On Feb. 18, Bakersfield College’s track and field team had a meet here at BC with College of the Sequoias and College of the Canyons.
Even though the weather conditions were terrible, Canyons had a great day and took most of the events, but BC took a lot of events also and got a good contribution from Darien Moore who competed in the shot put, discus throw and the hammer throw.
BC also took the high jump thanks in part to George Robbins, who got up to 6 feet 8 inches in the event.
“I expected to win but I was surprised how well I did because there was some tough competition out there,” Robbins said.
Robbins also thought his focus was laid back so it took the pressure off to perform at his best.
In the 800-meter run Ryan Taylor, a sophomore, took it with a come-from-behind victory with a time of 2:06.47. When asked about his comeback victory Taylor said, “It’s my running style to pace myself and take the lead at the end.” He also said he felt that that was his best 800 all year but felt that there was a lot more room for improvement.
?The closest race of the day was in the men’s 100-meter dash, which was decided by nine-hundredths of a second with Canyon’s Davis Osmund able to hold off BC’s Adam Clayton. Clayton was really frustrated with losing such a close race and the fact that the starter gun messed up at first. “I really thought I was going to win, but the gun messing up really affected me,” he said.
Coach David Frickel said about his team’s performance, “We did okay, I’m starting to see some real improvement from the throwers. I saw some improvement from Amanda Mosby. I also thought Darien Moore and Sarena Underwood had a good meet.”
He thought that everyone did a good job dealing with the weather.
“I think we still need to get better in shape but I think the new people are starting to get adjusted to the tougher competition from the [Community College] level,” said Frickel.
From this point on, BC will be in a lot more meets with schools from their conference.
The team will compete at Antelope Valley College on March 4 against Saddleback College, College of the Canyons and San Bernardino College.