This year’s track and field team has been all about progression and improvement from meet-to-meet and is closing in on the climax of their season.
“We seem to be improving with every meet,” said men’s track and field head coach Dave Frickel. “The men have been improving a lot faster than the women mostly because the lack of depth the women have on the team. The person who far exceeded my expectations was Darien Moore. His continuous improvement from last year to this year has been incredible.”
Darien Moore is fourth in the hammer throw in Southern California and is first in shot put in Southern California.
Swimming
Bakersfield College’s swim team has been filled with promise and record-breaking performances.
“I would give this year, so far, a B, because we still need to work on some small things, like focusing better,” said swiming head coach Charlie Pike. “The most impressive swimmer this year has been Brian Collier, who set a school record in the 200-meter, but even more impressive is he will get in any race that I put him.”
“The moments that defined our season are when we were at the Cuesta [invitational]. The girls placed fifth, and that’s when Collier set the record,” said Pike.
Collier broke the meet-record in the 200-meter with a time of 1:56.18.
Men’s golf
This golf season started with some promise but recently has been a struggle.
Coach Kalivas said, “this season has been disappointing and inconsistency has been our biggest problem. If I had to give this season a grade it would be a D, D for dumb.”
The struggles continued for the golf team on April 11 when they played a conference meet at Rio Bravo.
BC ended up sixth, out of seven schools.
“Not having a consistent team showing up, it’s hard for us to build any chemistry as a team and that’s a big reason why we haven’t shown up consistently. With two matches remaining it is important that we try to end on a good note and to qualify.”
Men’s tennis
Men’s tennis was rained out April 7, and did not play any games. They are tentatively rescheduled to play against Glendale College on April 14. BC had one player, Nik Jacobs, placed in the conference championships, which will be played April 15 and 16 at an undecided location.