SAN LUIS OBISPO– First-year Cal Poly track and field director MarkConover completed his staff for the 2010-11 season as the Cal Poly Athletics Department announced that former University of Washington assistant coach Kelly Strong has joined the Mustang program in a similar capacity. Strong arrives on the central coast following a nine-year stint with the University of Washington, where she helped form one of the nation’s elite distance programs, accentuated by the women winning the 2008...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- A quartet of former Cal Poly track and field standouts were placewinners in the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships held over the weekend at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Ben Bruce (3,000-meter steeplechase), Maggie Vessey (800) and Sharon Day (heptathlon) all placed second while Stephanie Brown Trafton (discus) earned third place. Bruce was the third-fastest qualifier in the first round of the steeplechase with a time of 8:40.88, then claimed...

Eugene, OR – A downpour during the high jump competition at the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field hampered Cal Poly sophomore Whitney Sisler’s first trip to the finals. Sisler failed to clear 5 feet, 7.75 inches, her opening height, as did eight other competitors. Sisler, jumping in the first group of five in the competition, made her first two attempts during a downpour when the event was halted. After the rain subsided, Sisler...

AUSTIN, TX – Sophomore Whitney Sisler cleared a collegiate best in finishing seventh and earning a trip to Eugene, OR and the NCAA Track and Field Championships on the final day of competition of the NCAA West Regional in Austin, TX on Saturday. Sisler cleared 5 feet, 11.25 inches, besting her previous mark of 5 feet, 10.75 inches. She cleared the same height as the winner, Neidra Covington of TCU, but earned seventh due to more misses. Sisler...

AUSTIN, TX – Sophomore Tenise Brewer just missed advancing to the quarterfinal in the 100 meter hurdles while six other Mustangs competed in the second day of the NCAA West Regional in Austin, TX on Friday. Brewer finished 27th, running in the first heat of the women’s 100m hurdles, and finished with a time of 13.83. The top 24 advanced to Saturday’s quarterfinal with a time of 13.70 or better. Tamika Robinson of Illinois posted...

AUSTIN, TX – Sophomore Eric Suprenant and sophomore Daniel Erdman failed to move past the qualifying round in the first day of competition at the NCAA West Regional in Austin, TX on Thursday. Suprenant posted a time of 53.67 in the 400m hurdles. Suprenant was the 41st qualifier in the meet. The top 24 advanced to Friday’s quarterfinals. Suprenant posted his career-best time, 52.02, at the Big West Conference Championships two weeks ago. Erdman finished...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. —Taylor Herrera was named the Big West Conference Track and Field Men’s Freshman of the year with his performances this past week at the Big West Championships in Northridge it was announced by the conference office on Wednesday. Herrera (LaVerne, Calif.) responded with a third place finishes at the Big West Championships in the 100 (10.61) and 200 (21.50), while also helping the Mustangs finish third in the 4x100 relay...

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – The Cal Poly men’s track and field team finished a solid third with 134 points at the Big West Track and Field Championships while the women’s team finished sixth with 60 points. The championships concluded Saturday afternoon at the Matador Track on the campus of Cal State Northridge. The men’s team was paced by three runners finishing in the points of the 5000 while the women’s team had two jumpers in the...