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Women’s track enjoys podium finish
Posted: May 22, 2022

Women’s track enjoys podium finish

Results

The Saddleback women's track & field team finished up the most successful season in program history on Saturday with a third place finish at the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) State Championships at Mt. San Antonio College.  Jolie Robinson led the way with three individual championships.

Saddleback entered the season having never finished higher than fifth in the state or fifth in Southern California.  Both of those marks have now been erased after a third place finish at the state finals on Saturday. 

Robinson had a massive meet, winning the heptathlon, javelin and long jump to score 30 points on her own.  She opened the meet by winning the javelin throw on Friday and taking a commanding lead in the heptathlon.  Robinson's toss of 39.89 meters (130' 10") in the javelin on Friday was a personal-best and defeated her closest competitor by 1.5 feet.  She then broke her own school record by finishing the heptathlon on Saturday afternoon with 4,651 points to win by over 250 points.  Robinson finished the meet by taking home the title in the long jump when she leaped 5.77 meters (18' 11.25") to win by 3+ inches. 

Saddleback had another winner in Maliyah Medley, who finished first in the 400 meters and second in the 200 meters.  Medley opened by winning the 400 when she crossed the finish line in 54.77 to beat her closest competitor by 0.49 seconds.  Medley then closed the day with a second place finish in the 200 meters when she was edged by Riverside City's Hailey Hunt and finishing in 24.34 seconds.

Saddleback had two podium finishers in the triple jump when Chelsea Kerr finished second and Rachel Whitten was third.  The two were an eyelash apart as Kerr tied a season-best with a leap of 11.39 meters (37' 4.5") and Whitten set a career-best with a jump of 11.38 meters (37' 4"). 

Saddleback had yet another top-5 finish when Isabelle Teh finished fourth in the pole vault with a vault of 3.30 meters (10' 10").

It all added up to 67 points for Saddleback, which was good enough for third place and just two points out of second.  Riverside City finished with 69 points while host Mt. San Antonio College won the meet with 115.5 points.

Saddleback's third place finish eclipsed a program best of fifth place back in 1986.  Congrats to all of the athletes in making 2022 the greatest season in the history of Saddleback College women's track & field!