Results
LOS ANGELES – The University of Redlands Track and Field teams completed day one of the 2025 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championships hosted by Occidental College Saturday with the men sitting in seventh place with three points and the women in third with 30 points. Athletes earn 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points for their finishes in the finals.
Men
The Bulldog men have a lot of future points tied up in their Decathletes as Jacob Huset (Tacoma, WA) and Corte Peterson (Tabernash, CO) are currently one-two with 3,653 and 3,382 points, respectively after five of the 10 events. Nikolas Sorich (San Jose, CA) is sixth with 3,151 points. If they finish in those spots that would score the team 21 points.
Among the qualifiers were Derek Pangilinan (Rosamond, CA) in the 100m (10.76) running the 10th-fastest time in program history and the second fastest on the day. He also made the final of the 200m (22.02).
Aram Sarkissian (Newbury Park, CA) ran the third fastest (49.90) 400m qualifying for the final. Right behind him was Patrick Lang II (San Antonio, TX) (50.10). Ronan Byrne (Portola Valley, CA) won his 1500m heat (3:59.91). Jude Holling (Sylmar, A) continued his great freshman season with a third-seed qualifying time in the 100m Hurdles (14.88) and a second-seed qualifying time in the 400m Hurdles (55.55).
He did not score in the 3000m Steeplechase, but Joseph O'Donnell (Fullerton, CA) ran a 9:36.19 finishing ninth, one spot outside the scoring ranks, as he ran the sixth-fastest time in program history.
Scoring two points with a seventh place finish in the Pole Vault was Cody Bain (Santa Ana, CA) who cleared 4.12m (13' 6.25") on his third attempt at the height. Nate Reinhard was eighth with one point after getting over 3.97m (13' 0.25") on his second attempt.
Women
The Bulldogs are currently third with 30 points, three behind second place Pomona-Pitzer, one ahead of fourth place Chapman University, five ahead of fifth place Caltech, and 34 behind the leader Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
In the Heptathlon there are 29 points up for grabs if the five Bulldog athletes finish in their current positions. Elisabeth Eichinger (Yucaipa, CA) holds the lead with 2,733 points. Ella Bachmeier (Rancho Capistrano, CA) is second with 2,705 points, Madison Eaton (Rocklin, CA) is fourth with 2,105 points, Shaylee Heron (Lake Havasu, CA) is fifth with 2,078 points, and Gift James (Fontana, CA) is seventh with 1,845 points.
Qualifying for the finals Sunday are Sabrina Semmere (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) in the 100m (12.46) and 200m (25.02) as she will be seeded fourth and second, respectively. Her 200m time is the seventh-fastest in program history. Sabrina Tanouye qualified eighth in the 100m (12.66).
Faith Kasper (Menifee, CA) is sixth in the 400m (58.42). Eichinger ran fifth in the 100m Hurdles (15.87) and Heron will be the eight seed (17.37). In the 400m Hurdles Bachmeier is third (64.01).
Eve Mavy (Thayne, WY) scored four points in the 3000m Steeplechase (11:17.69) as she ran the fifth-fastest time in program history.
The big points came from the Long Jumpers led by Maigan Adams (Los Angeles, CA) who was crowned the SCIAC Champion with a mark of 5.64m (18' 6") on her sixth and final attempt. Eichinger brought home eight points after a second jump of 5.38m (17' 8"). Christen Wiley (South San Francisco, CA) took fourth with a jump of 5.24m (17' 2.25") on her second attempt.
Keegan Sherry (Shoreline, WA) led the throwers with three points and a sixth place finish in the Javelin (33.89m, 111' 2").
The Bulldogs will have their Decathletes begin the day at 11:00 a.m. and the Heptathletes at 12:00 p.m. before the field events resume at 3:00 p.m. and the running events at 4:30 p.m. All events tomorrow are finals.
