Academy of Art University Athletics

Rian Young-Werner showed her versatility at the Cal State East Bay Invitational on Apr. 14 with first-place finishes in the prelims and finals of the 100m, the 4x100m relay, the 400m, and both the long and triple jumps.

The Illustration major went 12.21 to claim first in of 23 in the 100m prelims then added a 12.36 to win the final. She would later join her teammates for the top result (47.59) in the 4x100m relay.

In her first collegiate 400m, Young-Werner would beat out 23 others with a 57.47 and, in two events she regularly contests, she propelled herself to an 18-5 (5.61m) for the day's top long jump and added a Nationals provisional qualification with her season-best 40-5 (12.32m) in the triple jump. The mark has her among the country's top five.

"Rian had a really great day today," said head coach Kevin LaSure. "We asked her to do a lot in a short period of time and she rose to the occasion and was just phenomenal. She is really starting to put things together in the triple jump and is starting to execute a lot of the things Coach Akil Gipson has been working on with her so that's great to see."