The Pomona-Pitzer track and field women’s spring break destination this year was Occidental College. After competing hard on back-to-back Fridays, March 9 and 17, the women eked out their second win of the season 76-73 against Oxy. It certainly was a rewarding spring recess for the team. The first and official dual
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Men’s Track and Field Falls Narrowly at Occidental Distance Carnival
With nothing clouding their minds besides the Occidental Distance Carnival March 16, Pomona-Pitzer men’s track and field adopted a hardheaded mentality this spring break, suppressing their desires for anything other than sweat, competition and results. “This event marks a major transition point in the season,” team captain Paul Balmer PO ’12 said.
PPWTF Defeats Whittier, Falls to Redlands at CMS Quad Meet
“The meet was… stupendous,” said Coach Kirk Reynolds to the distance crew during practice March 5 after last weekend’s meet against Whittier and Redlands. Though he did not specify why, there are many reasons why a simple dual meet could have been so spectacular. Was it because it was the
Men’s Track and Field Falls Just Short at CMS Quad Meet
The hot Claremont sun bore down on Zinfandel Track March 3 as the Pomona-Pitzer men’s track and field team competed in the CMS quad meet. Captains Paul Balmer PO ’12 and Ryan Meyer PO ’12 trotted out their battalion for a day of millennium-old foot races and exhibitions of strength,
Lydens Prepares for Return to Track
Sunny weather and ’80s clothing are not the only things the Pomona-Pitzer track and field women are looking forward to this Saturday. Before bright leg warmers, side pony tails and dancing to “Jesse’s Girl,” the women tracksters are competing in the second meet of the season, taking place on the
An Ode to the Fastest Man Alive
Usain Bolt is the fastest man in history by a wide margin. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he became the first man to run under 9.7 seconds in the 100-meter sprint, and he also set world records in the 200-meter and the 4×100-meter relay with his Jamaican teammates. Three
Strong Showing by Women’s Track and Field in Opening Meet
A crowd gathers at the track on a sunny yet blustery Saturday in mid-February. Is it a jamboree of underclassmen parents congregating for one of the many organized Parents’ Weekend events? No, it is the famed and eagerly-anticipated Pomona-Pitzer All-Comers Meet. After over a month of preparation, the PPTF women
Johnson and Crabo Qualify for Nationals
Saturday dawned gray, gloomy, and foreboding as runners from across the western United States descended on Claremont for the NCAA West Regional Championships. Representing the hopes and dreams of many a team, the Regional meet is the one definitive way to automatically qualify for the NCAA National Championships, set to
MillerTime: Fall Valuable Assets
Every week, I sit in the TSL office on Wednesday night and try to determine who should represent Pomona-Pitzer athletics as the Sagehen and Sagecock of the Week. Sometimes it’s the athlete who contributed most to a win, sometimes it’s the athlete who completed an amazing game-saving play, sometimes it’s
P-P Athletics Honors Standout Athletes
Pomona-Pitzer Athletics is set to hold its annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony tomorrow. Four former Sagehens, each a champion in their own right, are to be celebrated for their collegiate athletic achievements. Representing softball, men’s cross country and track, women’s basketball and tennis, and men’s basketball, respectively, the honorees