OCCIDENTAL, Calif. – The University of San Francisco, nearing the end of the regular season, participated in the Oxy Invite on Saturday, hosted by Occidental.
Highlighted by Olivia Alexandre's performance in the 400 meters, three program records were broken during the meet. Beating her previous best by 36 tenths of a second, Alexandre's new school record of 55.19 gave her a seventh-place finish out of 21 competitors.
The team of Noa Grochowski, Tatumn LaChapelle, Sophia Priester-Veasley, and Lucia Gifford-Groves continued to impress this season in the 4x100 meter relay, breaking the program record with a time of 47:00 and a first0-place finish in the event.
On the men's side, Jacob Cann broke the record and shaved off 18 tenths of a second off his personal best in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:42.22.
A handful of new personal bests occurred throughout the meet as Trevor Deane ran the fifth-best time in the 800 meters in program history at 1:52.51. Daniel Abramowicz and Ellis McKean (3000-meter steeplechase), and Danny Skovron, Joe Skovron, Sahil Raj, Isaac Hartman, Aaron Ruiz, and Will Bujake (5000 meters) all set personal bests in their respective events.
RESULTS:
Men's 800 meters
13.
Trevor Deane – 1:52.51
41.
Carter Lewis – 1:59.54
Men's 1500 meters
10.
Jacob Cann – 3:42.22
64.
Reid Headrick – 4:08.38
Men's 5000 meters
31.
Danny Skovron – 14:46.97
44.
Joe Skovron – 14:57.32
53.
Ben Preddy – 15:09.00
72.
Will Bujake – 15:22.61
87.
Isaac Hartman – 15:39.42
88.
Aaron Ruiz – 15:40.50
89.
Sahil Raj – 15:41.35
Men's 3000-meter steeplechase
6.
Ellis McKean – 9:09.84
10.
Daniel Abramowicz – 9:16.44
Women's 100 meters
9.
Sophia Priester-Veasley – 12.21
14.
Noa Grochowski – 12.43
Women's 400 meters
7.
Olivia Alexandre – 55:19
Women's 800 meters
10.
Julia Morales – 2:10.47
Women's 1500 meters
9.
Kamilla Vanadzina – 4:29.08
11.
Hannah Kehoe – 4:30.97
12. Natalie Hlusi – 4:33.39
43.
Marlee Kwasnica – 4:59.51
47.
Kaylee Noda – 5:02.93
Women's 5000 meters
15.
Mathilde Valadier – 17:38.46
39.
Lily Mourer – 18:31.17
Women's 4x100-meter relay
1.
Noa Grochowski,
Tatumn LaChapelle,
Sophia Priester-Veasley,
Lucia Gifford-Groves – 47:00
Women's shot put
1.
Lilly Gerhard – 13.42 meters
UP NEXT:
San Francisco concludes the regular season on Saturday, May 11 when it competes in the Azusa Last Chance.
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