CLAREMONT, CA - Ideal SoCal weather conditions enabled the Leopards to take advantage of warm temps and mostly favorable winds as they competed against NCAA (I, II, & III) and NAIA athletes today at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational. For the second time in 24 hours, the Leopards put up personal best performances, adding 10 more to the year's list. Several Leo's came home with PP Invite Champions t-shirts – the awards earned by heat and flight winners throughout the day.

The Men's day was highlighted by the 800m, where 4 of 5 Leos came home with personal records (PRs). Freshman Nicolas Saenz took 2nd in his heat, running 1:55.97. Next up, Freshman Zyeir Lasley-Shabete PR'd by almost 1 second to hit 1:57.14. The highlight of the day was junior Jared Albaugh, with a 2 second PR and decisive win in his heat, running 1:56.71. In the last two heats Freshman Mateo Cole and Sophomore Marcelo Martinez doubled back from other previous events to also set personal bests in strong races! Earlier in the day, Cole and Junior Andres Flores-Martinez ran great races in a difficult 1500 section to both PR over their races from a few weeks prior, with Flores-Martinez improving his time by almost 5 seconds.

Additional highlights on the day included Freshman Tyler Thomas, who continued his climb on the ULV Track & Field All Time List with a 200m performance of 21.79 that puts him #8 All-Time for the Leopards. The Leopards ended the day at the top of the platform with the 4x400m team of: Thomas, Junior Ivan Estrada, Sophomore Jaden Figeroa, and Junior Joshua Collier - the 4x400m team finished first with a seasonal best time of 3:19.87.

Full Results of the PP Invite can be found here: http://milesplit.live/meets/539659

The Leopards take to the track this week in Claremont for SCIAC #3, where they will face CMS, Cal Tech and Whittier. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10am at the CMS stadium.