BURNABY, B.C. – Jesaiah Penson-McCoy put himself into the Simon Fraser track and field record book Saturday at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational in Bellingham, Washington. The sophomore from Surrey, B.C., won the men's 100 meters by getting to the finish line in 10.63 seconds. 

It is the fastest 100-meter time recorded with fully automatic timing in school history. The previous best was Kevin Tyler's 10.65, achieved in 1989. In 1978, Murray Delorme completed a hand-timed race in 10.4 seconds.

It was one of four event wins for the Red Leafs Saturday at Civic Stadium.

Penson-McCoy ran the anchor leg on SFU's winning 4x100-meter relay team. Sophomore Blake Furtado (Victoria, B.C.), sophomore Jeremy Belcher (New Westminster, B.C.) and senior Kaito Suzuki (Tokyo, Japan) joined him to post a time of 41.98, ahead of British Columbia, and Alaska Anchorage. 

Javelin thrower Bryan Cortes improved on his NCAA provisional qualifying mark with a season-best performance. The junior from Port Coquitlam, B.C., placed second with a best throw that reached 59.69 meters. 

SFU topped the field in the women's 800 meters, as sophomores Kate Cameron and Elizabeth Vanderput finished first and second, respectively. Cameron, from Nanaimo, B.C., crossed the finish line in 2:14.95, while Vanderput (Calgary) came through in a personal-best 2:15.19.

Sophomore Sydney Kania (Sydney, Australia) won the women's high jump by clearing 1.64 m.

Red Leafs athletes recorded a total of 13 personal-best performances on Saturday.

Next week, SFU will have competitors at three different meets: the Linfield Open in McMinnville, Oregon, the Portland Twilight in Oregon, and the Oxy Invitational in Los Angeles.

RALPH VERNACCHIA INVITATIONAL RESULTS FOR SFU

Women's 100 Meters        
6. Jaeland Cummings – 12.11 seconds (personal best)
22. Jordan Jacobs – 12.95
    
Women's 200 Meters
6. Jaeland Cummings – 25.51
16. Jordan Jacobs – 26.38
22. Veronica Robertson – 27.00
        
Women's 400 Meters        
3. Claire Bosma – 57.75 (personal best)
14. Veronica Robertson – 1:00.47 (personal best)
        
Women's 800 Meters    
1. Kate Cameron – 2:14.95 
2. Elizabeth Vanderput – 2:15.19 (personal best)
8. Selin Tasdemir – 2:20.64 
9. Charlotte Prangley – 2:20.90
11. Alicia Ranahan – 2:24.13
14. Natasha Smigelski – 2:28.32 (personal best)
 

Women's 1,500 Meters
8. Rachael Watkins – 4:40.41 (personal best)
14. Emily Chilton – 4:43.33 
        
Women's 5,000 Meters    
8. Milena Kalisch – 19:11.82
9. Ella Marion – 19:15.18

Women's 100-Meter Hurdles
2. Diana Voloshin – 14.69
        
Women's 400 Hurdles
2. Erika Binder – 1:04.02

Women's High Jump
1. Sydney Kania – 1.64 meters
        
Women's Long Jump
8. Kyra Stewart – 5.18m
11. Dominique Ronse – 5.08m
17. Larissa Cote – 4.78m

Women's Triple Jump
6. Maddy Paugh – 10.65m
             
Women's Hammer        
10. Zuzanna Liniewski – 48.69m
11. Kaitlyn Hanger – 48.42m

Women's Javelin
3. Maddy Paugh – 39.19m (personal best)

Men's 100 Meters
1. Jesaiah Penson-McCoy – 10.63 seconds (personal best)
4. Jeremy Belcher – 10.85 (personal best)

Men's 200 Meters
3. Jesaiah Penson-McCoy – 21.78 
6. Jeremy Belcher – 22.33
        
Men's 800 Meters
4. Jordan Schmidt – 1:51.65
5. Aiden Good – 1:52.65
6. Andrew Thomson – 1:52.71
7. Kaelan House – 1:53.99 (personal best)
10. Kirubel Bogale – 1:55.29 
11. Jose Castro – 1:55.56
17. Tomas Chapman – 1:56.68
18. Braden Ahl – 1:56.93 (personal best)

Men's 1,500 Meters
9. Sebastian Brinkman – 3:56.43 
19. Brendan Moore – 4:08.51

Men's 400 Hurdles
6. Jorrin Lenton – 57.66

Men's 4 x 100 Relay
1. Blake Furtado, Jeremy Belcher, Kaito Suzuki, Jesaiah Penson-McCoy – 41.98

Men's High Jump
6. Caysen McDiarmid – 1.74 meters (personal best)

Men's Long Jump
5. Blake Furtado – 6.82m
10. Mitchell Gibbs – 6.57m
17. Caysen McDiarmid – 6.39m (personal best)

Men's Triple Jump
5. Zach Salisbury – 12.69m

Men's Javelin
2. Bryan Cortes – 59.69m

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