One week after a dominating performance at the Drummond Invitational, the Sacramento State track and field team found that it is extremely difficult to duplicate supremacy in consecutive weeks.

At the Cal Poly Invitational Saturday, the Hornets competed against host California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, California State University, Wichita State, University of California, Irvine, University of Nevada and Brigham Young University, but were not nearly as sharp as they were the previous week.

However, the Hornets still managed to produce several top-five finishers led by Windi Selle.

The senior anchored the women?s team, placing second in the hammer throw with a mark of 162 feet, 11.5 inches.

“Windi performed solidly this weekend,” Hornet coach Joe Neff said. “As a matter of fact, I felt she performed well enough to win, but she just came up a tad bit short.”

Fleet-footed senior Myesha Kirtman sprinted her way to a third-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles, recording a respectable time of 14.25 seconds.

Freshman La Vietra Stanton leaped her way to fourth place in the long jump with an 18-3.25 mark. Freshman Heidi Poppelreiter, meanwhile, placed fifth in the triple jump (36-8.50). Also adding her name to the list of women who finished in the top five of their events was junior Heather Clark, who produced a time of 2:18.85 in the 800.

Junior Jonathan Davis, winner of the Big Sky Conference Indoor 55-meter dash, led the men with a third-place finish in the 100-meter dash with a 10.75. Freshman Obi Osuji also finished third with a time of 48.59 in the 400-meter.

The only other Hornet on the men?s side to place in the top five was freshman Jeff Santana, who placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 55.97. The Hornet men?s relay teams did well in 4×100, finishing second (41.63) and the 4×400-meter dash team finished fourth with a mark of 3 minutes, 20.75 seconds.

“Our relay teams really ran well for us this weekend,” Neff said. “The women?s 4×400 team placed fourth as well as the men?s 4×400. That coupled with our men?s 4×100 team finishing second, is very encouraging as we continue to look to be at our peak in about a month.”

It?s no mystery that the Hornets are still lacking some key performers due to injury. Sophomore Shanita Bryant is still nursing a tender hamstring that has turned out to be more serious than originally diagnosed.

“At first we thought it would be something that wasn?t going to require much time off,” Neff said. “But after she could not perform in our last indoor meet, we decided that there is no need to force the issue. We are going to let the hamstring heal without putting any undo stress on it. Then when she is fully recovered, she can start performing at the level she is capable of.”

Tina Limon and Melissa Madeson are other key figures that have been injured, but they figure to be ready in a couple of weeks.

“As I?ve said over the last month,” Neff said. “If we can just survive the next couple of weeks without any major collapses or injuries, then we are putting ourselves in perfect position to peak in about a month or so.”

The Hornets will next travel to California State University, Fullerton on March 23.