CLAREMONT, Calif. - The LMU men's distance medley relay team has officially entered the Lion record books. Â
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On February 24, the track team competed in the Rossi Relays hosted by Pomona-Pitzer and the men's distance relay team broke a longstanding LMU record held by recent Hall of Fame inductee Weston Strum and current track and cross country assistant coach
John Pickhaver.Â
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Jacob Wiggers, Shane Ely, Will Luders and Adam Trafecanty shattered the previous record by over four seconds, recording a 10:05.56. Trafecanty ran the anchor and split a 4:09 mile time.Â
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Ben Brown Invitational HighlightsÂ
- Jacob Wiggers finished third in the 1500-meters and set the No. 8 mark all-time at LMU with a 3:52.82.Â
- Freshman Stephen Cummings set a personal best in the 1500 with a 4:01.76.Â
- Lauren Wagner had a strong race in the 1500 with a 4:46.62 and also in the 800 with a 2:18.67.Â
- Tessa Kline also had strong 1500 (4:58.76)Â and 800 (2:29.40)Â races.Â
- Trafecanty finished second overall in the 5K, just a little over a second behind the winner.Â
- Luders won his heat of the 5K with a mad dash to the finish and had a massive PR, posting a 14:48.22.Â
- Shelby Page (18:30.26) and Hayden Washington (17:10.96) both posted huge PRs in the 5K. Page improved 46 seconds while Washington finished 19th overall and improved 31 seconds.Â
- Kennedy Bartee made her debut in the women's 3K steeplechase and 12:28.72. Â
- The women's 400-meter runners all had strong runs, Sydney Douglas (1:04.25), Katie Power (1:05.31) and Zoe Chang (1:05.34).Â
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Bob Larsen Distance Carnival HighlightsÂ
- Washington was the top finisher for the Lions in the women's 1500-meter, posting a time of 4:43.20 and finishing tenth overall.Â
- Page had a strong showing in the 1500 as well, with a time of 4:52.85.Â
- Freshman Simon Worku also had a solid showing on the men's side of the 1500. He posted a 4:01.96 amid a very strong showing from LMU. He was behind Luders (3:58.59), Wiggers (3:54.61), and Ely (3:50.96).Â
- Cummings finished second in the men's 3K steeplechase, finishing second overall with a time of 9:36.95.Â
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Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee InvitationalÂ
- Ely finished second overall in the men's 800-meters, a hair behind first with a time of 1:54.18.Â
- Wagner notched a solid effort in the women's 800-meters, finishing ninth overall in 2:23.27.Â
- Power also had a strong showing in the 800, posting a time of 2:29.87.Â
- Chang was the top Lion in the women's 200-meters, finishing in 27.55.Â
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The Lions are in action on Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30 at the Mike Fanelli Classic hosted by San Francisco State. Live results are available
here.Â
