You’re standing in a jersey at the free-throw line. The crowd is crazy, and resounding from the stadium you hear your name and from one side, cheers. From the other, the cheers are not so nice. It’s the championship game and it all comes down to this moment. Down to
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PPXC Runs Strong at Stanford Invitational; Maintains No. 1 West Ranking
The Bay Area was foggy last Saturday morning, but the sun still decided to smile down on the Pomona-Pitzer men’s cross country team as they made their way to the Stanford University Invitational in Palo Alto. For the first road trip taken to a race in a few years (excepting
Lydens, Freese Race in Friendly Competition at Stanford
Last weekend, a golf course in Palo Alto got a whole lot more than it bargained for. Yellow and orange flags, stakes, and powdered chalk covered the grass, along with hundreds of pairs of Nike and Adidas rubber-soled racing flats—but Pomona-Pitzer standout Annie Lydens PO ’13 prefers her red and
PPXC Beans CMS, Tops West Region
As cheers resonated at the UC Riverside Cross Country Invitational last Saturday, men’s PPXC asserted their dominance, placing 11th overall—one spot above rival CMS and better than any other team in Division III. On Wednesday, the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) ranked P-P 26th in
Men’s Track Looking to Finish Strong in All-SCIAC Meet This Weekend
By the time The Student Life hits newspaper stands today, SCIAC Track and Field Championships will be just hours away. Dozens of athletes from all eight teams (and 11 schools) of which the league consists will be on their way past the P-P baseball field and Sontag Greek Theatre toward
Women’s Track Beats Heat, CalTech at CMS Four-Way
“The heat was just so heavy,” Pitzer junior Kayla Eland said. “It was pressing down on us, and with each lap it felt like my legs were wading through quicksand and my lungs were going to collapse. Not to mention, my mouth was as dry as a bone.” Laments of
Trackstars Overheat; Drop Meet to Caltech
The members of Pomona-Pitzer’s men’s track team awoke last Saturday morning to blue skies and already-rising temperatures. Unfortunately, they had to spend the majority of the day at Claremont McKenna—among Claremont Mckennaites—and what’s more, they had to participate in the not-always-delightful festivities of a track and field meet. This meet
Men’s Track Performs Admirably in P-P Invitational
At 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, the starter’s gun sounded for the first time of the day, kicking off the 25th annual Pomona-Pitzer Track and Field Invitational. Just 14.44 seconds later the winner of the first and fastest heat of the men’s 110-meter hurdles crossed the line. Over eight
Women’s Track Thrives at PP Invitational
Over 1,300 pairs of shoes stomped on Strehle track last Saturday, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational Track Meet. Known fondly by P-P tracksters as the “P-P Invite,” every year the Sagehens and Sagecocks look forward to the sudden influx of the perfect balance of “toned’n’tan” athletes gracing
PP Men’s Track Gears Up for Invitational
The men's track and field team is a unique cadre of young studs. With personal goals ranging from the acquisition of DFMO-worthy washboard abs, to the setting of NCAA National Championship qualifying marks, each man attends daily practices and Saturday competitions with a distinct air of determination about him. This