Concordia Irvine Athletics

Eagles Track & Field Host Inaugural Team 4 Titus & Ely Track Meet

Apr 04 | 11:44 AM

Kelly Dullard

The Concordia Eagles competed in the Team 4 Titus & Ely Track Meet on Eagles Track Saturday, April 2^nd.  The women finished first scoring 41 points and the men were second with 39 points.

Team 4 Titus & Ely is a cause for Eagle's head coach Danny Bowman's two young sons who have been diagnosed with late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, an extremely rare genetic disease also called Batten disease.

A GoFundMe page was created by assistant coach Carrie Sherburne to help offset the mounting costs of caring for the boys.

Donations to the Bowman family can be made at gofundme.com/team 4titus. Their story can be followed on Facebook at facebook.com/ Team4TitusEly and on Bekah's blog at youcantsteal myjoy.wordpress.com.

In the 100 meter dash, freshman Sarah Herron took first place with a time of 11.90 seconds.  In third and fourth was freshman Monica Craft (12.50) and senior Mishayla Gunderson (12.90).

Sarah Herron took her second first place finish of the day in the 200 meter dash.  She recorded a time of 25.00 seconds.  Right behind Herron was senior Jennifer Goacher, who tied for second at 25.10 seconds.  Freshman Fatoumata Wague was fourth (25.40) and Monica Craft was fifth (26.20).  Mishayla Gunderson took seventh running a time of 26.60 seconds.

Jennifer Goacher won the 400 meter dash with a time of 59.00 seconds.

In the 800 meter run, senior Ashley Bell was second, posting a time of 2:19.00 and freshman Ashley Sands was third (2:28.00).  Freshman Jocelyn Macias was fifth (2:35.00), freshman Bethany Newton took sixth (2:37.00), and senior Jasmine Barron placed seventh (2:38.00).  Junior Kendall Gallegos crossed in ninth with a time of 2:42.00.

Freshman Bethany Newton was the top finisher for the Eagles in the 1,500 meter run placing seventh with a time of 5:18.00.  Jocelyn Macias finished a second behind in eight with a time of 5:19.00.  In ninth was Jasmine Barron (5:20.00) and in tenth was Ashley Sands (5:22.00).  Kendall Gallegos took 11^th (5:32.00).

The Eagles took first, second, and third in the 100 meter hurdles when freshman Ashley Harrison crossed first at 15.50 seconds.  Freshman Jenna Lanskey was second (15.80 seconds) and freshman Caitlyn Opulencia was third (16.70 seconds).

In the 400 meter hurdles, freshman Taylor Waner placed third, posting a time of 1:16.00.

On the men's side, junior Brett Hayes started things off in the 100 meter hurdles, placing first with a time of 11.10.  Freshman Paul Romero tied for second with a time of 11.20 seconds. 

In the 200 meter dash, Brett Hayes took second with a time of 22.40 seconds, just behind Westmont's Jonathan Harrell. 

Junior David Emeche took third in the 400 meter dash crossing with a time of 53.00 seconds.

Senior Robert Blackwell tied for first in the 800 meter run with Westmont's Evan Kramer, both posting times of 1:58.00.  Freshman Tyler Arnold took third (2:01.00) and freshman Jayson Baker was sixth (2:06.00).  Freshman William Best and Andres Avelar were tied for seventh (2:11.00).

Robert Blackwell won his second event of the day after taking first in the 1,500 meter hurdles (4:01.00).  Jayson Baker was fourth (4:31.00).
Freshman Joshua Fry won the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 16.50.

Junior Cameron McLeod won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 59.20 seconds.  Josh Fry was third (1:01.40).

In the 2,000 meter steeplechase, junior David Pleitez was fifth posting a time of 6:35.00.  Paul Romero finished seventh at 9:17.00.

The Eagles took third in the mixed 4 x 100 meter relay with a time of 1:00.00.  They were second in the mixed 4 x 800 meter relay (8:14.00) and fourth (10:09.00).

The Eagles are back in action in the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational in Claremont on Saturday April 9^th at 10 am.