ARCADIA, Calif. – The St. Francis track and field team had a big weekend at the Arcadia Invitational, winning three events as senior Ariane Arndt captured the Open 800 meters, sophomore Sydney Vandegrift won the 3200-meter rated race Friday night and the 4×400-meter relay closed the meet with come-from-behind win.

“Everyone performed as well as I could have hoped,” said Interim Head Coach Rod Jett. “The 4×100 started off with a season best and won their heat by a wide margin. They ran great. Ariane is special. She repeated her performance from last year when she ran 2:10 in the 800m and had a season-best in the 400. The 4×400 was just excitement. It was a great day.”

Arndt won the Open 800 at the Arcadia Invitational for the second consecutive year with a time of 2:10.46 just off her school record 2:10.05 set last year at the same meet. She came back to finish fourth in the 400m Invitational Saturday night in a season-best 55.45, just off her school record of 55.39. Arndt also contributed in both relays, completing a busy day with Kiani Reyna, Elizabeth Hennessy and Lily Enes in the 4×400-meter relay. They won the seeded event in 3:54.34, the third-fastest time in school history. Arndt closed the race with an epic final lap, passing four schools over the final lap.

Vandegrift won the 3200-meter Rated race Friday night in a time of 10:47.28, the third-fastest time in school history. She ranks behind only Lauren LaRocco (10:23.10, 2014) and Peyton Bilo (10:31.67, 2015) set at the last two CIF State Championship meets.

The 4×100-meter relay (K. Reyna, Arndt, Enes and Meaghan Rogers) ran a season-best 48.75 to win the third heat and finish fifth overall.

The 4×1600-meter relay (Gabrielle Dyer, Sophie DeBenedetti, Alana Reyna and Chase Worthen) finished 24^th in the seeded race Friday night in a school-record 22:38.81.

Enes, who also ran on both relays, was 23^rd in the 400 meters in 58.40. Other individual event participants in the meet included junior Elizabeth Hennessy in the 300m hurdles (28^th, 47.23) and senior Nicole Spring in the triple jump (8^th, 34-10.75).

St. Francis Arcadia Invitational Results

4×1600-meter Relay – 24, St. Francis (Dyer, DeBenedetti, Alana Reyna, Worthen), 22:38.81.

3200 Rated – 1, Sydney Vandegrift, 10:47.28.

Triple Jump – 8, Nicole Spring, 34-10.75.

4×100-meter Relay – 5, St. Francis (K. Reyna, Arndt, Enes, Rogers), 48.75.

400 Meters Open– 23, Lilly Enes, 58.40.

300-meter Hurdles – 28, Elizabeth Hennessy, 47.23.

800 Meters Open – 1, Ariane Arndt, 2:10.46.

400 Meters Seeded – 4, Ariane Arndt, 55.45.

4×400-meter Relay – 1, St. Francis (K. Reyna, Enes, Hennessy, Arndt), 3:54.34.