Lake, San Marcos girls 4×400 relay team shine at Ventura Invite

Tristan Lake broke 40 seconds in the 300 hurdles for San Marcos at the Ventura Invitational on Saturday.

Lake clocked a meet-record 39.62 to win the race.

“That is so big,” said San Marcos coach Marilyn Hantgin.

Elysia Hodges won the girls’ 300 hurdles in a meet-record46.11. She also was part of the Royals’ winning 4×400 relay team, which set a stadium record with a time of 3:59. Hannah McDaniel, Maria Brashears and Kaylin Koopmans were the other members of the team.

McDaniel had a blazing anchor leg of 57 seconds.

In other highlights, Shane Rowan won the triple jump with a meet-record leap of 43-3, the girls 4×800 relay team took third place, the boys 4×400 team took third and the 4×800 team placed fifth.