Men’s Relay Team Leads Owls at SF Distance Carnival

/
sfd.jpg
Oregon Tech Owl Head.jpg

HAYWARD, Calif. – The Oregon Tech men's relay teams had a good at the San Francisco Distance Carnival as they broke a school record and won two events at Chabot College Saturday.
 
The men's 4 x 100m team composed of Josiah Stroup, Donnie Pate (Pictured), Angel Valdez and Travis Thomas broke the School record on the way to winning the event in a time of 42.52 beating the old mark of 42.71.
 
The men's 1600 Sprint medley team composed of Paul Wyatt, Pate, Valdez, and Thomas finished 1st in a time 3:31.09. The race is 200m-200m-400m-800m.  
 
Women's Highlights Day 2
 
Susie Garza finished 2nd in her section in the 800 in a time of 2:14.41 hitting an NAIA "B" qualifying mark and just missing the school record she holds at 2:13.98
 
Amber Von Essen took 6th in 400m hurdles in a time of 65:93 which is now 5th all-time at OIT.
 
Men's Highlights Day 2
 
Seth Gretz finished in 2nd place in the 110 hurdles in a time of 14.97 just shy of an NAIA "B" and just behind his school record of 14.77
 
Travis Thomas finished 2nd in the 400m in a time of 48.97 now #2 at OIT just off the school record set by Jgwon Hogges of 48.08 in 2008.
 
Donnie Pate was 8th in the 100 m in a time of 11.03 in a packed field of NCAA DI and DII runners as he is now 5th all-time at OIT.
 
Hunter Drops was 2nd in Javelin with an NAIA "A" qualifying throw of 57.54 (188'-9")
 
Up next is the Chico Distance Carnival & Twilight April 6 & 7 at Chico State University.

Press release from Oregon Tech Sports Information.

This sports update is brought to you by Ace Towing and Gaucho Collective. 

If you would like to support Sports in the Klamath Basin, visit https://www.klamathfallsnews.org/advertising/ for more details.