Five Waves Set Season-Best Times in Irvine

Friday, April 29

Irvine, Calif.

Pepperdine University

Steve Scott Invitational

Megan LaCamera

Photo by: Jeff Golden

4/30/2022 7:00:00 PM | Track

Results

By: by Athletic Communications

IRVINE, California – Five Waves ran season bests including Megan LaCamera who also collected a first place in her heat in the women's 1,500 meters as the Pepperdine men's and women's track team competed in the Steve Scott Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

LaCamera (Burbank, Calif./Burbank HS) highlighted the meet with a first-place finish in the women's 1,500 meters in a time of 4:49.74, which also etched her name ninth on the Pepperdine all-time list. Sophomore William Watkins (Mill Valley, Calif./Marin Catholic HS) also had a first-place finish in his heat in the men's 400 meters, finishing in a time of 50.15. Freshman Elias Spence (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg HS) had a second-place finish in the men's 5,000 meters clocking in at 15:11.76, which is his season best. Sophomore Nathaniel Lannen (Southlake, Texas/Carroll HS) collected a third-place finish in his heat in the men's 800 meters crossing the finish line at 1:59.60, which is his season best.

Junior Jaad Abduljawad (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia/Cal Coast Academy) marked two season-bests in the men's 100-meter dash and 200 meters. Abduljawad posted a time of 11.11 in the 100 meters, which was good for second place in his heat, and finished the 200 meters in a time of 22.70, which was good for third in his heat. Freshman Matthew Covaci (Riverwoods, Ill.) ran a season best in the men's 400 meters in a time of 58.87.

Freshman Abigail Howard (Jefferson, Ga./Jefferson HS) notched a fourth-place finish in her heat in the women's 100-meter hurdles crossing the line at 17.12. Freshman Lauren Rocco (Port Orange, Fla./Spruce Creek HS) competed in the women's 400-meter hurdles and collected a fifth-place finish in a time of 1:11.83. Junior Olivia Miller (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles HS) ran in the women's 800 meters in a time of 2:22.04, which was good for sixth in her heat.

The Waves were represented in the men's and women's 4x400 relay at the Steve Scott Invitational. Rocco, freshmen Maddy Ortman (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Valor Christian HS), Caroline Fleenor (Alexandria, Va./Bishop O'Connell HS), Kaley Peterson (Sunnyvale, Calif./Saint Francis High School) and Miller marked a third-place finish in a time of 4:16.38. Watkins, freshman Colin Proctor (Coppell, Texas/Coppell HS), sophomore Ryan Hemphill (Visalia, Calif./Redwood HS), freshman Thomas Lewer (Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs HS), Lannen and Abduljawad ran for Pepperdine on the men's side and posted a fifth-place finish in a time of 3:26.18.

The Waves will run in the regular-season finale at the Oxy Invitational in Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday, May 7.