At the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) quad meet hosted by the University of La Verne last Saturday, a number of school records were broken and several Leopards qualified for nationals.
“This school is so old and there are a lot of hard records to beat and they were broken,” said head coach Pat Widolff. “It is unusual to break that many records in one meet, the ones who broke them are very talented and worked very hard to get to where they are.”
Senior Tori Bare broke the school record in the women’s 200 with a time of 26:18 and the 400 with a time of 59:53.
Junior Jennifer Zwissler broke the record in the 800m with a time of 2:30.34. A record in the triple jump was also broken by junior Jaqui Zwissler, jumping 35’11.50”.
Junior Anthony Rice took second in the 100m with a record-breaking time of 10:85. He also broke the record in the 200m with 21.63 and is ninth in the state.
The men’s 4×100 relay team consisting of Rice, junior Roman Holston, junior Liron Wilson and junior Jason Neal placed first with a score of 41.54.
The women’s 4×400 relay team consisting of sophomore Aundraya Ross, junior Vikki Wallace and seniors Kari Trotter and Bare finished second with a new school record of 4:04.85.
Joining senior Erika Spencer in Nationals are Rice, junior Liron Wilson and the entire men’s 4x100m relay team. Spencer qualified in the high jump.
Widolff is looking forward to finishing the season strong with their upcoming meets. The SCIAC finals take place tomorrow at Eagle Rock. The Cal Poly Pomona and Occidental invitationals are in May. Nationals will take place the last week of May in Chicago, Ill.
—Cory Cruz and Salina Ronderos
Cory Cruz