Meet Results
 
EAGLE ROCK, CA – The Loyola Marymount University Lions men's and women's track and field teams posted banner results on Saturday afternoon at the Oxy Distance Carnival in their first full team meet of the season.
 
The Lion women were led by Lauren Wagner who posted a time of 4:39.56 for a fourth place overall finish in the 1500m. Wagner's time was a personal best and placed her #16 on LMU's All-Time List. She was followed by Shelby Page with her time of 4:56.68, good for 21^st giving LMU two runners finishing in the top 25.
 
Stella Skovborg finished in 37^th place with a time of 5:02.71 followed by Kaitlyn Childress who ran a time of 5:04.20 for 40^th overall.
 
The next event for the Lion women was the 5000m and Samantha Barajas paced all LMU runners for a heat win and 13^th overall place time of 17:39.05. Anastasia Russell followed with a time of 17:46.67 for 18^th place and a spot at #11 on the LMU Freshman All-Time List. Sophia Cortina won her heat of the 5,000m running 19:29.06.
 
Estanis Ruiz led the men's team in the 1500m with his first place finishing time of 3:49.54. Ruiz's time in the 1500m is #3 in the NCAA at that distance this season. His time also put him at #2 on LMU's All-Time List. 
 
Roberto Ruelas finished with a time of 3:54.19 for fifth place putting a pair of Lions in the top 10. Ruelas' time is currently #18 best in the nation and #9 on LMU's All-Time List. 
 
Cooper McCarthy and Adam Trafecanty were the next Lions to cross the line with personal best times of 4:00.53 and 4:01.43, respectively. Daniel Vaca crossed in 25^th place at 4:03.09 for a personal best while Christoph Wallner finished in 27^th with his time of 4:03.54. 
 
Hunter Krasa finished in 34^th place at 4:04.80 followed by Zach Arias at 37^th overall with a time of 4:05.54.
 
The men's team took also to the track in the 800m with Shane Ely posting a personal best time of 1:58.48.  
 
The Lions men posted 10 personal bests on the day. 
 
Both the Lions men's and women's team will hit the track next weekend at the Willie Williams Classic in Tucson, Arizona on Friday, March 18^th and the Franson Classic on Saturday, March 19^th in Azusa, California.