Women’s Track & Field Places Eighth at NCAAs, Six Take Home All-America Honors

PUEBLO, Colo. – For the first time in program history, the California State University San Bernardino women’s track & field team competed in the finals of the NCAA Division II Championships on Saturday at the CSU ThunderDome at Colorado State Pueblo.

The 4×100 meter relay team of Alexandra Ackerman (Lake Elsinore, Calif.), Amari Weatherford (Southeast San Diego, Calif.), Coryssa Hope (Riverside, Calif.), and Hailey Hunt (Winnetka, Calif.) set a school record of 43.94 seconds, missing out on a national championships by less than .1 second. The eight points received by the Coyotes for finishing second were the first points ever earned by Cal State San Bernardino women’s track & field at the national championships.

Hunt also had a strong showing in the 100-meter dash, setting her second school record of the day at 11.28 seconds to finish fourth and add five points for the Yotes.

Weatherford and Hunt took third and fourth respectively in the 200-meter dash to add more points for the Coyotes. The duo ran 22.92 and 22.93 respectively, but the wind of 3.7 m/s will keep the times out of the record books, but still got both student-athletes on the podium.

The 4×400 rounded out the day with the fifth Coyote top-five finish of the day to earn four more points for Cal State San Bernardino. The team of Weatherford, Hope, White, and Prishencia Nnoham (Palmdale, Calif.) placed fifth with a school record time of 3:34.12.

Every aforementioned student-athlete was named an All-American for finishing in the top eight of their respective events.

With 28 points, the Coyotes finished eighth overall at the NCAA Championships.

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