ALBUQUERQUE, N.M./SEATTLE — Ava Fitzgerald and Brandon Moreno each set school records to lead seven school top 10s and 14 personal bests by Sacramento State student-athletes on Saturday at a pair of meets.
 
A week after moving into second place in the 60-hurdles, Fitzgerald improved her Big Sky Conference-leading time with a mark of 8.31 seconds in the finals. That time vaulted her above Sakya Bolton's mark of 8.37 which had stood since 2012. Fitzgerald finished in sixth place at the star-studded Don Kirby Elite and also added a career-best 7.77 seconds in the 60-meter dash.
 
Moreno was competing at the Husky Classic in Seattle and broke his own school record in the mile. The Sacramento native ran 4:07.19 to take a fraction of a second off his previous best of 4:07.47 which also came on the Dempsey Indoor track. At the Kirby Elite, Ryan Martin ran the mile in 4:14.00 and is now ninth all-time at Sacramento State.
 
The Hornet women also had success at the Husky Classic with Viviana Valenton and Tia Oliver each cracking the school top 10 in the mile and Ashley Busienei providing a PR. Valenton ran 4:54.26 to move into fourth place in program history while Oliver is now eighth with a time of 4:58.07. Oliver's effort came a day after she ran the second-best 3K by a Sacramento State woman.
 
In the 800, Dominique Abbott and Jake Slade each landed in the Sacramento State top 10. Abbott posted a time of 2:11.18 which ranks seventh on the women's list while Slade crossed in 1:53.19 and is now tied for fourth place on the men's top 10.
 
While not recording a school top 10, all four of the team's entries in the women's triple jump set season or personal bests. The group was led by a season-best 40-02.75 from Tamia Ramos and also included a PR of 39-03.00 from Audrey McElmurry.
 
After a weekend off, Sacramento State will next compete at the Big Sky Indoor Championships in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Feb. 27-Mar. 1.
 
DON KIRBY INVITATIONAL
Women's Results
60: 14. Zoe Ewell 7.59; 15. Jessi Barry 7.60; 29. Jayla Cigar-Dingle 7.73; 32. Kassidy Schroth 7.74; 36. Ava Fitzgerald 7.77.
200: 20. Zoe Ewell 24.27; 27. Breija Stredic 24.47; 31. Tristian Campbell 24.54; 40. Jayla Cigar-Dingle 24.87; 59. Kassidy Schroth 25.28; 66. Emily Giddens 25.39.
400: 6. Tristian Campbell 54.93; 10. Breija Stredic 55.24; 13. Emily Giddens 55.45.
60H: 6. Ava Fitzgerald 8.31; 20. Eliana Coburn 8.77.
HJ: T4. Jessi Barry 5-07.75; T26. Chandler Miller 5-03.75; T26. Eliana Coburn 5-03.75; 29. Abby Sheets 5-02.75.
LJ: 8. Tamia Ramos 19-05.25; 26. Mara Vonnahme 18-06.50; 36. Audrey McElmurry 18-01.75; 51. Jessi Barry 17-07.50.
 
Men's Results
60: 10. Xavier Bruce 6.95; 39. Mason Mitchell 7.13; 63. Eli Kaltreider 7.40.
200: 12. Nathan Rider 21.64; 26. Xavier Bruce 22.00; 27. Malachi Cox 22.03.
400: 6. Malachi Cox 48.08; 19. Nathan Rider 48.72.
Mile: 5. Ryan Martin 4:14.00.
60H: 26. Jack Charlton 8.47.
HJ: 3. Miles Grant 6-11.75; 12. Eli Kaltreider 6-06.00; 26. Jack Charlton 6-00.00.
LJ: 13. Mason Mitchell 23-02.75.
TJ: 19. Kellan Quinley 44-10.25; 25. Joshua Braun 42-01.50.
 
HUSKY CLASSIC
Women's Results
800: 27. Dominique Abbott 2:11.18; 33. Lilly Escorcia 2:12.70; 44. Viviana Valenton 2:16.81.
3K: 58. Tia Oliver 9:45.23.
WT: 16. Hope Gordon 42-09.00; 17. Jean Ikenaga 42-02.25.
 
Men's Results
800: 32. Jake Slade 1:53.19; 45. Logan Borg 1:55.22; 48. Irven Hill 1:55.77.
Mile: 63. Brandon Moreno 4:07.19.
SP: Emmanuel Akutey 47-02.25; 12. George Stansell 43-05.75; 13. Eric Nakagawa 42-07.50.