Fullerton, CA - The Hope International men's outdoor track and field team continued their season with strong performances at the Pomona-Pitzer Invite in Claremont, CA on Saturday, April 8.

The first new school record was set by Ricardo Cruz in the 1500m with a time of 3:59.02 finishing in 6^th place in his heat.  Cruz improved his time by over 4 seconds and beat the old school record by 1 second.  With Cruz's time he now has the #13 fastest time in the GSAC and #40 fastest time in the NAIA. The second new school record was set by Teddy Ochieng in the 100m with a time of 11.49, winning his heat.  Ochieng broke the school record in his first time running the 100m.  Ochieng's time ranks him #14 in the GSAC.

Teddy Ochieng - 11.49 in 100m - 1^st place in heat and Personal Record(PR); 23.20 in 200m - 2^nd place in heat and PR 

Marcus Abendanio - 12.22 in 100m - 5^th place in heat; 25.19 in 200m - 5^th place in heat Season Record (SR)

Taysir Mack - 12.36 in 100m - 6^th place in heat and SR;

Michael Ventura - 23.29 in 200m - 5^th place in heat; 56.60 in 400m Hurdles - 3^rd place in heat and PR

Ricardo Cruz - 1:58.79 in 800m - 2^nd place in heat and PR; 3:59.02 in 1500m - 6^th place in heat and PR

Luis Diaz - 2:05.72 in 800m - 6^th place in heat and PR; 4:14.99 in 1500m - 4^th place in heat and SR

Morgan Faunce - 2:14.34 in 800m - 9^th place in heat and SR; 4:29.25 in 1500m - 11^th place in heat

Men's 400m Relay - 45.12 - 3^rd place in heat - Taysir, Michael, Marcus, Teddy 

Adrian Smith - competed in the Long Jump but unfortunately did not jump a legal jump

The Track & Field team competed next on April 14 & 15 at the Beach Invitational at Long Beach State.