Lady Bucs Record Season-Best Marks at UNF Invite

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A multitude of Buccaneers recorded season-best marks as the CSU women’s track and field team competed in the Best Western/University of North Florida Invitational, hosted by the Ospreys on Friday afternoon in Jacksonville. 

Daisy Whitaker posted a throw of 45.43 meters to take 16th place in the hammer throw, while teammate Tenasia White was 23rd with a toss of 41.93 meters.   Talei Tagavakatini recorded a season-best throw of 39.62 for 28th place, finishing one spot ahead of Joshlyn Noga who grabbed the 29th spot with a season-best 38.66 meters. 

In the long jump, Deona Jones claimed the Bucs’ highest finish by taking sixth place with a distance of 5.61 meters.  Sequoya Casey was right behind her, finishing eighth with a season-best 5.60-meter jump.   Tamisha Foster took 38th place for the Bucs with a jump of 4.91 meters to round things out for CSU in the event. 

Noga picked up an eight place finish in the shot put, recording a season-best by .01 meters with a throw of 12.79.  Tagivakatini and Whitaker took 12th and 13th place, respectively.  Tagivakatini finished with a season-best throw of 11.90-meters while Whitaker finished with a distance of 11.82-meters on her toss.   Katelyn Brummett (19th place) recorded a mark of 9.89 meters while Heaven-Lee Tunavasa took 21st place with a throw of 8.57 meters. 

Freshman Mulern Jean continued her success, taking third in the 100-meter hurdle preliminaries with a program-record time of 13.86 to earn a spot in the finals as one of just three runners to break the 14.00 mark.  Jasmine King also produced a season-best time of 14.61 to take 14th place and also earn a spot in the finals.   Rashida Dooling also made improvements, running a 14.87 to finish 22nd while Kerona Parnell placed 35th with a time of 15.96. 

The women’s success continued into the preliminaries for the 100-meter dash where Gabrielle Houston also picked up a third-place finish.   Houston ran an 11.72 to earn a spot in the finals, where she will be joined by teammate Brittney Greer.  Greer ran a season-best 12.07 to finish 14th. 

Eloisa Paredes was CSU’s lone competitor in the 1,500-meter run, taking 31st overall with a time of 4:59.70.    A quartet of Bucs ran the 5,000-meter run, led by Adrienne Cuff’s eighth place finish.   Cuff recorded a time of 19:11.40.  Heidi Dean placed 18th, crossing the line in 20:10.93 and was followed by Hannah Burkholder in 21st place with a time of 20:45.15.  Mary Davidson was right behind her, taking 22nd with a time of 20:56.04. 

The Buccaneers will be back in action tomorrow morning, starting at 11 a.m. with the women’s high jump.  Live results can be found HERE.