Pepperdine University
Sunshine Open
Two School Records Go down at the Sunshine Open
2/10/2024 6:42:00 PM | Track
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — After the first meet of the outdoor season, the Pepperdine men's track team's record book already needs updating as redshirt junior Brendan Fong's school records in the 200- and 400-meter dashes highlighted the Sunshine Indoor Open at Westmont on Saturday.
Less than two hours apart, Fong became the first Wave to go sub-50 in the 400-meter dash with his time of 48.10 seconds. Then Fong capped off his Pepperdine debut by running a 21.49-second time in the 200-meter dash to become the first Wave to go sub-22 seconds in the event. In both races Fong had top-three finishes; he placed second in the 400-meter dash and third in the 200-meters, respectively.
Pepperdine nearly had a third school record in the season-opener, as Johnathan Flint was less than five seconds off Karl Winter's school record in the 3,000-meter run. Flint ran an 8:30.56 — good for fourth place — while freshman Dominic Silhol rounded out the Waves' top-10 finishers in that event with a time of 8:40.54.Â
All told, Pepperdine had ten, top-10 individual finishes across seven events. The Waves' distance medley relay team placed fourth and the 4x800-meter relay team finished in third.
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Henry Hicks placed second in the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:01.20; his time was less than two-tenths of a second behind the winner.Â
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Freshman Gordy Nilsen also finished in second in the 1,000-meter dash with a time of 2:35.23 — also less than a second behind the winner. Hicks also placed fifth in the same event with a time of 2:39.10.
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Two Waves finished in the top 10 in the 600-meter dash: Spencer Mueller (1:23.93, seventh) and Daniel Whitaker (1:26.82, tenth).
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Patrick Thomas placed sixth in the mile with a time of 4:26.14.
UP NEXT: After nearly a month off, the Waves will head to the Beach Opener on March 2.
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