of the distance races of this year's championships.

  Friday May 6 Prelims/10k Finals

Women's 1500m Prelims: With 5 races in front of them for the weekend Lora James and Olivia Watt knew that they needed to manage their efforts wisely in each race. Each ran perfectly executed 1500 prelim races while grabbing the last Q for the Saturday final. Lora was able to run a very relaxed 4:46 while placing fourth in her heat, while Olivia needed a 4:40 effort to grab one of the last auto spots out of her heat.

Men's 1500m Prelims: All three Wildcats moved through the first round of 1500 action on Friday with success. Sophomore Connor Fisher ran a final 800m of 2:04 en route to an automatic qualifying spot into the final in his heat. Number one seed Kyle Medina did a wonderful job of guiding frosh Derek Morton through the second heat as both achieved automatic qualifying places with 59 second closing circuits.

Women's 800m Prelims: Seniors Lora James and Olivia Watt doubled back nicely in the 800m prelims as they garnered 2 of the 6 automatic spots into Saturday's 800m final. The pair ran 2:14 and 2:15 times to advance and appeared to have plenty left in the tank as they stepped off the track.

Men's 800m Prelims: Our lone prelim casualty of the day came in the form of Derek Morton who was doubling back from a 1500 prelim race 90 minutes before. Morton and teammate Michael Good were placed in the second heat, with Stanislaus' 1:50 guy Ian Brooks. It was likely that either Morton or Good would need one of the two time qualifiers to advance so it was agreed that Good would take the early pace to insure the opportunity for a fast time. The plan worked quite well for 650m as Brooks, Good and Morton battled for the 2 automatic spots. Unfortunately Brooks would race away down the final stretch to a heat win, Good would take second (1:54) and Morton would come in 5th in a slowish 1:55. The Good news (literally) was that frosh Michael Good would run in his first CCAA 800 final on Saturday, but the bad news was that Morton's time would leave him 9th in the prelims, missing the final by one position.

Women's 10,000m final: The women's 10,00m was quite a race to watch unfold. NCAA 10k qualifier and CCAA defending champ Paige Hughes (UCSD) would take the race out in a blistering 75-second first revolution. Unfortunately this early pace pulled the entire field through the first lap far too close to their 1500 paces, and far too distant from their actual 10k clip. As Hughes settled a bit at the front, having gapped the field, fellow sub 36:00 runner Raelyn Werley gave chase in second. Pomona's 17:20's gal Marissa Nickless ran alone in third, and then several different groups formed in arrears. Chico's Camila Turati ran among the first group, along with fellow Wildcats Sadie Gastelum and Yajaira Zarate, who all ran through 1600m in a swift 5:40 split. Danielle Oden ran much of the first mile between groups and was swallowed up by an even splitting group from behind.

As the race evolved Hughes held her lead throughout, while Werley and Nickless eventually joined in a battle for second. Stanislaus' Gina Wood pulled clear from the first chase pack and Chico's Gastelum bridged a gap to join Wood. Everyone in the field was feeling the early pace by the mid way point and there were plenty of casualties in the making on the track.

With only 1 race behind her on the season (a 17:43 5k two weeks ago) Sadie Gastelum looked composed and relatively relaxed running on the heels of Wood. In the fourth mile of the race the pair were running the fastest laps on the track as 88's became 87's. Although they were nearly 100m behind Werley and Nickless, they were making up a second or two with each lap. With 8 laps to go Sadie made a bold move by Wood in an effort to chase down a podium spot. Lap 18 was an 86, and 19-22 were each 85's. This string of mid 80 second revolutions pulled Gastelum clear of Wood and pulled her up to Werley and Nickless, who Sadie quickly passed inside the final kilometer. Now only one athlete lie in front of the inspired Wildcat, the defending champ Hughes. Sadie's surge had pulled her to within 30 meters of Paige, but she too was tired from the grueling effort. With a "now or never" move, Sadie surged again and dropped an 83 second penultimate lap. As she hit the bell Paige ran only a few meters ahead. By 300m remaining and as the two athletes reached a wall of screaming fans, Sadie reached her destination, but as quickly as she caught Hughes, the senior found another gear and shifted away to toward the finish. Just as she had the year before Hughes threw down a mid 70's final lap to secure the win, while Sadie would finish second (just as she had in '15 as well). Even their times compared almost identically to the '15 run as Paige ran 1 second faster in '15 for the win, and Sadie was within 3 seconds of her '15 runner-up time. Speaking of times, Sadie recorded a 36:07 finish time, which is an NCAA provisional mark. After an 18:14 initial 5k, Sadie had run the final 5k in an impressive 17:53!

Stanislaus' Gina Wood enjoyed a great second half of the race as well, following Gastelum onto the podium with her third place effort. Wildcats Camila Turati, Yajaira Zarate, and Danielle Oden would place 7th, 11th, and 16th respectively.

Men's 10,000m final: The 'Cats would send 4 men to the line in the 10,000m championship race. Junior 29:55 guy Aaron Mora (who's seasonal best 29:59 is going to fall shy of the NCAA field) was a clear cut favorite for the title. RS Frosh Steven Velarde (14:37 5k PR) and Arturo Arevalo (14:41 pedigree), and Andrew Cobourn (14:57/31:30's PR's) would round out the Wildcat 25 lap roster. Other top seeds in the field were UCSD's Tariq Alwafi who'd finished on the podium in '15 and has a 14:20's 5k PR, as well as Pomona's Teague Sennager (14:42 5k PR). There were plenty of other sub 15 types in the field as well, so this year's 10k would surely be another fun one to watch.

The plan for the Chico guys was to run among the lead pack for 800m and allow whomever from other teams to control the pace. This way if someone wanted to take the field out at an honest effort, then our guys wouldn't necessarily need to do the work. After an 83 second lap, the Chico guys took control over the front and tightened the pace down to the desired 74-75 per lap tempo. The plan was to trade 800's at the front between our 4 guys, so that no one Wildcat would need to do all of the work at the front. A large pack hit 1600 in 5:09, and 3200m in 10:10. A 5:00 third mile had the lead pack down to 10-12, but it was Mora's planned surge at 5k that finally split the pack into sub-groups. Mora covered the 13th lap in 70 seconds and the 14th in 71, and only Pomona's Senniger was willing to take the bait. Mora's 4:49 fourth mile pulled he and Senniger clear of a chase pack and now the race was truly on. Chico's Velarde and Cobourn fell from a four man chase group, and ran in 7th and 8th positions through the fourth and fifth miles of the run. Arevalo (who's been diagnosed with anemia in the late season) was struggling and out of scoring contention.

The race for the win became a bit of a cat and mouse game between Mora and Senniger and things began to resemble a bike race, where the two leaders keyed off each other, and some laps slowed to the 76-77 range late in the race. At one point it appeared that the 4 man chase group might catch the two leaders, but Senniger threw in a 73 second 20th lap to pull them clear again. Despite leading much of the final 5k, Mora looked very fresh and ready for whatever split he'd need to run in the final 400m to guarantee the victory. This was indeed the case as the Junior from Whittier threw down a 62 second final 400, that included his trademark sub 30 final 200m, en route to his first CCAA title. Senniger would finish just a few seconds back.

With about a mile remaining in the race Chico's Andrew Cobourn, who was one of the final guys to make the CCAA roster appeared to be gaining steam and was now catching the four man chase group. Sensing that he might be able to catch the group Cobourn dropped some quick laps to give it a chance. His risk paid off in spades as not only did he catch the group, he rolled right through them, and a final lap in the low to mid 60's secured his spot on the podium. As Mora turned back to see the finish after his win, he put up his arms as he saw Cobourn racing to the line in third. Two steps beyond his finish and still travelling at a 60 something 400m pace Cobourn high fived his champion teammate and the two spun in an embrace. Although it wasn't his best run, teammate Steven Velarde scooped up a 7th place finish adding to the 'Cats 18-point haul in the 25 lapper. Cobourn's 31:11 was also a substantial PR and just short of the 31:00 NCAA provisional standard.

Saturday Finals:
Women's Steeplechase: The 'Cats had the top 2 seeds of the race on paper and the #6 seed in frosh Nicole Anthony, but there were a number of factors to consider before handing over these potential points to the Wildcat women. A year ago true frosh Alex Burkhart enjoyed a magical first season and won the CCAA title with a meet record 10:30 effort. This year things just haven't clicked as they did a year ago and she went into CCAA's with a 10:40 seasonal best that is 13 seconds shy of her '15 PR. McCall Habermehl has a pair of sub 10:30's to her credit this season, but she came down with a nasty flu after her Mt Sac race and training has been difficult since. To add to the sub-plot San Bernardino's Laura Aceves (several time CA JC State champion) was coming into the meet with some serious momentum and could be a factor if either of our women had an off day at the front. The plan for McCall and Alex was to hone in on an 85 second per lap clip, that would equate to a 10:45 pace. From there they could hopefully cut the pace down in the later stages if needed to hopefully secure a 1-2 finish. Nicole Anthony went into the race with a goal of a top-5 finish and perhaps a sub 11:00 finish time.

Burkhart took the pace out from the front in a bit of a frisky 80-ish second first lap. By lap 2 (low 80's split) the two Chico runners were in 1-2 and the field strung out behind them in a long line, preparing for the tough laps ahead. By 1200m the two Chico runners had put a few strides on Aceves and SF State's sub 11 gal Adriana Calva. Nicole Anthony ran in 9th position with several fast starting gals just ahead.

As the race progressed Habermehl and Burkhart kept a slight lead over Aceves and the rest of the field was now well behind this leading trio. With 1 kilometer remaining Burkhart started to fall from Habermehl and Aceves now had hope of a potential second place finish, or even a win. Aceves passed the tiring Burkhart with 600m remaining and now began to make up some meters that separated her from Habermehl. Thankfully McCall had another gear saved for closing and the Junior would seal her first CCAA track title with a 77 final revolution. Her final time of 10:34 was one of the top-3 best times ever run in the CCAA championships. Aceves would run to a huge 10:37 PR, cementing her spot on the line at the upcoming NCAA meet. Burkhart would hold on well over the final 400m to place third in 10:42. Despite having a very rough outing that included a stop before one of the water jumps, and some backward running to get momentum going forward again, Nicole Anthony held on to score a point for the team with her 8th place 11:13 finish.

Men's Steeplechase: It's been a tough year for the 'Cats in the men's steeplechase. After graduating CCAA Champion Alex McGuirk and runner-up Baron Maizland two of our top 3 lost their seasons to IT Band issues. The last steepler standing, Brandon Taylor missed 10 days of all training in March due to a health scare (that turned out to be a false alarm). Having missed a fair amount of training Taylor has raced himself into shape in the second half of his senior season. In Saturday's steeple final Taylor went in ranked

Women's 1500m: With each of the top 4 seeds having run 4:28 or faster, the women's 1500 was going to be a barn-burner. With no one wanting to run a fast race from the front, Chico's two athletes Olivia Watt (defending champ) and Lora James settled into spots near the front. Watt marked early leader Tatiana Gillick of Humboldt through modest splits of (55-first 300) and 78. After reaching the 800m mark Watt took control of the front and now the race was on. Olivia's surge brought the leader through the bell having run a negative splitted 75 second penultimate revolution. Finding another gear rounding the turn into 1200m Watt and James pulled clear of Pomona's Lissette Huerta (4:28.0 PR) and Monterey Bay's Hannah Bell (4:28 PR). With 200m remaining it looked as if Watt would run home with her second CCAA title as she'd now gapped teammate James as well.

On the final turn the small chase group swooped by James and drew a bead on Watt. Lora did a wonderful job of matching the surge from the pair and coming off the final turn, just as we've been working on in practice, Lora found another hear that propelled her past Bell and even with a fast closing Huerta. As James and Huerta locked strides down the final 50 meters it became apparent that Watt's momentum was slowing ahead. Huerta and James would pass Watt just meters before the line and Huerta would win the sprint and the race by less than a tenth of a second! James would finish second and Watt in third. Huerta had covered the final 400m in a blistering 64.1 seconds, while James had navigated a 64.3. Watt's 65 second final circuit proved to be just shy of what was needed to defend her '15 title.

Men's 1500m: For those who have played the card game War, you know that every now and again, two players toss out Aces, which ends in a war w/ the other player. It doesn't happen very often, but when it does, it's exciting. On Saturday Stanislaus tossed out their Ace, in the form of 1:47.23 NCAA 800m leader Abraham Alvarado, who's also run a 3:47 1500m. Chico tossed out an Ace, in the form of Kyle Medina, the NCAA 1500m leader and defending CCAA champion (3:41.80 PR).

Going into the race, it was obvious that Kyle's best chance at winning, would be to run the potential kick out of Alvarado's legs in the early laps. If this were to happen, it would almost assuredly take a solo effort from the front for Kyle to pull this off because it was unlikely that anyone else would take the race out at a clip that would near 60 second pace.

As the race began, Medina surprisingly dropped into the final position in the 12 man heat. As quickly as Kyle made his way to the back, UCSD's Terrence Luevano took to the lead and ran to an initial 300m split of 44 seconds. This unexpected surge from the front caught the field by surprise and only Pomona's 3:49 guy Ruben Dominguez attempted to follow. With most of the field (including Stanislaus' Alvarado) keying on Medina, the pair ahead quickly put distance on the chase pack. By 600m Medina had made his way to the front of the chase pack. Luevano would hit 700m (800m remaining) at a swift 1:46 (60 second pace) and Dominguez was just a stride or two behind. The pack followed some 6 seconds behind as Alvarado tailed Medina with each passing stride. Medina would cover the next 400m in a quickening 63 seconds, and despite the 5-6 second gap between themselves and the leader, Alvarado didn't bite on taking the lead of the chase. With no other choice Medina made a strong move down the backstretch and predictably Alvarado was the only athlete to cover. By the final turn it became obvious that the pair would overtake the two early leaders, and now it was a battle between the two aces for CCAA bragging rights. Swinging off the final turn Alvarado drew even with Medina and the two matched strides for 40-50 meters, before Medina's form began to unravel, and Alvarado pulled ahead for good. Medina would ease into the line discouraged at losing his title. Dominguez would finish 3rd and Luevano 4th. Chico's Derek Morton and Connor Fisher would take 5th and 6th adding to the team's point total.



Women's 800m: Chico's Olivia Watt and Lora James (both 2:10 performers on the year) would double back from the 1500 final to contest the 800. Stanislaus would counter with Kyrah Vaughn (2:09 PR) and Aman Hundal (2:10 PR). Both Vaughn and Hundal were fresh coming into the final. With the top 7 seeds having run at least a 2:14 this season, the field was one of the stronger ones in CCAA history. SF's Myah Castro and LA's Ericka Taylor would take the race out in a very swift 29/30 first 200m, before hitting the breaks and slowing the pace to a 66 400m split. Vaughn assumed the lead going into the second lap, and now the race for the title was on. Olivia Watt and Lora James did a masterful job of positioning themselves going into the final turn so that each ran among the top-4 overall.

As Vaughn hit the final straight with a stride or two lead, James found another gear. The pair sprinted down toward the finish but James couldn't quite make up the gap that had formed between herself and the top seeded Stanislaus runner. Vaughn would take the win by a narrow .11 second over James, who'd lost her second CCAA title of the day by less than a quarter of a second (combined). Hundal would close well in placing third and Watt came home 4th . Although Lora James was a bit disappointed with two runner-up placings, there's no arguing the fact that she's come a LONG way in the past year. A year ago Lora failed to make the 800m final, and placed a disappointing 6th in the 1500m final. A year later she was very close to being a double champion.

Men's 800m: A year ago Stanislaus State swept the men's 800m with a 1-2-3 finish. This year Stanislaus returned all three, along with a fourth, and each had Pr's of 1:47-1:51.3 going into CCAA weekend. Chico would counter with 1:51.6 frosh Michael Good and a doubled Kyle Medina (1:52 this season). UCSD would add 1:51 guy Jared Senese and teammate Nick Famolaro (1:52.3). This would be one heck of a race on paper.

In an unplanned move Medina took the lead of the race and pulled the pack through 400m in 55-56 seconds. Over the next 200m Abraham Alvarado would assert himself and Medina would quickly fall back through the field. With 200m remaining it appeared that the only hope of breaking up the Stanislaus 1-4 sweep would be Chico's frosh Michael Good. Good fought hard down the final stretch, but wasn't able to break up the Stanislaus sweep, as he would finish 5th in his first CCAA final.

The Stanislaus guys (and their coach) would carry a broom with them for pictures on the podium, which will certainly add to the motivation of our young mid distance crew as we look to hosting these championships in 2017.

Women's 5,000m:
Karlie Garcia made her first CCAA Championship run a good one. The Sophomore from Roseville ran the early kilometers stride for stride with San Marcos' sub 17 gal Natalie Rodriguez. The plan for Karlie was to bide her time with respect to actually leading the race, and then making a move inside the final 1600m. After a series of 81 second revolutions, Karlie would slip away from Rodriguez with 4 laps remaining. Her 81 second revolutions turned into 79-80's and with each passing lap Karlie's lead grew. A 77 second closing revolution gave her a speedy 16:48 winning mark (The fastest in the past 15+ years and not far off the meet record). A few hefty doubles were turned in by teammates Sadie Gastelum who finished 8th after finishing 2nd in the 10k the evening before. Sophomore Alex Burkhart would solo a 17:48 seasonal best effort while running in the slower of two timed finals on the day.

Men's 5,000m: Going into Saturday's 5k final a Wildcat male had won the featured distance event each of the past 14 years. A year ago the 'Cats swept the top-3 spots with senior Alex McGuirk taking the win with a sizzling final circuit of the track. This year Wildcat Will Reyes was the top seed in the field with his 13:56 PR from the Mt Sac Invite, but Pomona countered with 3 guys who had run between 14:10-14:19 on the year. The 'Cats would add 14:29 guys Aaron Mora, and Connor Fisher (both doubled) as well as a fresh 14:33 runner in Steven Martinez. It was expected that this would be a bit of a dual meet between the 'Cats and the Broncos as the race progressed and this indeed would be the case.

Predictably Pomona plugged several pacers at the front of the field to take the pack out at an honest clip. The leaders hit 400m in 66 seconds with Pomona's athletes taking most of the top-5-6 spots. The Chico men established themselves among the lead group but bided their time for the tougher laps ahead. By 2k Pomona was down to their last pacer (Teague Senniger-10k runner up) and he was starting to look a bit ragged. As Senniger began to slow to 72 pace, San Marcos' Steven Ing took the fore and dropped the pace to a series of 71 second laps. This lasted for 2-3 laps, before Chico's Will Reyes decided to make his bid to earn his first CCAA track title.

Reyes' move gapped the field and if you weren't holding a stop-watch you'd never have known that he'd cover the 9th lap in a sizzling 63 seconds. Pomona's 14:10 guys Mark Huizar and Francisco Gomez switched gears as well, running 68ish second laps, but now a 5 second (and growing) gap separated them from the eventual champion. Reyes settled a bit over the next two laps, running 66 and 67 second laps. With the win at hand Will was able to close in a comfortable 68 seconds for the final lap, while taking the 'Cats streak to 15 years for the CCAA 12 lapper. Gomez and Huizar would finish 2nd and 3rd some 10 and 13 seconds behind and Aaron Mora and Steven Martinez would take the next two scoring places. In addition to Mora's impressive double (10k champ the night before) Connor Fisher and Brandon Taylor each scored for a second time on the day in the 5k. The 'Cats would haul in an impressive 22 team points in the 5k event this year.

A wrap: What a weekend it was. So many great races and storylines. The highs of the women's team winning their 6th straight CCAA crown, and the lows of the men losing their first CCAA title in 12 years. Thankfully the highs certainly exceeded the lows and the Chico athletes have a lot to be proud of as they represented their school and programs amazingly well on the championship stage.

Up next will be the West Coast Last Chance meet this Saturday, where a handful of distance runners will take another shot at their events in search of PR's and in a few cases marks that will hopefully make the NCAA meet in 2 weeks. A few athletes who are very close to making the meet, but will probably need to improve their marks are: McCall Habermehl (10:49 steeple PR Currently ranked #24), Falco DiGiallonardo (3:49.47 1500 PR, Currently ranked #23 in NCAA), and Nick Grubiss (14:23 5k PR, Currently ranked #20 in NCAA). Keep your fingers crossed for these three as they take a crack at their distances one last time this weekend in hopes of making the big dance.

Luke Reid - Chico State Sports Information Director:

LOS ANGELES - The Chico State men's track and field team will be on a bus until the break of dawn. And the Wildcats will likely be rocking all along. Chico State won its 12th California Collegiate Athletic Association men's track and field championship in the last 13 years Saturday at Cal State L.A., rolling defending champion UC San Diego 246-190 in the final standings. Chris Jaeger, Dotun Olubeko and Will Reyes all won individual titles for the Wildcats Saturday. Chico State scored in all 21 events, taking a big lead early on and winning in impressive fashion. Head Coach Oliver Hanf was named the CCAA Coach of the Year and Jaeger was named Freshman of the Meet.

Jaeger and Olubeko also likely secured a spot at the NCAA Championships with their efforts. A true freshman from Hamilton High School in Hamilton City, Jaeger cleared 2.11 meters in the high jump - a new personal record (PR) - which is tied for the fourth highest clearance in the nation this season. Olubeko shaved a half-second off his season best time to win the 110-meter hurdles in 14:30, which is a new school record and currently ranked No. 15 in the nation. Reyes, the CCAA's cross country champion in the fall, claimed his second CCAA title by winning the 5,000 meters in 14:22.87. They joined winners Wade Tsang (discus) and Aaron Mora (10k) from the previous two days of action to give the Wildcats five of the 21 event winners.

Chico State athletes earned 16 All-CCAA nods in all for finishing among the top three in their respective events. Saturday, in second-place finishes, Aaron Martin PR'd in the pole vault and Tsang PR'd in the shot put. Kyle Medina (1,500 meters), Willie Latin (400 meters) and Tristan Lake (400-meter hurdles) also finished second. Each one gathered eight valuable points for the Wildcats. Nick Denton earned All-CCAA honors for the second straight season, grabbing six points with his third-place showing in the shot put.

So much for a close finish. The Chico State women's track and field team dominated the final day of action at the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Championships Saturday at Cal State L.A. to win its seventh consecutive conference title. The Wildcats won four individual titles and totaled 11 All-CCAA (top-three) finishes in the final 14 events of the meet, breaking open what had been a close race through the first two days of action. Just 12 points separated four teams starting the final day. But by the end of it, the Wildcats had run away from second-place UC San Diego, outdistancing the Tritons by over 50 points (190-137 2/3).

The 4x100-meter relay team of Marina Berrios, Kayla Lawson, Lyndsey Settle and Ruby Davis set the tone in the day's first race, defending the program's 4x100-relay conference title with the second best time in school history with a winning time of 46.80. In the process, they improved their NCAA provisional qualifying mark by .05 seconds. Taylor Sack, McCall Habermehl and Karlie Garcia also claimed CCAA titles Saturday. Sack is also a defending champion after winning the pole vault by clearing a new personal-record (PR) height of 3.87 meters, which is tied for 14th in the nation this year. Habermehl - the 2015 CCAA Cross Country champion - claimed her first CCAA title on the track in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:34.70. And Karlie Garcia, in her first semester running in uniform for the Wildcats, claimed the 5,000-meter crown with a time of 16:48.48. That foursome joined heptathlon champion Brooke Whitburn to give the Wildcats five of 20 event titles handed out over the weekend at Cal State L.A. in the 11-team field.

Head Coach Robert Nooney was named the Conference Coach of the Year following the meet. Whitburn wrapped up one heck of a meet with a second-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles and fifth-place result in the high jump. Her 100-meter hurdles time of 14.65 is a new PR and ranks sixth in school history, while her high jump clearance of 1.58 meters matched her career standard. Lora James earned two All-CCAA honors with second-place finishes in the 800 and 1,500-meters. Freshman Megan Farrell followed Sack's lead in the pole vault, finishing third. Jenavieve Turner finished third in the 400-meter hurdles and Lawson added to her medal collection with a third-place finish in the 200 meters. They joined a trio of Wildcats who earned All-CCAA honors during the first two days of the championships: Ruby Davis (2nd in the long jump), Sadie Gastelum (2nd in the 10,000 meters), and Meghan Delamater (3rd in the javelin).