CHICO – “And the winner, from Chico State…” The track announcer at University Stadium repeated that line so often Saturday that it’s a wonder he didn’t screw it up at least one of the four times a Chico State athlete didn’t win an event. The Chico State women won 15 of 19 events Saturday at University Stadium to blow away the field in the opening meet of their 2010 season. The Wildcats outdistanced their nearest competitor, Sacramento State, 260-116.

Ashley Webster, Katrina Rodriguez, Julianne Conrad, Kelly Clancey, and Brandy Tummings set the tone early by winning field events. Webster won the shot put with a heave of 12.8 meters. Rodriguez cleared 11 feet to win the pole vault. Conrad won the high jump with a leap of 1.62 meters. Clancey, who finished third in the high jump, won the long jump with a leap of 5.49 meters. Tummings won the triple jump, soaring 10.65 meters to nip Conrad, who finished second.

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On the track, Aimee Rodgers won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.44. Katie Prucha won the 400-meter hurdles, clocking in at 1:05.33, while Rodgers finished second. Michelle Burley broke the tape first in the 400 meters in 59.60 with Sierra Owens and Amber Maheu following close behind. Skylar Young and Ana Marquez went 1-2 in the 800-meters, posting times of 2:21.07 and 2:21.76, respectively. Kara Lubieniecki won the 3000-meters in 10:05.60.

The Wildcats’ relay teams then completed the dominating day, winning all seven relay competitions. Lindsey Witteman, Audane Hayes, Iesha Roberts, and Annelise Weber won the 800-meter sprint medley. Samantha Racine, Anna Eicholtz, Julie Platero, and Stephanie Consiglio teamed up to win the 4x800-meter relay. Rodgers, Witteman, Burley, and Nicole Cooper were the first to cross the line in the 4x100-meter relay. Eicholtz, Platero, Racine, and Alyssa Berryman broke the tape in the women’s distance medley. And Clancey, Weber, Burley, and Prucha won the day’s final event, the 4x400-meter relay.

Oregon Tech finished third with 80 points, Humboldt State was fourth with 77, Shasta College came in fifth with 37, Butte College was sixth with 23, and College of the Siskiyous recorded 22 to finish seventh.