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WALNUT, Calif. – Junior Patrick Kimeli and freshman Valentinas Rudys both clocked season-best times at the 54th annual Mt. SAC Relays on Friday at the Historic Hilmer Lodge Stadium at Mt. San Antonio College.
In the men's 5000m Open-B, Kimeli ran a season-best time of 14:10.91 to place 17th and qualify for the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships. His time is also good for third in the Islanders records, right behind his personal-best time of 14:09.71, set last season at the Mt. SAC Relays.
Rudys also clocked a season-best time of 1:52.10 in the men's 800m to finish fifth in Section 5 and move into fourth place in the Islanders records. The freshman improved his Southland Conference outdoor qualifying time of 1:52.11 set at the Victor Lopez Classic in March.
On Thursday at the Mt. SAC Relays, freshman
Philipp Baar placed fourth in Section 11 of the 1500m with a life-time best of 3:54.23 to move into fifth place in the Islanders records. His time also meets the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships qualifying mark and improves his previous mark of 3:57.07 set at the Texas Relays in March.
Junior
Daniel Barlow clocked a time of 9:36.40 in Section C of the men's 3000m steeplechase to meet the Southland Conference qualifying standard.
Today, the rest of the Islanders men's and women's track and field teams will be competing in the ninth annual J. Fred Duckett Rice Twilight meet on the campus of Rice University at Holloway Track and Ley Field. Both teams will be looking to qualify more Islanders to the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships.
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