Champions Abound at Classic

Multiple records were broken at the annual Westmont Classic track and field meet on March 21-22, which was the final home meet for 15 senior athletes. Both the men’s and women’s teams came in second behind George Fox University. 

Junior David Oyebade broke the program’s best-career mark in the men’s hammer – twice – finishing with a new Warrior record of 51.87 meters.

The women’s 4×100 relay team of Grace Soberanis, Kennah Shaffer, Jaiden Rodrigues, and Charlotte Williams broke their own record, posting a program-best time of 47.60. Rodrigues also won the women’s 200-meter dash with a time of 25.24. Soberanis came out victorious in the women’s 100-meter dash, where she posted a meet-best time of 12.57. 

Joshua Lin won the men’s 400 meter run with a time of 48.43.

In the women’s 800-meter run, senior Abigail Hundley narrowly edged out teammate Claire Van Horn to win with 2:17.80.

Zola Sokhela won the men’s mile in 4:06.77 as well as the 800-meter run in 1:54.15.

Grayson Guillen won the men’s 110-meter hurdles, posting a meet-best time of 16.59. John Sakaguchi also came out victorious in the men’s long jump, where he jumped a meet-best mark of 7.05, and James Brewer won the triple jump, with a mark of 13.18 meters. Rounding out the men’s successes on Saturday, senior Bryce Gardhouse won the men’s 5000-meter run with a time of 15:25.67. 

Another pair of Westmont relay teams capped off a special day when the women’s 4×400 team, consisting of Kylie Cekalski, Makenzie Fauver, Rodrigues and Williams won the race with a time of 4:00.73. Then, on the men’s side, Justin Hess, Andres Leon, Sokhela and Joshua Lin won the race with a season-best time of 3:18.53.

The Warriors compete in the PacWest Championships on April 25 in Fresno.