MALIBU, Calif. — After taking a week away from competition, the Pepperdine track team will be back in action this Saturday at Occidental College's Oxy Invite.

The meet will begin with the 100-meter hurdles at 2 p.m. and conclude with the 5,000-meter run under the lights at 7:45 p.m. Although the meet will not be livestreamed, a live result link can be found on the track team's schedule page on pepperdinewaves.com.


FROM THE HEAT SHEET

• Pepperdine's 4x100-meter relay team of Ava Maly, Tatiana Potter, Lexie Dellevigne and Lexi Thomas will kick off the action for the Waves at 2:20 p.m.
• Thomas and Isabella Reyes will also compete in the fast heat of the 400-meter dash at 2:30 p.m. Both women have gone sub-60 seconds and, in particular, Reyes ranks fourth in program history in the event.
• Freshman Jordan McCray will represent Pepperdine in the men's 400- and 200-meter dashes. He will be the lone Wave in both events.
• Coming off her collegiate personal best in the 100-meter dash, Maly will be the lone Wave in the event on Saturday. The sophomore is in the fast heat and will compete at 2:55 p.m. Maly will also double in the 200-meter dash at 4:25 p.m.
• Indoor 800-meter school record holder Caroline Graham will race in heat three of six in her marquee event. The junior's time of 2:13.91 ranks third in program history. She is one of two Waves in the event; freshman Kennedy Duralde is in heat four.
• On the men's side, Ryan Fabian is in the fastest heat of the 800-meter dash and will be one of four Waves competing in the event. 
• Pepperdine school record holder Brittany Rivas will look to lower her school record yet again in the 400-meter hurdles. Rivas' time of 1:02.28 and her teammate, Maddy Ortman's time of 1:03.88 are both top-three times in program history. They will race at 4:10 p.m.
• At 4:45 p.m., Pepperdine's 4x400-meter relay team of Rivas, Reyes, Jenna Parsio and Thomas will go for the school record. At Bryan Clay, the Waves were less than one second off the program record of 3:51.82, which has stood since 2017. 
• Sophomore Hannah Bruner will lead a group of three Waves in the 1,500-meter run, which is set to start at 5:05 p.m. Fellow sophomore Gordy Nilsen is the fastest entry for the Waves on the men's side.
• School record holder Lizzy Crawford will cap off the meet in the 5,000-meter run at 6:40 p.m. The sophomore is Pepperdine's outright school record holder in the distance and will look to make a push for the NCAA West Preliminary with a fast time on Saturday. Senior Eden Mittelsdorf will race in the second of three 5K heats, while Hannah Renager will be in heat three.
• On the men's side, 

UP NEXT: The Waves will head to Azusa Pacific University for the Franson Last Chance meet next week from May 8-10. All pertinent information can be found on the track team's schedule page at pepperdinewaves.com.