WSC Relays Recap

The Glendale Track & Field teams completed their second meet last Friday at the Western State Conference Relays at West Los Angeles College. This is one of the only meets during the season where the focus of races are relays to go along with the field events. On the men's side the 4x400 relay team would take 3^rd place with a time of 3:29.10. The 4x800 relay team would feature the distance squad which would carry them to a 1^st place finish with a time of 8:14.41. The men's Distance Medley Relay team would have two teams, which placed 2^nd and 3^rd with times of 10:37.67 and 10:42.80, respectively. In the field events, Hratch Abrahamian would have another PR in the high jump clearing 5'10.75," which would give him a 2^nd place finish. Axel Menjivar took 2^nd in the Pole Vault with a 12'9.5" jump. Dakarai Bell took 2^nd place in the triple jump with a 42'3.5" leap. In the throw, Riley Center would take 3^rd place in shot put (45'1") and 5^th place in Hammer with another PR (138'8"). Pablo Gamez PR'd in the hammer throw with a toss of 134'6" and would finish 8^th in the discus with a throw of 127'8" in his first meet back. Finally, Angel Giron (129'5"), Shaun Theiring (128'7"), and Steven Ruiz (125'8") would take 2,3,4 in the Javelin.

               On the Women's side, Phoebe Forsyth would be the highlight of the distance squad taking 2^nd place in the 5000m run in a time of 18:44.13, finishing behind the reigning Cross Country State Champion. The 4x400 relay team would go on to take 4^th place with a time of 4:21.06. In the field events, Elizabeth Switzer took 1^st again in the Pole vault after clearing 11'5.75." In the long jump, Karolin Espana and Vanessa Chavez would take 7^th and 8^th place with jump of 14'1.25" and 14'1," respectively. Espana would also take 4^th place (30'7.5") in the triple jump and Chavez would take 6^th place (30'3"). Vanessa Portillo and Samantha Torres would highlight the women's throws in the Javelin. Portillo would take 2^nd place in her first competition of the year with a toss of 96'7" and Torres would take 4^th with a toss of 90'5." The team will travel to Moorpark College on the 21^st for the first scoring meet of the season.