Freshman Claire Hu (Palo Alto, Calif. \/ Henry M. Gunn) fronted a record-setting day for Caltech track & field at Saturday’s Oxy Distance Carnival by breaking one a 29-year old record and one of the oldest remaining records on the women’s side.<\/p>\n
Hu decisively broke Jerri Martin’s 5000m record with an 18:12.18 in the midst of a field consisting of schools from all three NCAA sub-divisions and did so with rainy conditions looming over Eagle Rock for most of the day. Martin’s previous record was 18:29.60, which further illustrates just how good Hu was on Saturday. She also recorded the third-fastest time among SCIAC runners within the event. Hu’s strong showing was an exclamation point on a strong day considering the results posted by the rest of the Beavers’ track competitors.<\/p>\n
“This was one of the best days the team has had since I’ve been here,” Head Coach Ben Raphelson said. “We had several inspiring performances.”<\/p>\n
Freshman Molly Crotteau (Chicago, Ill. \/ Walter Payton) had an additionally solid day within the same race as Hu. The rookie’s time of 19:21.51 is good for seventh all time, joining new record holder Hu and sophomore Jena Srikanth (Fresno, Calif. \/ Clovis North) on the list. The women’s team also had a great day in the 10000m run when sophomore Skye Reese (Concord, N.H. \/ Concord) completed the race in 41:54.20 The sophomore showed remarkable poise in her 10000m debut. Her final 5000m was a a full ten seconds faster than last weekend’s 5000m debut. The run was also good enough to position Reese as the second-fastest 10K runner in school history. Caltech also made some noise in the 800m on both the men’s and women’s side. Freshman Michael Brown (New Orleans, La. \/ Isidore Newman) (1:58.97) and junior Michelle Marasigan (Elk Grove Village, Ill. \/ James B. Conant) (2:26.47) posted marks just off their career-bests, which bodes extremely well for the duo with several weeks remaining in the season.<\/p>\n
The Beavers also turned in a solid day in sprinting events. Freshman Nora Griffith (Santa Cruz, Calif. \/ Santa Cruz) set a new PR in the 100m hurdles (15.85) and both Griffith (1:01.89) and fellow freshman Netra Ravishankar (Fremont, Calif. \/ American) (1:03.87) turned in top-10 marks in the 400m dash, coming in at fourth and seventh respectively. Meanwhile, freshman Maquelle Tiffany (Los Alamitos, Calif. \/ Los Alamitos) returned from a long layoff for her first track meet in four years and ran an all-time best 14.56 in the 100m dash. The men’s 400m dash also yielded strong results as sophomore Jesse Cai (McLean, Va. \/ Thomas Jefferson Science and Technology) topped his seasonal best with a 52.12 and sophomore Alex Lettenberger (Glen Ellyn, Ill. \/ Glenbard West) ran a 56.79 top his previous best time by nearly one second. Other personal bests on the men’s side included sophomore Tanner Moore (Roseville, Calif. \/ Oakmont) and freshman Spencer Morgenfeld (Palo Alto, Calif. \/ Palo Alto), who clocked in at 15:32.72 and 15:57.41 in the men’s 5000m respectively. The finish now has Moore positioned eighth on Caltech’s all-time 5000m list.<\/p>\n
“Overall, the team showed remarkable poise. The women especially are competing at a historic level but making it look routine,” Raphelson said. “I can’t wait to see where the remainder of the season takes us.”<\/p>\n
Raphelson and the Beavers will be have a week off before they’re back at it again at the Point Loma Nazarene Invitational on Saturday, Mar. 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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