Waves Head to Irvine for Steve Scott Invitational

MALIBU, California – The Pepperdine men's and women's track teams will be back on the track racing at the Steve Scott Invitational this weekend.

MEET DETAILS

The meet is hosted by UC Irvine in Irvine, Calif., at Anteater Track Stadium on Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30. On Friday, a few Waves will participate in the men's 5,000 meters with two heats tentatively starting at 7:45 p.m. and 8:05 p.m. The rest of the running events will be held on Saturday beginning at 12 p.m.

LAST MEET

The Waves have been having a strong and fast outdoor performance this season and continued that at the Cal State LA Twilight Open and Bryan Clay Invitational on April 15 and April 16. Three new school records were set by Karl Winter in the men's 1,500 meters, Ryan Hemphill in the men's 800 meters and Thomas Lewer in the men's 400-meter hurdles at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif. Additionally, many personal records and season bests were set at both meets.

Winter (Stockton, Calif./Saint Mary's HS), a senior, lowered the record in the men's 1,500 meters, collecting a time of 3:39.60, which was 0.98 seconds faster than the previously set record set by Winter at the same outdoor meet last season. Hemphill (Visalia, Calif./Redwood HS), a sophomore, posted a time of 1:50.53 in the men's 800 meters and beat the school record by 0.36 seconds, which Hemphill set a few weeks ago at the Triton Invitational. For the second time this season, Lewer (Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs HS), a freshman, broke the school record for the 400-meter hurdles finishing in a time of 56.08, which was 0.7 seconds faster.

Additionally at the Bryan Clay Invitational, senior Kyle McCabe (Westminster, Colo./Holy Family HS) set a new personal record in the men's 5,000 meters crossing the finish line in a time of 14:28.68, which is also good for second on the Pepperdine all-time list. Hemphill also competed in the men's 1,500 meters with a first-place finish in his heat in a time of 3:59.08, which ranks 10th on the Pepperdine all-time list. Freshman Colin Proctor (Coppell, Texas/Coppell HS) ran a season best in the men's 1,500 meters in a time of 3:57.80, which leaves Proctor still ranked sixth all-time.

Sophomore Johnathan Flint (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS) ran in the men's 10,000 meters clocking in at 30:56.31, which etches Flint's name fourth on the Pepperdine all-time list. Elias Spence (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg HS), a freshman, also marked his name fifth on the Pepperdine all-time list in the men's 10,000 meters, crossing the finish line in a time of 31:15.55. Sophomore William Watkins (Mill Valley, Calif./Marin Catholic HS) competed in the men's 400 meters with a second-place finish in a time of 50.097, which is a personal record and still ranks him second on the all-time list.

On the women's side at the Bryan Clay Invitational, junior Olivia Miller (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles HS) was the top performer for the Waves in the women's 1,500 meters collecting a time of 4:37.74, which moves her from sixth on the Pepperdine all-time list to third all-time. Seniors Annelies Ondersma (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./University Liggett School) and Riley Wright (Chandler, Ariz./Corona del Sol HS) both set season bests in the women's 1,500 meters. Wright finished in a time of 5:01.87 while Ondersma was not too far behind clocking in at 5:02.80.

At the Cal State LA Twilight Open, freshmen Caroline Fleenor (Alexandria, Va./Bishop O'Connell HS) and Brooke Bakken (Norwalk, Wis./Tomah HS) each set personal records for themselves in the women's 1,500 meters. Fleenor clocked in at 5:26.22 while Bakken ran in a time of 5:35.31. Senior Alicia Oumsang (Rochester, N.H./Spaulding HS) ran a season best 29.28 in the women's 200 meters. Sophomore Skylar Davis (Savannah, Ga./Savannah Arts Academy) and senior Key Pearson (Bainbridge Island, Wash./Vistamar School) competed in the women's 5,000 meters, both collecting season best times. Davis notched a fourth-place finish in a time of 18:53.97 while Pearson was right behind with a fifth-place finish in a time of 18:54.41.

On the men's side at the Cal State LA Twilight Open, sophomore Austin Gromer (Casper, Wyo./Mountain View HS) ran a season best in the men's 1,500 meters in a time of 4:11.70, which was good for third place. Freshman Matthew Covaci (Riverwoods, Ill.) represented the Waves in the men's 400 meters finishing in a time of 59.13. Sophomore Nathaniel Lannen (Southlake, Texas/Carroll HS) competed in the men's 1,500 meters and 800 meters. Lannen clocked in the 800 meters in a time of 2:02.28 and the 1,500 meters in a time of 4:24.08.

UP NEXT

The Waves will compete at the Oxy Invitational hosted by Occidental College for its last outdoor meet on Saturday, May 7.

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Players Mentioned

Brooke Bakken

Matthew Covaci

Skylar Davis

Caroline Fleenor

Johnathan Flint

Austin Gromer

Ryan Hemphill

Nate Lannen

Thomas Lewer

Kyle McCabe

Olivia Miller

Annelies Ondersma

Alicia Oumsang

Key Pearson

Colin Proctor

Elias Spence

William Watkins

Karl Winter

Riley Wright

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