BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The Cal State Bakersfield men's and women's track and field teams will be at the Sunbird Invitational hosted by Fresno Pacific as a preseason tune-up before opening up their 2023 outdoor season. Most of the women's team will be competing this weekend, along with a few of the men's team. 

Notables for the Women 

• The current CSUB indoor and outdoor pole vault record holder, Miranda Miller, is looking to capitalize on her historic 2022 season. The junior pole vaulter won a Big West title and was honored as the Big West Field Athlete of the Year after breaking the championship meet record and resetting the school record. 
• Miller will be joined by Kassidy Neptune who finished eighth at the conference championship meet.  
• Riley Slayton is set to run in the 400-meter hurdles. Last year she was the runner-up at the championship meet and narrowly missed the NCAA West first round of the National meet. Slayton will also compete in the 100m hurdles and the 4x400m relay.   
• Julia Stein will be competing alongside Slayton in all three events. Stein, a two-time Big West finalist and CSUB Top 10 all-time in the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles looks to build off a strong performance in 2022. 
• After a great freshman year, Jazytn Greer will round out the hurdlers in competition for the Roadrunners.  
• Julie Johnson and Kynnedi McCall will compete in the 400m and 4x400m relays at the Sunbird Invitational.  

Notables for the Men 

• Jesus Alverez will compete in the high jump. Alverez placed fifth at the conference championship meet in 2022. He will be joined by newcomer Noah Wright.  
• Matthew Garrett and Javier Toro will compete in the shot put. Toro will compete in the hammer throw with fellow teammate Axel Salazar.  
• Freshman Jarrell Rogers will make his debut as a `Runner in the 100m and 200m events. Kenny Rugnau will join Rogers.  
• The `Runners will see newcomers Matthew Berry and Jacob Yagers competing in the 1500m and 3000m. 

Quotes from Director of Track & Field Marcia Mansur-Wentworth 

• "Riley has been training hard and she is looking to make an impact in her final season as a Roadrunner."  
• "Jaztyn showed great improvement during her freshman year, ranking Top 20 CSUB all-time in both hurdles."  
• "Both Julie and Kynnedi are expected to be impact athletes at the Big West Championships in May." 
• "This will be a good chance for the men to gauge their fitness and see the progress of both the men and women prior to the full start of the outdoor season in two weeks at the Beach Opener." 

Weekend Schedule 

• Sunbird Invitational 
• Saturday, Feb. 18 
• Fresno, Calif. 
• Links to the schedule of events, and live stats available at GoRunners.com/Live 

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