HAYWARD, Calif. - The Cal State East Bay men's track and field team hosted the 2022 East Bay Invitational at Chabot College on Friday and Saturday. The Pioneers had the highest point total for NCAA Division II programs participating in the meet (fifth overall).
 
During the meet, three seniors on the team were recognized for their conrtibution to the CSUEB Track program including John Robert Bradshaw, Luke Calubayan and Julian Johnson. 

Highlighted performances for the Pioneers include:

• A second place finish for Bradshaw in the men's 1,500 meters of four minutes, 7.52 seconds - a personal best.
• Following Bradshaw in the event was Calubayan in third (4:08.65) and Dylan Shubert in fourth (4:09.23-personal best). Sebastian Garcia also ran a personal best in the event of 4:16.74.
• In the men's 10,000 meters, Johnson placed second in 33:07.17, which was a personal best.  
• Aidan Singh placed third in the 10,000 meters in 33:10.62. 

Post-meet Quote

Cal State East Bay head coach Tony Nicolosi on both Pioneers teams:
"We love hosting this meet. And our team really stepped up both from a hosting standpoint and a competitive standpoint. Dylan Shubert and Melissa Sosa qualified for the CCAA championships in impressive fashion. Veronica Valenton and Chase Worthen had huge personal bests. And several others put themselves in position to have a great postseason. We are extremely excited." 

The Pioneers have two meets upcoming in Southern California that begin this coming Wednesday. They include the Bryan Clay Invite, hosted by Azusa Pacific, and the Mt. SAC Relays, taking place at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut. A preview outlining probable event assignments for the Pioneers will be released later this week prior to the first day of the meets.