Banner Day for Oregon Tech Track at Sunshine Open

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Oregon Tech men and women's track and field team had a banner day at the Sunshine Open at Westmont College on Saturday as the Owls hit four NAIA – Indoor Qualifiers, broke one school record and won 10 total events.

A – Qualifiers
Chris Ramirez in 1K 2:29.79
Danielle De Castro in 1K 3:00.9
Cindy Reed in 5K 17:38
Hunter Drops in the Pole Vault 4.60m 15-01
 
"We had a fantastic meet," said head coach Jack Kegg. "I asked the athletes to come compete today and they responded with an outstanding effort. Westmont is a conference power in the GSAC. Our track team is going to be fun to watch progress through the season."
 
Donnie Pate won 60 meter dash and set a school record in a time of 7.02

 Top Finishers
60 M Dash
Donnie Pate 1st
Lucas Jones 4th Mark Hodge 5th
 
3,000 M 
Susie Garza 1st
Hannah Mason 2nd
 
5,000 M
Cindy Reed 1st
 
400 M
Lily Lavine 2nd
 
Angel Valdez 1st
Josiah Stroup 2nd
 
800 M
Ricky Garcia 1st
 
600 M
Amber Von Essen 3rd
 
Travis Thomas 3rd
200 M
Donnie Pate 2nd
Angel Valdez 3rd
 
1,000 M
Danielle De Castro 1st
Delani Dietrich 3rd
Susie Garza 4th
 
Chris Ramirez 1st
Paul Wyatt 2nd
 
5,000 M
Victor Rios 3rd
 
M 4 X400 
Valdez, Wyatt, Stroup, Thomas 1st
 
Pole Vault 
Nishi Chase 3rd
 
Hunter Drops 1st
 
High Jump
Nishi Chase 3rd
 
Shot
Allison Young 3rd
 
Javelin
Hunter Drops 1st

Press release from Oregon Tech Sports Information.