Long Beach Poly senior Kenya Payne is one of the best high school hurdlers anywhere in the country, and on Sunday evening she made the announcement that she’s committed to continue her career on the collegiate level at USC. Payne’s family was hosting a birthday party for her with a big group of friends and […]
Former Long Beach State faculty member Tina Bowman, 65, won the silver medal in the W65 300m hurdles at the World Masters Athletic Championships last month in Malaga, Spain. The WMAC is held every other year with five age groups from 35 to 100+. Bowman recovered from rotator cuff surgery in April to win the […]
EUGENE, OR — Last weekend’s NCAA Track & Field championships were memorable in a number of ways. For one, it was the last event held at historic Hayward Field on the University of Oregon’s campus, the cathedral of the sport. For another, Long Beach athletes had a great weekend and piled up a dozen All-American […]
Four Long Beach athletes made it to Friday and Saturday’s NCAA Track Finals after a thrilling two days of prelims action that included a new Long Beach State 4×100 record. On Wednesday, Wilson alum Mar’yea Harris advanced in the 400 and he will compete in the Finals on Friday at 6:32 p.m. Harris will also […]
Ten Long Beach athletes will compete at this weekend’s NCAA Track & Field championships in Eugene, Oregon, an event already guaranteed to be historic as it’s the last to be held at Historic Hayward Field before it’s rebuilt. Headlining the group of locals is Long Beach Poly alum Ariana Washington, one of the NCAA’s most […]
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Fifteen Long Beach athletes will compete in nine events at the 100thannual CIF State Track & Field Finals in Clovis. Long Beach Poly’s girls’ team is one of the three teams expected to compete for the state championship and they’ll race the other favorites, Serra and Calabasas, head to head in the 4×100 and the […]
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The six Long Beach State track and field members headed to Eugene, Ore., for the NCAA Championship on June 6-9 is the most the university has sent since 2015. The 49ers will compete in two events — the 4×100 women’s relay team and two long jumpers qualified last weekend at the NCAA West Prelims in […]