Six personal records set at SCIAC #2
La Verne, Calif. – The Chapman University men's and women's track and field teams competed in the SCIAC Multi-Dual #2 at La Verne on Saturday. Six Panthers set personal records at the meet, including a couple of PR's in both the men's and women's 3000-meter steeple chase.
Freshman Max Lopez set a personal record in the steeple chase with a time of 13:22.58. Junior teammate Jonah Soltes finished just before him in the race with a time of 11:54.17. Junior women's team member Mia Hernandez was the other Panther to achieve a personal-best in the 3000-meter steeple race, finishing in fourth place with a time of 12:46.42. Freshman Emma Eglinton finished just a few seconds before Hernandez in third place with a time of 12:26.58.
Sophomore Derek Ohara finished in eighth place in the 100-meter dash with a personal-best time of 11.44. Freshman Nick Callen finished right behind him in ninth place with a time of 11.55. Sophomore Elijah Orr finished fourth in the 5000-meter run with a time of 15:55.51.
Freshman Gabi Siguenza set a personal record in the 400-meter dash, finishing in fifth place with a personal-best time of 63.06. Junior teammate Hannah Pickerill finished just over a second later in sixth place with a time of 64.73. Freshman Ryly Yee also set a PR in the 400-meter dash, finishing in eighth place with a time of 67.60.
Junior Gina Pasquinelli also set a personal record, this time in the high jump. She finished in fifth place with a leap of 1.51 meters (4 feet, 11.44 inches). Sophomore Lauren Miller threw a season-best 10.07 meters (33 feet, 0.5 inches) in the shot put to come in fifth place. The women's 4x400 meter dash team of Pasquinelli, Siguenza, Pickerill and Yee finished with a season-best time of 4:24.13.
The Panthers take a couple of weeks off but head Occidental on Saturday, April 14 for the SCIAC Multi-Dual #3 at 10 a.m.
by Katie Bell
Sports Information Assistant
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