Waves Have Stellar Performance in Weekend Meets

Friday, April 1

Palo Alto, Calif.

8:14 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Stanford Invitational

Thomas Lewer

Photo by: Jeff Golden

4/2/2022 3:55:00 PM | Track

Stanford Invitational Results CSUN Invitational Results

By: by Athletic Communications

NORTHRIDGE, California – Three new school records and multiple first and second-place finishes were captured by the Pepperdine men's and women's track teams at Stanford Invitational and CSUN Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The Waves had a great performance after coming off of a two-week break.

Senior Karl Winter (Stockton, Calif./Saint Mary's HS) set the record in the 5,000 on Friday at Stanford, and on Saturday at CSUN, sophomore Ryan Hemphill (Visalia, Calif./Redwood HS) set the record in the 800 and freshman Thomas Lewer (Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs HS) broke the record in the 400-meter hurdles.

Winter broke the school record in the 5,000 meters for the second time this season finishing in a time of 13:46.80. Winter previously ran the 5,000 meters a few weeks ago at the Bob Larsen Distance Invitational hosted by UCLA beating his previous time he set last season. Senior Kyle McCabe (Westminster, Colo./Holy Family HS) also ran at the Stanford Invitational in the 10,000 meters, collecting a time of 30:03.66, just missing his own school-record time of 29:45.99.

Additionally on Friday afternoon inland of Malibu, in Northridge, the Waves ran in the 200 meters and 5,000 meters. Senior Key Pearson (Bainbridge Island, Wash./Vistamar School) notched a first-place finish in the women's 5,000 meters crossing the finish line in a time of 19:10.34. On the men's side, sophomore Johnathan Flint (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS) also had a first-place finish in the 5,000 meters, collecting a time of 15:07.63. Freshman Elias Spence (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg Area Senior HS) was behind Flint finishing in second place in the 5,000 meters in a time of 15:24.33.

In the women's 200 meters, freshman Kaley Peterson (Sunnyvale, Calif./Saint Francis HS) finished in a time of 25.62, which was good for sixth place in her heat. Senior Tiffany Egbo (Gilbert, Ariz./Highland HS) had a second-place finish in her heat, in a time of 27.46. Sophomore William Watkins (Mill Valley, Calif./Marin Catholic HS) marked a fourth-place finish in his heat in the 200 meters running in a time of 22.41.

On day two of the CSUN Invitational, Pepperdine continued its strong performance. One of the day's highlights included a new school record in the 800 meters by Hemphill who had a first-place time of 1:51.34, which was 0.13 seconds faster than the previous school record that was set by teammate Winter in 2021. Lewer also set a new school record in the 400-meter hurdles, collecting a time of 56.78, which was 2.1 seconds faster than the previous record which he set this season at the Beach Opener on March 5.

Watkins had a great first-place showing in the 100 meters crossing the finish line in a time of 11.18. Freshman Colin Proctor (Coppell, Texas/Coppell HS) secured a third-place finish in his heat in the 1,500 meters in a time of 3:58.04.

On the women's side on Saturday, junior Olivia Miller (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles HS) had two second-place finishes in the 800 meters and the 1,500 meters. Miller finished the 800 meters in a time of 2:24.86 and the 1,500 meters in a time of 4:45.62. Egbo had another second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles coming in at 1:07.02. Freshman Abigail Howard (Jefferson, Ga./Jefferson HS) finished second in her heat in the 100-meter hurdles, getting a time of 16.70. Junior Skyler Danley (Easton, Pa./Easton Area HS) collected a first-place finish in the 3,000 steeplechase finishing in a time of 11:51.84. Freshman Leah Dixon (Reno, Nev./Damonte Ranch HS) represented the Waves in the 400 meters and had a fourth-place showing in a time of 1:06.85.

"The Waves had a great two days on the track this weekend. It was awesome to see so many of our athletes come away from CSUN with personal bests and heat wins. Every time Thomas runs the 400m hurdles he just gets better and better, we're excited for him to get a few more very competitive chances at the event this season," said head coach Lauren Floris. "Ryan's record was also his best executed race this season. Colin took him through 400m hard and Ryan worked hard over the second half to hold the lead and pull off a massive PR. Up at Stanford Karl and Kyle ran well in very competitive fields. Karl lowered his school record in impressive fashion, closing the last mile in under 4:20."

The Waves will travel south of Malibu for the next outdoor meet at the Triton Invitational hosted by UC San Diego in La Jolla, Calif., on Saturday, April 9.