Waves Perform Well & Set New School Records at Rossi Relays

Saturday, February 26

Claremont, Calif.

11:30 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Rossi Relays

Jakob Knox and Thomas Lewer

Photo by: Jeff Golden

Waves Perform Well & Set New School Records at Rossi Relays

2/26/2022 9:18:00 PM | Track

Results

By: by Athletic Communications

CLAREMONT, California – The Pepperdine men and women's track competed in its first outdoor meet of the season at the Rossi Relays hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at the Burns Track Complex on Saturday morning. The Pepperdine men broke two school records and garnered a new school record competing in the sprint medley relay for the first time.

Highlighting the meet was senior Karl Winter (Stockton, Calif./Saint Mary's HS), sophomore Ryan Hemphill (Visalia, Calif./Redwood HS), and freshmen Jakob Knox (Bend, Ore./Bend Senior HS) and Colin Proctor (Coppell, Texas/Coppell HS), who notched a new school record and first-place finish in the 4x800 meter relay in a time of 7:45.13, which was 25 seconds faster than the previous school record.

Winter, senior Kyle McCabe (Westminster, Colo./Holy Family HS), sophomore Austin Gromer (Casper, Wyo./Mountain View HS) and freshman Thomas Lewer (Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs HS) also set a new school record in the distance medley relay, clocking in at 10:21.18, which was 29 seconds faster than the previous record.

Junior Jaad Abduljawad (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia/Cal Coast Academy), sophomore William Watkins (Mill Valley, Calif./Marin Catholic HS), Lewer and Knox competed in the sprint medley relay for the first time in program history and established a new school record in a time of 1:37.33, which was good for a fourth-place finish. Watkins and Abduljawad were also neck-in-neck in the 100 meters for the Waves, with Watkins collecting a time of 11.244 and Abduljawad in 11.246.

On the women's side there were a number of strong finishes, including senior Riley Wright (Chandler, Ariz./Corona del Sol HS), junior Olivia Miller (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles HS), junior Skyler Danley (Easton, Pa./Easton Area HS) and sophomore Paula Leigh (Livermore, Calif./Granada HS) with a fourth-place place finish in the 4x800 meter relay, finishing in a time of 9:48.56, which was only 0.15 short of the school record that was set in 2014.

Freshman Kaley Peterson (Sunnyvale, Calif./Saint Francis HS) was the top performer for the Waves in the 100 meters with a time of 12.17, which was good for sixth place and fourth on the Pepperdine all-time performance list. Senior Tiffany Egbo (Gilbert, Ariz./Highland HS) competed in the 400 meter hurdles clocking in at 1:07.36, which marked her named in seventh place. In addition, freshman Maddy Ortman (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Valor Christian HS) ran in the 100 meter hurdles finishing in a time of 16.48, which was good for 10th and also seventh on the Pepperdine all-time performance list.

Senior Key Pearson (Bainbridge Island, Wash./Vistamar School), Leigh, freshman Eden Mittelsdorf (Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood HS), senior Annelies Ondersma (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./University Liggett School) and Wright represented Pepperdine in the women's distance medley relay posting a time of 13:37.47.

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Head coach Lauren Floris said: "Today was a great way to kick off our outdoor season. On the men's side, we set three new school records, which is always exciting. Across the board we had really strong openers from all the men and women. I'm looking forward to how they build on today and improve throughout the season.

"We had notable performances from Karl Winter, Will Watkins and Jakob Knox, all three who were part of two record-setting relay teams today."

UP NEXT

Pepperdine will continue its outdoor season on Saturday, March 5 at the Beach Opener in Long Beach, Calif.