LOS ANGELES — Highlighting the Pepperdine track team's stint at the Oxy Invite this weekend, freshman hurdler Brittany Rivas broke her own school record in the 400-meter hurdles on Saturday.
Rivas' time of 1:02.07 was 21-hundredths of a second faster than her previous personal-best time from the Triton Invite earlier this season. She placed second in the event.
Later in the meet, Rivas led the Waves' 4x400-meter relay team of herself, Isabella Reyes, Jenna Parsio and Lexi Thomas to win the event with a time of 3:52.51, which was close to breaking the school record in the event. The Waves duked it out with Redlands' team throughout the race, but an iffy exchange from Redlands and a strong second half of the race helped Pepperdine win.
The Oxy Invite was also a productive meet for the men's 1,500-meter runners, as three men ran top-10 times. Freshman Elijah Gentry moved up to third on the program's top-10 leaderboard with a personal-best time of 3:52.77, while Gordy Nilsen moved up to fourth with his time of 3:53.15. Freshman Colin Knowles ran a massive PR and broke into the top-10 rankings with his time of 3:55.81, which is good for the seventh-fastest mark in program history.
THE RUNDOWN
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Sophomore Ava Maly tied her personal-best time in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.08. She placed fourth in the event and still ranks fourth in program history.
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On the men's side, freshman Jordan McCray ran a collegiate personal-best time of 22.81 seconds in the 200-meter dash. He ranks fourth in program history in the event.
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McCray also broke into the program's top-10 rankings in the 400-meter dash with his time of 51.79 seconds, which is good for eighth in program history.
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.
