Pepperdine Ready For Next Outdoor Meet

MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine men's and women's track teams will be on the track at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

MEET DETAILS

The meet is hosted by Azusa Pacific University at the Cougar Athletic Stadium beginning on Thursday, April 13 and the meet will conclude on Saturday, April 15. The Waves will have runners on each day at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

LAST TIME RUNNING

Pepperdine last ran at the Vince O'Boyle Track and Field Classic hosted by UC Irvine on April 1 and continued to climb the all-time list. Additionally, senior Olivia Miller competed at the Moorpark Invitational on March 31.

At the Moorpark Invitational, Miller (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles HS) competed in women's 800m, winning the event with a time of 2:16.51, which is a new personal record and moved her name from sixth on the all-time list to third.

Miller joined the rest of the squad at the Vince O'Boyle Track and Field Classic on Saturday, running in the first event for Pepperdine, which was the women's 1,500m with a time of 4:36.15, which is also a new personal record, good for a fifth-place overall finish and moves her from third all-time to second. Miller's time was 1.38 seconds away from the school record, which is currently held by head coach Lauren Floris (2009-12). Junior Johnathan Flint (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS) had a third-place overall finish in the men's 1,500m, crossing the line in a time of 3:56.06. Freshman Joshua Bergers (Cohasset, Mass./IMG Academy) clocked in at 3:58.52, which was a first-place finish in his heat and seventh overall.

Freshman Jenna Parsio (Lake Forest, Calif./El Toro HS) competed in the women's 400m for the Waves, collecting a first-place finish in her heat with a time of 59.08 and moving her name from ninth all-time to seventh. In the men's 400m, junior Ryan Hemphill (Visalia, Calif./Redwood HS) also won his heat in a time of 50.04, which was 0.04 seconds away from the school record. Hemphill notches his name higher on the all-time list from 10th to second.

In the men's 800m, freshman Ryan Fabian (Oxnard, Calif./Oxnard HS) earned a third-place overall finish in a time of 1:54.26. Sophomore Colin Proctor (Coppell, Texas/Coppell HS) won his heat in the men's 800m in a time of 1:57.37, which was also good for a sixth-place overall finish. Freshmen Spencer Mueller (Fresno, Calif./Clovis North HS) and Daniel Whitaker (Lexington, Ky./Lafayette HS) each ran personal records in the men's 800m. Mueller finished in a time of 1:54.95, which was good for fifth overall and stays sixth on the Pepperdine all-time list. Whitaker had a first-place showing in his heat in a time of 2:03.00.

Sophomore Maddy Ortman (Highlands Ranch, Colo/Valor Christian HS) collected a second-place finish in her heat in the women's 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:08.38, and placed her name ninth on the Pepperdine all-time list. In the women's 200m, sophomore Kaley Peterson (Sunnyvale, Calif./Saint Francis HS) clocked in at 25.38, which moved her from fifth on the all-time list to fourth.

UP NEXT

The Waves will head back to Fullerton to compete in the Battle in the OC hosted by Cal State Fullerton on Thursday, April 20.

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Joshua Bergers

Ryan Fabian

Johnathan Flint

Ryan Hemphill

Olivia Miller

Spencer Mueller

Maddy Ortman

Jenna Parsio

Kaley Peterson

Colin Proctor

Daniel Whitaker

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