2012 Women's Track & Field Headlines

Darcy Hardwick
Season ends with school record 400-meter race by Hardwick

April 30, 2012

Freshman Darcy Hardwick broke a three-year-old school record in the 400-meter dash over the weekend as the Chapman University women’s track and field team competed at the UC San Diego Triton Invitational, the team’s last meet of the season.

Rose Fruci (left)
Fruci finds a fast track at Soka Invitational

April 21, 2012

Sophomore sprinter Rose Fruci showed off her wheels, having her best meet of the season as Chapman University competed at the Soka University Peace Invitational on Saturday. Fruci set a career-best in the 100 meters and ran her best 200 meters of the season as the Panthers set four different personal records in the meet.

Peyton Collins (right)
Relay team highlights Cal-Nevada Championships

April 01, 2012

Chapman University’s women’s 4x400 meter relay team set a season-best time highlighting the Panthers participation at the Cal-Nevada Track and Field Championships, hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Saturday and Sunday.

Rose Fruci
More personal records set at second SCIAC track meet

March 24, 2012

The Chapman University women’s track and field team’s second SCIAC multi-dual meet boasted several season and personal bests for the Panthers at Moorpark College, hosted by Cal Lutheran University on Saturday.

Lisa Peterkin
Distance runners provide highlights in Fullerton

March 10, 2012

Chapman University’s distance runners continued improve as its women’s track team competed in one of the largest track and field meets of the season at the Ben Brown Invitational at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday.

Ema Solarova
Six personal records set at first Chapman SCIAC track meet

March 05, 2012

Personal records highlighted the Chapman University women’s track and field team’s first-ever SCIAC multi-dual meet at Claremont Mudd-Scripps on Saturday. Six career records were set along with two third place finishes in the long jump and triple jump.

4x800 relay team (from left to right): Nicole Jourdain, Launa Kressin, Lisa Peterkin and Kayla Heath
800 Meter foursome runs into Chapman record books

February 25, 2012

The Chapman University women’s 4x800 meter relay team eclipsed a 6-year old school record on Saturday, finishing the race in a time of 10:46.53 at the Burns Track & Field Complex as part of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 2012 Rossi Relays.

Darcy Hardwick
Four jumps, one record: Hardwick leaps into Chapman history

February 18, 2012

Freshman Darcy Hardwick broke a 15-year old Chapman record in the long jump with a final jump measuring 5.19 meters at the Pomona-Pitzer All Comers event on Saturday afternoon in Claremont. The previous record was held by Natalie Neat with a jump of 5.02 meters in 1996.

Peyton Collins
Off the starter blocks, Chapman track opens at Caltech

February 11, 2012

The Chapman University women’s track and field team began the 2012 season at the Caltech All Comers meet on Saturday with encouraging results from some returning and new athletes alike.