ART U's Lauryn James clocked the second fastest time in the NCAA this year to earn our first Track Athlete of the Week award. Point Loma's Anessa Chirgwin has the third biggest discus fling and is the Field Athlete of the Week.

2024 Results/Schedule
TFRRS Event Lists
 
TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Academy of Art's Lauryn James, Sprints, 5-4, Grad., Philadelphia        
Academy of Art's Lauryn James got off to a fast start, literally, to the 2024 outdoor season. The grad transfer flew to a mark of 23.85 in the 200 meters at Sacramento State's Hornet Invitational, the second fastest early season mark at the NCAA Division II level this year. That is already an NCAA provisional mark, and she placed third in a huge field of mostly Division I entrants. James, who competed at Charleston Southern prior to moving to San Francisco this year, also ran the second leg on ART U's 4x100 relay team that sizzled to a 45.47 clocking, also an NCAA provisional mark. That time was the fastest in Division II last weekend. James recorded her third provisional of the meet with a time of 11.74 in the 100 meters.

FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Point Loma's Anessa Chirgwin, Throws, Sr., Oregon City, Oregon        
Point Loma's Anessa Chirgwin won the discus last weekend at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Invitational at PLNU's facility, her second win in three opportunities this year in the discus. Her throw of 45.79 won this week, and just a few weeks ago she won the CMS Rossi Relays with a fling of 47.30, the third longest throw in Division II this year. The fourth-year Sea Lion is the two-time defending Pacific West Conference champion in the discus, winning last year with a throw of 45.10--which she has already surpassed twice this spring. 
 
PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: The schedule last week featured meets at Point Loma, Sacramento State, Riverside CC and CS Los Angeles....At the Hornet Invitational, ART U freshman Naomie Lavril cleared an NCAA provisional mark in the high jump at 5-7 3/4, which is also the second best jump in school history...Fresno Pacific's Nydia Chance had a big day in Sacramento as well with a time of 11.84 in the 100 meters, 24.39 in the 200 and she ran lead leg on the 4x100 relay team that clocked 45.70...ART U's Katharina Goetschl ran a NCAA provisional time of 10:28.23 in the steeplechase, the second fastest time in the NCAA this year...Other provisional marks posted by PacWest athletes in the first few weeks of the season include ART U's Juvonna Cornette in the 100 meters (11.62) and 200 (24.01), APU's Nicole Warwick in the 100 hurdles (14.11) and long jump (20-5 34), Fresno Pacific's Brianna Green in the 400 hurdles (1:01.19), Azusa Pacific in the 4x100 relay (46.26), Academy of Art in the 4x400 relay (3:45.75) and Giovanna Pelascini of Concordia in the heptathlon (4617). There are three who have a provisional in the 5,000 meters--Bethany Mapes and Lynette Ruiz of Biola (16:50.87 and 16:53.51 respectively) and CUI's Madeline Jahshan (16:51.87), and there is also a trio of javelin throwers from Azusa Pacific--Alysa Henry (158-4), Molly Olson (140-3) and Leonor Brooks (138-4). 
 
LOOKING AHEAD: Everyone will spring back into action this week at meets throughout California. Westmont, Fresno Pacific, Point Loma and Concordia will each host events, while PacWest teams will also travel to San Diego State, CS San Marcos, Cal Poly SLO, and the University of Oregon.