Chu, Bouldin lead Panthers at SCIAC Championships

EAGLE ROCK, Calif. – Chapman University junior Fiona Chu and sophomore Mitchell Bouldin led the Panthers' men's and women's track and field teams at the 2015 SCIAC Championships at Bill Henry Track, hosted by Occidental College on Friday and Saturday.

Chu earned a fourth-place finish in the finals of the women's 400-meter dash on Saturday with a time of 59.08. She missed a medal by just .97 seconds and was Chapman's highest finish of the championships meet. Chu had earlier set and re-broke the school record in the 400 meters with her fastest time of 58.68 coming on April 11. The junior was also the Panthers' fastest in the 200 meters with a time of 26.35 to place 12th overall.

The Chapman men were competing in their first-ever SCIAC Championships as a team and were led by Bouldin who earned the Panthers' only individual points. The sophomore placed fifth overall in the long jump with his furthest effort measuring 6.66 meters. Bouldin was also Chapman's fastest man in the 100-meter dash with a career-best time of 11.25 and placed 14th overall.

Among other top finishers, sophomores Alex Bliss (13.13) and Alyssa Bliss (13.29) placed 11th and 13th, respectively, in the women's 100 meters.

And in distance events, junior Chris Reid placed 11th in the men's 3,000 meters with a career-best time of 10:12.74, while sophomore Cathryne Ramirez earned 12th place in the women's 5,000 meters also with a career-best time of 19:00.53.

by Doug Aiken
Sports Information Director

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