The Royals wrapped up their Indoor Track & Field season at the Soka Indoor Qualifier this past weekend and broke four school records at the meet.
Michael Ventura (NA) broke two school records, his first record of the day came in the 60m dash, running a 7.44 winning his heat and finishing 13th overall. Ventura then returned in the 200m and improved on his own school record by running 22.89 and finishing 4
th overall.
The next school record was
Joseph Clemons (SO/Val Verde, CA) in the 600m. Clemons improved on his own school record by running 1:22.32 and finishing 2
nd overall, Clemons missed the Indoor qualifying mark by less than a second and ranks him 51
st in the NAIA in the 600m.
Diego Pineda (FR/Corona, CA) won his race in the 1000m by running 2:43.23 and
Belzasar Haro (SO) ran two events running 2:09.74 in the 800m finishing 11th overall and 5:00.11 in the mile and finishing 15
th overall.
On the women's side,
Emma Timmermans (FR/Santa Ana, CA) broke her own school record in the 3000m by running 10:33.09 winning her heat and finishing 2
nd overall. Timmermans' time missed the Indoor qualifying mark by less than four seconds and ranks 62
nd in the NAIA.
Arlene Magana (FR/Corcoran, CA) ran a new personal record in the 3000m by running 11:33.47 and finishing 18
th overall, while
Aurora Couto (SO/Winchester, CA) also ran the 3000m by running 11:37.67 finishing 19
th overall.
Sofia Gutierrez (SO/Placentia, CA) ran the 200m in 28.93 and finished 17
th overall.
"The coaching staff was very proud of what the athletes accomplished this Indoor season and look forward to the continued success in the upcoming Outdoor season"
Dan Whittington.