Early Saturday afternoon, beneath a resplendent azure sky at Pomona’s sumptuous Strehle track, Tommy Faust of Concordia launched his 800-gram javelin south-southwest through the air, toward the stars. The javelin, in glorious flight over the infield, sailed above the 24th Annual Pomona-Pitzer Track and Field Invitational and the fans, athletes,
Tag: Track and Field
Despite Strong Athletes Elsewhere, P-P Suffers from Absence of Throwers
Think of track and field, and images of people running, jumping, and throwing come to mind. Sprinters running circles at mind-blowing speed; athletes clearing impossible heights with the grace of an animal on the hunt; inhumanly strong competitors heaving heavy objects large distances. The sport is called track and field
Steeple People: Top Track Athletes Compete in an Unusual (and Wet?) Event
It’s not uncommon to hear someone described as “running like the wind.” But what is it like to run like a horse? Try competing in the steeplechase some time, and you will see. What is steeplechase? Take a walk by the track. Undoubtedly, you will find some very large and
A Runner Compares X-Country and Track
Many non-runners often can’t conceive of the difference between track and cross-country is. You just run in both, right? That’s true, but as Quenton Cassidy, the hero of the classic novel about competitive running Once a Runner points out, there is a palpable difference between cross-country and track for a
Stag Track Wins 18th Straight SCIAC Title, While Athenas Win 11th in 15 Years
The Stag and Athena track teams swept the SCIAC Championships this past weekend at Occidental. The Stags won the championship for the 18th straight time and the women won for the 11th time in 15 years. The men had 234.4 points, winning by a margin of 124.3 and the women
Sagecock of the Week
Colin Flynn Men’s Track Year: Freshman Hometown: Bellingham, WA This Weeks Stats: Super-frosh Flynn finished his rookie season with the Pomona-Pitzer track and field team with a phenomenal performance at the 2009 SCIAC Championships. He finished first in the 1500m race with a time of 3:56.25. Additionally, he placed third
Young Stars Step Up for P-P Track Teams at SCIAC Meet
The SCIAC Track and Field Championships, hosted by Occidental College Apr. 25-27, have come and gone for another year. What remains are the great improvement from the men and women of Pomona-Pitzer, with both teams nearly doubling their point totals from the 2008 meet despite losing their top point scorers
Relays Offer a Track and Field Paradise
When I walked onto the track at Mt. San Antonio College for the Mt. SAC Relays, a three-day meet in Walnut, Calif., to watch Anders Crabo PO ’12 race the steeplechase before warming up for my own race, the 10k, I entered the stadium to a swell of nostalgia. Though
CMS Track Teams Sweep SCIAC Multi-Dual Meets
The CMS Stags and Athenas swept the SCIAC multi-dual track meet held on Saturday, Apr. 11 at Whittier College. This is the fifth straight year for the men and fourth straight year for the women that CMS has finished 7-0 in dual meets. The men dominated the conference—the closest dual
Pomona Senior Goads Stags on in Track
A gorgeous Southern California sky heralded the 23rd annual Pomona-Pitzer Invitational on Saturday, Apr. 4. Many professional athletes were in attendance, including several Olympians. Najina Kaltouma of Calgary International Track Club, a citizen of Chad, has qualified for four Olympics and was running in the meet’s 200m and 400m races.