Friday, February 8
Seattle, Wash.
Pepperdine University
at
Husky Invitational (Indoor)
Talya Holenstein
Photo by: Jeff Golden
Holenstein Breaks Indoor 800 Record in Washington
2/8/2019 8:06:00 PM | Track
SEATTLE, Washington – Pepperdine's Talya Holenstein set a school record in the 800 meters at the Husky Invitational on Friday, though weather issues in the Northwest forced the event to become a one-day indoor track meet instead of two days.
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"It started snowing as predicted and they moved Saturday's events to today, so we had a limited number of races," Pepperdine Coach Robert Radnoti said. "Talya broke her school by about five seconds in the 800. She ran a really nice race. She's getting more and more comfortable moving up from the 400, so it was satisfying to be able to see her do that. A number of our other runners had PRs or season bests so that was good."
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Holenstein (Portland, Ore./La Salle Catholic College Prep), a junior, broke the 800 record last weekend at Boise State with a time of 2:23.95, and she bettered her mark today with a time of 2:18.77.
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Sophomore Caila Tongco (Kent, Wash./Kent-Meridian HS) once again posted a pair of strong finishes, taking fifth place in the 60 meters in 7.82 seconds, and sixth place in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.03 seconds. Both were about a tenth of a second off the school record (she already owns the 60-meter hurdles mark).
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The Waves only competed in a total of five races. Freshman Alexa Ortega (Chatsworth, Calif./St. Genevieve HS) posted the team's top time in the 200 meters, as did freshman Tiffany Egbo (Gilbert, Ariz./Highland HS) in the 400.
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The sprinters went to Seattle, but Pepperdine's distance runners returned to Boise State this weekend and will take part in the Boise State Challenge on Saturday.
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"It started snowing as predicted and they moved Saturday's events to today, so we had a limited number of races," Pepperdine Coach Robert Radnoti said. "Talya broke her school by about five seconds in the 800. She ran a really nice race. She's getting more and more comfortable moving up from the 400, so it was satisfying to be able to see her do that. A number of our other runners had PRs or season bests so that was good."
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Holenstein (Portland, Ore./La Salle Catholic College Prep), a junior, broke the 800 record last weekend at Boise State with a time of 2:23.95, and she bettered her mark today with a time of 2:18.77.
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Sophomore Caila Tongco (Kent, Wash./Kent-Meridian HS) once again posted a pair of strong finishes, taking fifth place in the 60 meters in 7.82 seconds, and sixth place in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.03 seconds. Both were about a tenth of a second off the school record (she already owns the 60-meter hurdles mark).
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The Waves only competed in a total of five races. Freshman Alexa Ortega (Chatsworth, Calif./St. Genevieve HS) posted the team's top time in the 200 meters, as did freshman Tiffany Egbo (Gilbert, Ariz./Highland HS) in the 400.
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The sprinters went to Seattle, but Pepperdine's distance runners returned to Boise State this weekend and will take part in the Boise State Challenge on Saturday.
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