{"id":4704,"date":"2009-02-14T10:46:04","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T10:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/lbsu-track-field-on-top-in-riverside\/"},"modified":"2009-02-14T10:46:04","modified_gmt":"2009-02-14T10:46:04","slug":"lbsu-track-field-on-top-in-riverside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/lbsu-track-field-on-top-in-riverside","title":{"rendered":"LBSU Track &#038; Field: On Top In Riverside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style='float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:5px;'><img src='images\/archive\/sports\/photo3907450.jpg' align='left' \/><\/div>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Story by Long Beach State Sports Information Department<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A young group of Long Beach State track and field athletes withstood the cold, wind and rain Friday afternoon to come away with 12 individual first-place finishes in a non-scoring dual meet at Riverside College.<\/p>\n<p>In the women&#8217;s 60-meter dash, freshman Ashley Campbell claimed the top honors, finishing in 7.97 seconds. Classmate B.J. Triplett was not far behind, placing second with a mark of 7.99.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Ejiro Okoro crossed the finish line in 1:39.47 to win her heat of the 600-meter run, while freshman Jessica Barnard finished ahead of the pack in the mile at 5 minutes, 22.67 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>In the field events, senior Jennifer Onyeagbako was a double-winner in the discus and hammer throw. Freshmen Gabrielle Broomfield and Destanie Yarbrough also had first-place showings in the long jump (17-10.50) and shot put (43-04.75), respectively.<\/p>\n<p>On the men&#8217;s side, sophomore Jonathan Evans won the 1000-meter run in 2:40.93, while classmate Josh Arrietta claimed the 3000-meter in 8 minutes, 46.24 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomores Peter Fourtounis and Rajan Bains led the 49er field athletes with a total of three first-place finishes. 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