PORTLAND, Ore. - The Pacific men and women's track teams competed in the University of Portland Indoor #1 meet on Sunday, January 26th. The athletes competed in the 200-meter run, mile, 4x400 relay, as well as two events that are not common for competition, the 600 and the mixed 4x400 relay. In these two unique events, two school records were set, as well as numerous top ten performances across all events.
Top Performers
Kamron Shields started the day strong finishing second overall in the men's 200m race in a time of 23.44, an indoor personal best and the fifth best time indoors in school history.
Peyton Fisher also had a good day, placing fourth overall in the men's mile in a time of 4:28.13 which puts him 8th all-time in the event.
The women had some great performances as well, with Angelica Gatica-Gomez finishing the women's 600m in fourth place with a time of 1:42.20, setting a new school record for the women in the process.
Natalie Taylor had a strong showing as well, racing the women's mile in a time of 5:29.05, finishing 8th overall and posting the fifth fastest time in school history.
Finally, the Boxers finished the day by racing five teams in the mixed 4x400m relay, an event where men and women compete together on one team. As this was the first time Pacific has entered a team in this event, all five teams finished to start a new all-time list, with the team of
Preston Graham,
Karina Reddy,
Aiden Olmos, and
Ava Schreffler posting the fastest time of 4:08.33 and setting the first ever school record in the event.
"The meet was a great success, with all athletes delivering strong season openers," said Pacific head track and field coach
Ryan Hunter-Simms. "It is exciting to see the results of fall training coming to life, and the team's depth this year with an exciting freshman class. We're looking forward to building on this momentum as we compete next week in Spokane."
All-Time Top 10 List
Men's 200m
Kamron Shields, #5 All-Time, 23.44
Women's 600m
Angelica Gatica-Gomez, School Record, 1:42.20
Lauren Ortega, #4 All-Time, 1:52.85
Courtney Tiernan, #5 All-Time, 1:52.92
Katrina Brisbois, #8 All-Time, 1:57.62
Men's 600m
Jevin Lim, #5 All-Time, 1:29.13
Kyle Woodcock, #6 All-Time, 1:29.19
Noah Wakabayashi, #9 All-Time, 1:34.26
Angel Serrano, #10 All-Time, 1:34.9
Women's Mile
Natalie Taylor, #5 All-Time, 5:29.05
Megan Feitz, #9 All-Time, 5:33.38
Men's Mile
Peyton Fisher, #8 All-Time, 4:28.13
Mixed 4x400m
Preston Graham, Karina Reddy, Aiden Olmos, Ava Schreffler, School Record, 4:08.33
Ray Pruitt, Kimberly Vidinha, Matthew Matsuura, Maya Kaneshiro, #2 All-Time, 4:11.55
Noah Wakabayashi, Alena Krull, Reese Yamamoto, Morgan Boddy, #3 All-Time, 4:20.74
Justin Vinyard, Courtney Tiernan, Braden Kent, Dani Hammond, #4 All-Time, 4:21.36
Kadyn Eves, Natalie Taylor, Aaron Brewer, Cris Brethower, #5 All-Time, 4:25.61
Up Next
The Boxers will be traveling up to Spokane, Washington to compete at Inland Northwest Invitational hosted by Whitworth University at The Podium on Saturday, February 1st.
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