Mar 29, 2009

Tigers Compete at Cal/Nevada Championships

WESTWOOD, CALIF. (Mar. 29, 2009) – A number of Occidental College track and field athletes traveled down to UCLA on Saturday and Sunday to partake in the 2009 Cal/Nevada Championships with some of the top performers from all divisions. All of the athletes who qualified for the meet had good weekends, coming away with a number of seasonal and lifetime best performances.

Senior Kera Bartlett provided the highlight of the meet for the Tigers in the women's pole vault. In a competition dominated by Division I athletes, Bartlett rose to the occasion clearing a Division III national leading height of 12’2”. Her vault was good for joint sixth place at the meet and was an 8-inch improvement on her previous best mark of 2009.

First year Claire Larson also produced a seasonal best performance in the 800m. She competed well with her Division I opponents through the first 400m of her race and finished strongly in a time of 2:17.49.

On the men’s side, freshman Eric Kleinsasser dropped an incredible 20 seconds from his life time best in the 5000m. He ran a smart, controlled race from start to finish and was rewarded with a new personal record (PR) of 14:50.49, which ranks him second in the SCIAC for 2009 and is just five seconds away from a National qualifying time.

Another first year who came through with a strong performance was Will Moseley who took advantage of the good competition to record a new lifetime best in the 800m. His time of 1:56.03 was over a second faster than his best time in high school and ranks him first in the conference this year.

Junior Sam Huie also had a good meet in the triple jump as he leapt out to 45’4.25”, which is a new seasonal best mark by two inches.

Below are a selection of videos from the weekend’s meet (each is available in high definition):

Men's Videos

Sam Huie 45'4" TJ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTicPRqZfT8
Will Moseley 800m: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPUGyc9uVFA&feature=channel_page

Women's Videos

Kera Bartlett 12'2" PV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfT1qL6p3wk&feature=channel_page
Claire Larson 800m: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzWGCguSwnE&feature=channel_page

Next up for Occidental is the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational in Claremont, Calif. all day on Saturday, April 4. The team will look to fine-tune as this is the final meet leading up to a pair of SCIAC scoring opportunities.



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Tigers Compete at Cal/Nevada Championships