Cuesta Women's Track & Field played host to the Western State Conference's five other coastal schools for the WSC Coast Meet, while the rest of the circuit competed in the WSC's Inland Meet.  The Cougars tied Ventura for the meet title with 151 points.  In the meet, Cuesta won five individual events and placed second three times to pile up the points.  Thrower Makaylie Howell (pict) led the team with a pair of wins in the Discus (129-9.5) and Shot Put (36-7.25), while her teammates Natalia Delgado and Savannah Shoemaker claimed the Hammer (123-4.75) and Javelin (112-3.5) to sweep the throwing events.  Pole Vaulter Elen Zhu continued Cuesta's traditional dominance in the Pole Vault (10-2) to capture the team's fifth title, while teammate Hannah Quimby (pict) took 2nd (8-7.75).  On the track, Zhu also added a pair of new Cuesta Top 10 marks in the 100m (:12.97), where she ranks 8th, and the 200m (:27-10) runs, where she ranks 9th.  In the distance events, Returning Freshman Dulce Esquivel added a pair of runner-up finishes in the 1500m (4:58.81) and 5,000m (10:47.47).  

Cuesta Track & Field travels down South next week but will end up splitting the team.  Most of the team shall compete in the Vaquero Open at Glendale College on Friday, while some qualified for the Mt SAC Invitational on Saturday, however Heptathlete Savannah Shoemaker will compete at El Camino College in Torrance for the three-day 2022 Regional Hep/Dec Meet.  The top multi-event athletes in the CCCAA's Southern California Region will compete to qualify for 2022 CCCAA State Track & Field Championships, but also to earn bragging rights in their conference for the event.  Shoemaker ranks 5th all time in the Heptathlon at Cuesta, behind four former State Qualifiers (including two State Champions), after scoring 3,694 points in her first competition this season.