BREAKING THE ICE

Saturday, February 28

Claremont, CA

10:00 AM

California Baptist University

Rossi Relays

Photo by: Maribel Ramirez

2/28/2015 10:58:00 PM | Men's Track, Cross Country & Track

By: Maribel Ramirez, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

RESULTS

CLAREMONT, Calif. --- California Baptist University began its season at the Rossi Relays on Saturday, competing in the 3000-meter run and the 4x800 Meter Relay.

The Lancer 3000 was led by junior Bruk Assefa , who posted a time of eight minutes, 45.54 seconds to finish in fifth place out of the 67 total competitors. Senior Bryton Reim crossed the finish line in 13^th place (8:55.98) while Leandro Santillon and David Aguilar finished in 19^th (9:01.55) and 22^nd (9:04.90 ).

Jeremiah Gotts finished his race in 9:05.18 to land the 24^th spot and was followed by Jorge Estrada, who finished 28^th at 9:08.54.

The 4x800 Meter Relay was ran by Tyre Hines, Bismark Kipkilach, Ken Kipkorir and Daniel Swann, who stayed close together and finished in 4^th place clocking in at 8:18.43

"We were happy just to see everyone race well and be competitive," said head coacb Ben Gall. "This was an ice breaker for us."

Teaming up for the men's distance medley included Valentin Robert, Daniel Swann, Lucas Graham and Zach Beimford, who finished in 7^th place (10:20.10) for the A team. While Raul Moreno, Julian Hernandez, Townsend Kaneversky and Zach Beimford finished 23^rd for the B team clocking in at 11:44.15.

The Lancers will head out to the Cal State L.A. Invitational on Mar. 7^th in Los Angeles.