The Raider Men's and Women's Track and Field teams hosted their 6^th annual Season Opener Track meet on Friday, February 2^nd.  

For our freshmen Raider Track & Field athletes, this was their first college track meet.  These highlights will focus on our freshmen Raiders!

Freshman Denver Mack-Reyes competed in 7 event Heptathlon over two days and came away with the fastest 200m time and placed 2^nd overall.   

On Friday, The Raiders hosted a total of 9 schools. Four community colleges (Bakersfield, Cuesta, Santa Barbara and Riverside) and 5 universities (Arizona Christian, Cal Lutheran, Master's, Vanguard and Whittier) joined us.  

Top freshman for the Lady Raiders was Mayagrace Wilson who took 2^nd in the 60m with a time of 7.96 and was on the 4^th place 4x400m relay team.

Kailani Chisholm had a great day placing 7^th in the 60m (8.31), 4^th in the long jump (4.85m) and running on the 4^th place 4x400m relay team. 

Mariah Kendrick tied for 6^th in the high jump with a jump of 1.45m (4'9").  

For the throwing events, by the time the women's shot put started it was dark so the ladies threw by the warm glow of the golf carts!  Madison Reeder threw the discus 33.51m for a 6^th place finish and placed 14^th in the shot put (8.14m).  Erin Winston was 11^th in the discus (27.97) and 18th in the shot put (7.36m).

Additional performances by freshmen Lady Raiders include Morgan Blank in the 60m Hurdles (11.49) and Ada Muzoglu in the 1500m (6:29).

On the men's side, the freshmen had several amazing performances!  In a field of 48 athletes, freshmen Rashad Shamburger, Tyler Zeedik and Carson Zeedik placed 4^th, 7^th and 14^th with times of 7.06, 7.21and 7.27, respectively!!!  Alexander Gutierrez was 33^rd (7.62).

 In the 600m run, Christian Brady-Breton ran 1:27 for an 8^th place finish while teammates Jonathan Castro(1:29) and Devin Heinemann (1:34) placed 17^th and 23^rd, respectively.   

Tyler Smith was the 7^th fastest time in the 3K (8:52) and to finish the night on the track, the men's 4x400m relay team placed 2^nd overall (3:28).   

Highlights in the field events for the Freemen Raiders include a 3^rd place long jump performance by Tyler Zeedik (6.40m) and a 5^th place finish by his brother, Carson Zeedik (6.28m).   

In the throws, Kade Larson placed 4^th in the discus (44.60m) and Eric Glover took 6^th with his 12.75m shot put toss.  

Of the 33 men in the discus, Ian Burr finished 16^th (33.80m) while teammates Alex Rivera (29.83m), Logan Clarke (29.59m), Angel Ortega (29.30m) and K.C. Lewis (27.46m) also had good season openers!

Angel Ortega (9.49m), Alex Rivera (9.16m) Logan Clarke (8.33m) and K.C. Lewis (8.86m) also had good season openers in the shot put.

For the hammer throw, only Ian Burr was able to get a mark because the event was cancelled due to darkness. His throw of 29.16m placed him 9^th overall.     It is time to get lights!

The Raiders next will compete at the Bakersfield College Battle of the Regions on Friday, February 9^th.