VU’s Hall claims two GSAC titles

Senior Sarah Hall of Vanguard University claimed individual titles in

the women’s 1,500- and 10,000-meter races at the Golden State

Athletic Conference track and field championships at Point Loma

Nazarene University. Hall won the 10,000 in 37:30.6 on Friday and

1,500 (4:39.25) Saturday.

Azusa Pacific won the men’s team title with 258 points and the

women’s title at 268.

Other Vanguard highlights included freshman Matt Meyer capturing

third place in the men’s 1,500 with a personal best and automatic

national qualifying mark of 3:54.84. The VU men’s 4 x 800 relay team

took first place in 8:09.95 with Meyer, Robbie Jones, Mikael Larsson

and John Nelson.

For the VU women, sophomore Jenny Thune finished fourth in the 800

(2:19.32), while freshman Liz Huipe ran personal-best times in the

10,000 (40:11.6) and 1,500 (4:56.48). Sophomore Bridget Lonsdale also

recorded a personal best in the 10,000 (42:24.9), while VU freshman

Alex Castro and junior Kristina Rojo had personal bests in the

400-meter hurdles in 1:01.07 and 1:14.44, respectively.

Hall, Meyer and Thune are the only Lions to record

national-qualifying times this season.