5/14/11: Women’s T&F finishes 10th at SoCal Finals
 The Saddleback women’s track & field team had some tremendous performances on Friday at the SoCal Finals, finishing 10th in Southern California. A number of athletes had top-10 performances, led by Tawnya Turton’s second place finish in the hammer throw.
The team was still stinging after leading hammer thrower Elizabeth Tepe fouled out of the competition a week ago, ending her season prematurely. Turton picked up the pieces, finishing second on the day with a season-best throw of 149’ 10”, just 13 inches shy of the winning throw by Mt. SAC’s Noel Wright.
Turton was not alone; however, as Saddleback had other top-10 finishes on the day. Michelle Wicker finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (14.72), just a hair off her best time of the year. Evonna Ramirez finished sixth in the 5,000 meters (18:23.19), setting a personal best by 44 seconds, while the 4 x 100 relay team finished seventh with a season-best time of 48.35. Kelli Gibson finished fourth in the pole vault (11’ 1”) while Jerrilyn Stanwood’s toss of 132’ 10.75” in the discus was good enough for fifth place. Kaelyn Kaichi had a solid day, finishing seventh in the long jump (17’ 1.75”) while helping the relay team finish seventh. Ashley Hatcher’s leap of 37’ 2” was good enough for a sixth place finish in the triple jump.
Saddleback finished with 31 points on the afternoon, just seven points out of a top-5 finish.
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