LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Highlighting the Pepperdine track team's stint at UCLA, sophomore Lizzy Crawford lowered her school record in the 5,000-meter run and Kaley Peterson moved up to third-fastest all-time in the 100-meter dash over the weekend.

During Friday night's Bob Larsen Distance Carnival and Saturday's Jim Bush Legends Invitational, the team ran 12 new top-10 times. Pepperdine has broken a school record in all five of its outdoor meets this year.

Kicking off the weekend on Friday night's Bob Larsen Distance Carnival, Crawford's new lifetime best of 16:38.36 was nearly a 10-second improvement from her previous personal best of 16:47.22 that she ran earlier this season.

Leading the race from the get-go, Crawford stayed at the front of the pack with runners from UNLV and Division II powerhouse Azusa Pacific before saving her fastest lap for last. She wrapped up her race with a 1:15.37 closing lap and held off Natalia Ruiz Lara of UNLV in the homestretch to win the event. Crawford currently ranks ninth in the nation in the event.

Earlier on Friday night, freshman Elijah Gentry made his collegiate debut in his marquee event, running a time of 9:13.16 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Gentry, who placed second in the event, also ranks second all-time in school history and is less than four seconds behind Chris Ogle's 17-year-old school record. In the same race, junior Patrick Thomas made his debut with his time of 9:44.13, which ranks fourth in program history.

Additionally, Pepperdine had two more top-10 times in the 1,500-meters. Hannah Bruner moved up to third all-time with her personal best of 4:35.99, while Gordy Nilsen ran a personal best time of 3:55.40, which ranks fourth.

Saturday saw senior sprinter Kaley Peterson run a personal-best time of 12.00 in the 100-meter dash, which moved her up to third all-time in the event. She won her heat and wound up with the fifth-fastest time of the day.

From here, the Waves compete at the Vince O'Boyle Track and Field Classic, hosted by UC Irvine on Saturday, March 29. All schedule updates can be found on the track team's schedule page on pepperdinewaves.com.

THE RUNDOWN

• Senior Lauren Rocco ran a personal-best time of 15.97 seconds in the 100-meter high hurdles, improving her eighth-fastest time in school history. She also PRed in the 400-meter hurdles; her time of 1:07.19 ranks eighth in program history.

• Elsewhere in the hurdles, Maddy Ortman ran a personal-best time of 1:05.17 in the 400-meter hurdles, which ranks third all-time.

• Freshman Jordan McCray ran his 200-meter dash in 23.04, which is the fourth-fastest time at Pepperdine. Joseph Yates also broke into the top-10 rankings with his time of 23.78 seconds — the eighth fastest in program history.

• Middle-distance runner Daniel Whitaker broke into the top 10 with his 800-meter dash time of 1:55.74.