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Making Moves in Irvine

The Biola Track and Field teams made their way onto the podium, set records, and honored the Lord on Saturday at the Vince O’Boyle Track and Field Classic.

March 29, 2025

IRVINE, Calif. --- The Biola track and field teams left a good impression in Irvine on the second day of the Vince O'Boyle Track and Field Classic. The Eagles brought home five podium finishes, 23 top ten finishes and a handful of personal bests on Saturday. 

Maggie Williams had a stellar day as she recorded a first place finish in the women's 800 dash. Not only did she set a new personal best, but she also beat a meet record by 2.33 seconds and set an NCAA provisional mark.

Joley Sproul tallied Biola's next podium finish in the women's 400 hurdles. She set a new personal best with her second place 1:03.29 mark. 

The women continued to shine on the podium as Hailey Wurzbach picked up a third place finish in the women's 1500 run. Teammate, Jaina Kang, was right behind her as she crossed the finish line just .87 seconds behind her for the fifth place spot and a personal best. 

The men's 4x100 relay team grabbed the fourth podium finish with their speedy 41.28 time matching a meet record. Joshua Widdows, Donovan Tommy, Tyler Poltl and Matthew Kaloustian finished just one second behind Cal State Northridge's relay team who broke the meet record for first place. 

On the women's side of the 4x100 relay, Priscilla Jones, Audrey Mousa, Kailey Centers and Caden Hunter finished in fifth with a time of 47.72, .05 seconds better than their previous mark. 

Widows raced in the men's 110 hurdles and logged a 14.68 fifth place finish against 13 other runners. 

In the women's 100 hurdles, two Eagles placed in the top ten of 23. Ebose Omofoma finished in sixth at the 14.39 mark and Hannah Hanson followed two seconds later for the tenth place spot. 

Joaquin Ramirez recorded a high fourth place finish in the men's 400 hurdles. His finish time of 54.53 missed the podium by just half of a second. 

Biola had another pair of Eagles finish in the top ten of the men's 200 dash of 34. Kaloustian and Widdows recorded fourth and eighth place finishes, adding to Biola's total of 23 on the day. 

The Eagles represented well on both sides of the 400 dash as they had three finish in the top ten. For the women, Jaden Murray finished in eighth out of 24 with her 58.33 time. Jack Sapyta and Quinn Shavey were the two to do it for the men as Sapyta recorded a 49.44 sixth place finish and Shavey followed in tenth just one second later. 

Luke Poarch and Jeremiah Echevarria highlighted Biola's name in the ninth and tenth spots of the men's 1500 run, finishing less than a second apart from each other. 

The men picked up another two top ten finishes in the men's 100 dash as Matthew Kaloustian and Donovan Tommy finished in sixth and ninth place. Tyler Poltl followed in 11th with a 10.89 personal best. 

Ariana Quintana, Hanson, Williams, and Autumn Murray put together a 3:55.19 sixth place finish in the women's 4x400 relay against 11 other teams. 

On the field side of things, Reanna Maroon found her way onto the podium in the women's pole vault where she placed third with her 3.55 mark. 

In the women's high jump, Omofoma made her way into the top ten with her 1.61m jump for the nine spot. 

Head Coach Sean Henning spoke on the day: "We've got a great group of athletes who are putting in a tremendous amount of work and for the most part, they compete hard. We feel like we are just a couple small tweaks away from some pretty great things. Most of them want to honor the Lord in the way they perform, we are trying to help them find the balance between pride and arrogance as an athlete and competing really hard for the Lord." 

The Eagles are back in action on Thursday, April 3rd at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic in San Francisco. 
 
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