Flores Wins The 100 and 200 On Final Day Of Big West Championships

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Four Long Beach State entries won five individual titles Saturday on day two of the Big West Track and Field at LBSU’s Jack Rose Track.
 
Both Beach teams finished third in the team scoring race. The men posted 127 points behind the winner, Cal Poly (186). The women charted 109.5 points; trailing UC Irvine’s winning 150.5 performance.
 
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Tristyn Flores won the 100 m race by breaking his own school record. Flores ran 10.10, bettering his previous mark of 10.26. Flores doubled up in the 200m, becoming the first LBSU runner to win both events in the same meet since 2008, when Brent Gray won both. Flores ran 20.64 in the finals, the second-quickest time in school history.

Canaan Wharry was the discus winner for the Beach. His 188-7 defeated second-place Jacob Hawkins of UC Irvine by nearly six inches.

The Beach scored twice in the javelin, led by Elliott Payne, who earned All-Conference honors. He placed third, throwing 212-10. Milo Orona was eighth (182-5).  

Glen Quayle and Cyprus Rice tied for third in the pole vault as the duo both cleared 16-0 3/4.

The 4x100m relay comprised Mikey Holland, Flores, Patrick Henderson, and Moray Steward. The team earned All-Conference honors with a third-place showing, running 40.24.

Ryan Gregory ran a season-best 52.61 in the 400m hurdles to earn fourth place.

Novye’ James came in fourth in the triple jump after going 50-4 1/2.

Senior Cristian Martinez broke the 1:50 barrier for the first time in the 800, going 1:49.64 to finish fourth. Cameron Rhone lowered his personal best in the 800m to 1:50.03 to place sixth.

Levi Jones ran the sixth-fastest 1500m time in school history, 3:45.75, to finish seventh. Cameron Gill’s 3:47.16 is the eighth-fastest time in school history and earned him eighth place.

Henderson, Flores, Holland, and Vincent Jones’ 4x400m relay finished the meet in seventh place, running 3:18.81.

WOMEN

Rahni Turner won her second Big West title (2023, 2025) in the 100m hurdles as she crossed the line in a wind-aided time of 13.08 (3.2, a new personal best). She led a 1-2 in the event as Claudine Raud-Gumiel was the runner-up, running a wind-aided 13.34.

Sofia Lavreshina swept the 400m in both conference championships on Saturday. After winning the MPSF Indoor title in February, she won the 400m at the Big West meet in a time of 53.18. She later finished eighth in the 200m (23.99).

Maren Butler earned her second All-Conference certificate in as many days as she was the runner-up in the discus. Her mark of 167-4 is the fifth-longest in school history.

Trinity Barnett took third in the 100m, running 11.60. She returned in the 200m to finish fifth, going 23.74.

The 4x100m relay of Daryana Hall, Barnett, Turner, and Lavreshina ran the third fastest time in school history, 44.90, to place third and earn All-Conference accolades.

Madeline Scovil recorded the ninth-longest triple jump in school history, 39-8 3/4, to finish fifth in the competition.

The 4x400m relay of Turner, Lavreshina, Isela Ochoa, and Jaliyah Davis posted the seventh fastest time in school history, 3:43.53, to place fifth.

In the pole vault, Jonelle Scott and Grace Stoddart cleared 12-8 1/4, with Scott being awarded seventh as she made the height in fewer attempts.

Jenelle Hurley scored in the javelin, finishing eighth with a toss of 120-1.

UP NEXT

Long Beach State will await the selections to the NCAA West First Round. Texas A&M hosts the regional meet, which runs from May 28 to 31 in College Station. The main session each night will be streamed on ESPN+.