The 2011 men’s and women’s Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference track & field Championships had a plethora of memorable moments and none was more exciting than the final throw of Kelly Young’s SCIAC career as she broke a 25 year old Meet record in the shot put to etch her name in yet another record book.
Young won three of the four events she was entered in. On Friday she earned a pair of victories in the hammer and discus. Once Young found a rhythm, she tossed the hammer 165’8” before meeting an NCAA Provisional qualifying mark in the discus with a throw of 147’5”, nearly five feet further than she threw two weeks ago. She won the discus by over 27 feet.
On Saturday, Young added a third and ever-so-memorable gold medal to her repertoire. Not only did she earn an Automatic berth to the NCAA Championships, but her throw, more than nine feet further than her closest competition, 47’2½” was centimeters further than Cassandra Dumas (Redlands) threw the shot at the 1986 SCIAC Championship Meet. Young improved her shot throw by more than eight feet from her last outing. Young placed second in the javelin with a 130’3”.
Lauren Johnson was steps off the first place pace in the 100 meter hurdles, finishing second in 15.52.
Meghan Fruth and Ayana Foster produced solid performances in the 400 meter dash, going 3-4 in 58.55 and 59.00, respectively.
In the 3000 meter Steeplechase Eliza Dornbush was fourth in 11:35.05 and Tara Saxena was fifth in 11:41.43.
The men’s team saw two different men reach the podium.
Freshman Jonathan Padron won the 100 meter dash in 10.89 battling a head wind. Earlier this season Padron earned a Provisional Qualifying mark in the event.
After winning the preliminaries on Friday, junior Will Moseley came back to improve his 800 meter race time to 1:53.93 to win by half a second and earn the top spot in the league. The Tigers were 1-2-3 with less than 50 meters to go but finished 1-2-4, ultimately. Avery Mainardi was second in 1:54.43 with Thomas Cahuzac just behind in 1:55.42.
Leading the 5K for more than 95 percent of the race, Eric Kleinsasser was out kicked down the stretch to finish second in 14:59.68.
Overall, the men’s team title went to the University of Redlands, who dethroned Claremont-Mudd-Scripps who had won the previous 19 SCIAC Titles. The CMS women, however, earned the team title.
A number of athletes will be back in action next Saturday, May 7 when the Tigers host their Annual Oxy Invitational, which draws high caliber competition from all over the region. Events begin at 8:00 a.m. and run throughout the course of the day.
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