P-P sport expenses: How rosters and post season travel affect the budget

Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) athletics experienced significant fluctuations in expenses from the 2022-23 to the 2023-24 season. With a 364 percent increase in expenses for baseball between seasons and a $241,340 decrease for football, patterns emerge for athletes and students alike.

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Rat Race on a whole other level; after leaving CMS and PP track three athletes compete for spots on Olympic Marathon team

5C Track and Field alumni enter in a different type of rat race at the olympic marathon trials; Jesse Joseph HM ‘17, Sara Passani CMC ‘15 and Maya Weigel PO ‘17 qualified for the olympic trials and race for an opportunity to represent the nation in the olympic marathon.

“I took a step away from competitive running for a few years as I settled into post grad life and was working an incredibly demanding job,” said Passani to CMS distance in the days leading up to the race. “I knew for a few years that my goal was to qualify for the Olympic trials in the marathon and in my first marathon back from taking time away, I did just that.”

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CMS looks toward SCIAC championship after a record setting OIDFE meet

A Sixth-street classic to start the season! The Stags and Athenas raced to defend last season’s SCIAC titles at OIDFE, their home opener on Saturday, Jan. 27. “I think we need to adjust and get used to the man-up man-down scenarios and perfect our zone defense,” Audrey Jacklyn PZ ‘27 said. “I think UCLA was able to crack our zone a little and seal pretty well on cuts.”

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In the season’s final sprint, CMS track and field is looking to run it back

Hurdling the competition, CMS Track and Field is leaving the SCIAC in the dust as both the Athenas and the Stags are looking for back to back conference titles.

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Q&A: Masters athlete Linda Cohn on her world record-breaking performance at P-P All-Comers track and field meet

She might be learning new tricks, but she’s always had that dawg in her. Besting college seniors as a senior citizen, javelin thrower, Linda Cohn, broke the world record for her age group at a Pomona-Pitzer track meet. Competing for the first time in her 50s, ‘Javelinda’ spoke on her domination of the sport and finding fun in athletics.

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CMS, P-P track and field record best times, stadium record at first major meet of season

P-P’s annual All-Comers track meet this past Saturday resulted in a new Strehle track men’s mile record and many athletes moving up in national rankings.

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Spring sports face an uncertain future. Here’s what athletics might look like

Three months out from the spring semester, there’s still a lot up in the air — including whether student-athletes will be able to resume competition. 

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Athlete profile: Track and field sprinter Emil Adams PO ’23 working on farm to stay active

As the COVID-19 pandemic closed the 5Cs’ campuses, halted sports competition and complicated the reopening of hometown gyms, athletes have found creative ways to stay in shape during this forced off-season — and Emil Adams PO ’23 is building a yurt. The Pomona-Pitzer track and field sprinter moved from his hometown

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