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FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
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MADE TO BE BROKEN
Courtesy Jared Prescott
General business freshman Piero Ramirez hands the baton off to his brother general business sophomore Mario Ramirez in relay race. The brothers helped lead their four man relay team to a school record time of 44.07 seconds this season.
Pack sets seven new school records By Etefia Umana Contributing Writer Records were meant to be broken seems to be the personal mantra of many members on the Loyola Track and Field team this season. Following an indoor season where the men’s team broke nearly every school record in the event that they participated in and the women broke a few of their own, the team’s successes
have carried over greatly into the outdoor season. The Wolf Pack has broken a total of 21 records during this outdoor season, many of them being marks that current members of the team set during this season. “I’d say it’s definitely focused us in a way. It’s like a tangible result of the hard work we put in practice and what we can do together as a team,” William Maye, sprinter, middle-distance
and economics sophomore said. Maye, along with general business freshman Piero Ramirez, general business sophomore Mario Ramirez, and management senior Claude Nelson have broken the school record for the outdoor 4x400 meter relay on five different occasions this season in addition to breaking the indoor record. As it now stands at the end of the season, they have lowered the mark by fourteen seconds, a
significant drop in time. The women’s team has broken records in relays as well in the 4x100 and 4x400 meter. The two relay teams are nearly the same, consisting of psychology senior Alexandra Lain, visual arts senior Sarah Tortorich and accounting freshman Candace Johnson. The third legs differ with biological science sophomore Harley Augustine in the 4x100 and visual arts sophomore Emma Larson in the 4x400.
The only individual sprinter to have broken a record this season is Piero Ramirez, who did so in the 400 meters. He has broken the record on twice this season. Records have not just been limited to sprinting events. In middle distance, biological science junior Denise Powell lowered the mark for the 800 meter by two seconds after beating the record twice
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