Track and field setting records

Four Sacramento State athletes posted four new school records during the Mountain State games in Pocatello, Idaho at Holt Arena. Along with the records, the Hornets totaled six first-place finishes during the Games on Saturday.

Tiffany Hall finished third (5:04.20) in the mile and her altitude-adjusted time (4:58.76) is now the fastest at Sac State.

Renisha Robinson ran the 800 nearly .60 seconds faster than second place to snag the title and edged the altitude-adjusted time (2:11.94).

A.J. Reed placed first in the 60-hurdles to capture the record with a time of 8.07 seconds, breaking his own time of 8.27, which was the fastest in Big Sky Conference this season.

Raphael McFarland posted a 25-07.75 distance in the long jump, which beat last season’s record of 24-09.75.

Hornet named Player of the Week

Tennis player Katrina Zheltova was named the Big Sky Player of the Week for the first time this season and fifth of her career with the Hornets.

The sophomore is ranked No. 63 in the nation, as she went 2-0 in singles when Sac State beat UC Santa Barbara and UC Davis on Feb. 2.

Women’s tennis split matches this week

The Hornets rallied back to beat Loyola Marymount 4-3 on Friday, but were swept (7-0) by No. 17 Pepperdine on Sunday.

Sac State is currently 4-1 on the season and will travel to Northern Arizona on Friday for the first match of the Big Sky Conference.

Men’s tennis can’t handle UC Riverside

The Highlanders snagged their first victory of the season as they defeated the Hornets 4-3 on Sunday.

Anton Stryhas, Artur Klimenka and Holden Ching won their singles matches and Klimenka and Sven-David Rueff won their doubles match.

Sac State fell to 2-2 on the season, while UC Riverside improved to 1-2.

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