Injuries Hurt Track & Field at SCIAC Multi Duals
Whittier College track and field took part in the third SCIAC
meet of the season, the SCIAC Multi Duals hosted by the University
of Redlands on April 12.
The women were 2-5 in the meet, winning against Caltech and La
Verne. The three throwers are showing their
depth in the shot put and discus with all three women
finishing in the top seven in discus and top nine in shot
put. Shuree Gangloff ‘09 had an average meet by her
standards, but still scored 97 total points with an overall finish
of first in discus (123' 0"), fifth in shot put (35' 3.25"), sixth
in hammer (133' 5"), and eleventh in javelin (90' 5").
Essence Scott ‘11 had a great day with a personal
record of 34' 7.5" in the shot put to place seventh and move up to
fifth all-time. She also did well in the discus with a 103' 1" for
seventh place. Sheila Enos ‘11 was not to be left out
of the party of throwers as she went 115' 8" in discus for fourth
place and 32' 11.25" in shot put for ninth
place.
Rosario Rios-Aquilar ‘08 had a total of 92.75 points with an
overall finish of second in the high jump (5'1"), second in the 400
hurdles (67.86), seventh in the javelin (98' 9"), and running a leg
of the 4x100 relay for a fifth place. It was Rios-Aguilar's first
ever run in the 400 hurdles and the time stands at second all-time
at Whittier College. Kashima Patridge ‘11 was second in
the long jump at 17' 7.5" and is now within one inch of tying the
school record. She is also within six inches of the provisional
mark for the NCAA championships. Partridge also finished ninth in
the 100 (13.64) and ran the anchor leg of the 4x100 relay.
Two freshmen ran the 3000 steeplechase for the first time and came
up with great performances. Jessica Mena ran a 13:43.99 for third
place and is now #5 all-time at Whittier. Meghan Reynolds ran
a 15:19.07 to finish sixth and is #7 all-time. There were
many other great efforts including a great race in the 4 x 100
relay as the team of Patridge, Rios-Aquilar, Stephanie Anderson
‘11, and Ashley Vierra ‘10 are now within .18 seconds
of the team record and the 4 x 400 relay team of Vierra, Reynolds,
Mena, and Erin Patterson ‘10 put in a season-best
performance with an improvement of over 17 seconds to run a 4:29.
22.
The men are dealing with major injuries and it showed. Three of
Whittier's strongest competitors, Chris Gartrell '08, Ryan Munoz
'09 and Devin Farrow ‘10 were unable to compete due to
injury. TC Collymore ‘10 led the team as he scored 110
total points on the night with a first place finish in the triple
jump at 45' 8.5". He now leads the conference in the event
and is within 2.75" of provisionally qualifying for the National
Championships. He also placed second in the high jump, seventh in
the javelin, and tenth in the long jump. Thomas Martinez
‘11 ran his first ever 3000 steeplechase and placed fifth
with a solid time of 10:21.46. Nick Daum ‘08 had a
personal best of 4:17.12 in the 1500 for a ninth place
finish. Brad Seitz '11 reached 160' 0" in the javelin for
sixth place. Matt Carroll ‘09 had a big improvement in
the shot put to place sixth with a throw of 41' 5". Brandon
Wilcox ‘11 also did well in the shot put with a 41' 3.75"
throw for ninth place.
The Poets are in action again on April 19 at the Tiny Lister
Classic hosted by Cal St.-Los Angeles. The meet begins at
10:00am.
