Track & Field at the Soka Invitational

The Whittier College Track and Field teams took part in the Soka University Peace Invitational on March 8.  The event was a non-scoring event and included three Division I schools in the field.

Chris Gartrell ‘08 won the men's 100-meter dash (11.16) and took second in the 200 (22.52). Both the men's and women's 4x100 relay teams finished second with the women running 54.82 and the men a 45.63.  The men's 4x400 relay team took fifth with a time of 3:44.71. Matt Gocke ‘10 took eighth in the 400-meter dash (53.55) and fifth in the 400-meter hurdles (63.28). TC Collymore '10 tied for second in high jump with a mark of 1.78m and third in the triple jump with a distance of 13.01m.  Brad Seitz ‘11 threw the javelin 44.21m for an eighth place finish. Brandon Wilcox ‘11 improved on a personal best by over two feet in shot put to take seventh with a mark of 13.15m.

On the women's side, Kashima Patridge ‘11 finished fifth in the long jump with a mark of 5.13m and eleventh in the high jump at 4' 6".  Rosario Rios-Aquilar ‘08 took ninth in the high jump with a 4' 8".  Shuree Gangloff ‘09 took third in the hammer with a toss of 40.09m, seventh in the discus with a 35.15m throw and seventh in the javelin with a mark of 29.38m.  Erin Patterson ‘10 took seventh in the 400-meter dash with a 65.83 clocking.

The Poets are in action again on March 14 at the Occidental College Distance Carnival.  It is their final tune-up before the SCIAC Four-Way meet at Caltech the next day.