Complete results FULLERTON — It was a day of personal success for several Long Beach State track and field athletes Saturday as the 49ers opened up the 2009 outdoor season. Although the Ben Brown Invitational did not have a lot up for stake, many athletes still broke personal records. Throws[Read More…]
Men’s Track & Field
LBSU track and field set to compete in first outdoor meet
Long Beach State track and field will make its outdoor debut Saturday at the Ben Brown Invitational in Fullerton. The men’s team will be competing for the first time since winning the outdoor Big West Conference Championship last spring, while the women’s team will set out to make a run[Read More…]
Coach: Sprinter ‘among very best’ in LBSU history
Brent Gray — catch that name or did it run by too fast? A senior sprinter, Gray has so much speed that he just might be fast enough to run in the 2012 Olympics. Last spring, Gray competed in the outdoor NCAA Championships with 2008 Beijing Olympic medalists’ Walter Dix[Read More…]
Senior races to NCAA qualifying mark
Senior Brent Gray highlighted the second and final day of the Washington Invitational for the Long Beach State track and field team Saturday afternoon. Gray posted an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the 200-meter dash at Dempsey Indoor. He opened the meet for the 49ers with a solid performance in[Read More…]
Junior places first in women’s high jump
The Long Beach State track and field team wrapped up a successful second day at the Mountain T’s Invitational Saturday afternoon at Northern Arizona’s LJ Walkup Skydome. Junior Tayler O’Connor led the women with a first-place finish in the high jump as she cleared 5-05.75. Senior Miia Mobley had a[Read More…]
Track star has eyes on 2012 London Olympics
Ronald Carter III has always had people telling him that he would never make it in professional athletics, and saying to him that he was good but just not good enough. Through all the doubts and the people saying “you can’t” or “you won’t,” Ronald Carter, or as friends would[Read More…]
