CLAREMONT, Calif. — Caltech Track & Field headed east for the annual Rossi Relays on Saturday, where a number of Beavers earned impressive marks and times both in the field and in the lanes.

Perhaps the most notable performance came out of the men's discus throw, as senior Ezra Johnson (Colombus, Ohio / Columbus Academy) posted his best-ever performance at 43.53 meters (142 feet, 10 inches) to earn third place overall among 19 athletes; the standout placed first among Division III athletes.

With the result, the thrower moves up to fourth all-time in school history for the event. The last time a Caltech man posted a top-4 program mark for discus was in 1999.

Johnson continued his strong day in the shot put, where he earned eighth place overall and third in Div. III with a mark of 12.85m (42' 2").

In the men's high jump, first-year Tyler Gatewood (Corpus Christi, Texas / W.B. Ray) tied for third place overall and tied for first among Div. III opponents. The rookie cleared a height of 1.88m (6' 2"), just missing out on his collegiate best of 1.90m (6' 2.75"), which put him tied for fifth in program history for the event.

Senior Meg Robertson (Nashville, Tenn. / Harpeth Hall) followed up her school-record performance in the women's discus last week with another excellent outing; the star placed eighth overall and first among Div. III athletes on Saturday with an impressive mark of 36.99m (121' 4").

In women's shot put, the Beaver placed 12th place overall and finished first for Div. III with an excellent throw of 10.73m (35' 2.5"). The star reached the program's No. 2 all-time mark of 10.95 (35' 11.25") in the discipline last April.

The thrower wrapped up her excellent meet with a ninth-place finish and second among Div. III in the hammer throw. Robertson registered a 43.82m (143' 9") performance in the event, just missing out on her own school record by about two feet.

Junior Emily Hu (Vancouver, B.C. / Crofton House) followed Robertson in 12th place – third for Div. III – with a personal-record throw of 38.07m (124' 11"). With the result, Hu moves up to third on the program's all-time hammer throw leaderboard.

Junior Jadon Hale (Fort Collins, Colo. / Fossil Ridge) led the Beavers in the men's hammer throw with a personal-record mark of 41.10m (134' 10"), earning him seventh place and third among Div. III competitors. The thrower now moves up to sixth all-time in the men's hammer throw program records. Sophomore David Castillo (Johns Greek, Ga. / Chattahoochee) finished two places later, recording a personal-best throw of 39.65m (130' 1"). Castillo currently sits at eighth all-time in the Caltech hammer throw performance records.

Caltech finished in sixth out of 13 total teams and first among Div. III in the women's 800m sprint medley. Junior Isabela Ceniceros (Mukilteo, Wash. / Kamiak) and first-years Aurelia Kuester (San Diego / Canyon Crest Academy), Isha Goswami (Saratoga, Calif. / Saratoga) and Ivy Brainard (Charlotte, N.C. / Providence Day) combined for a quick time of 2 minutes and .72 seconds. The Beavers just edged out the hosting CMS squad, who finished .04 seconds later.

Juniors Roy Jiang (Vancouver, B.C. / Southridge), Josh Saha (Rye, N.Y. / Hackley) and Cason Shepard (Vancouver, Wash. / Union) joined Gatewood for seventh place and second among Div. III schools in the men's 4x400m with a time of 3:32.26.

Brainard and Goswami returned to the track for the 4x400m, joining junior Sophie Elam (Medford, Ore. / North Medford) and first-year Louise Marie Choi-Schattle (Barrington, R.I. / Barrington) for a tenth place finish and fourth in Div. III. The four Beavers combined for a time of 4:17.38.

The men's 800m sprint medley posted a sixth-place finish after crossing the line at 1:39.45. Shepard, junior Thierno Diallo (The Bronx, N.Y. / Loomis Chafee), Jiang and Saha made up the four competing Beavers.

The men and women will now focus on the programs' first and only home meet of the season this Saturday, in SCIAC Multi-Dual Meet #1. Field action begins at 10 a.m. while track events kick off at 11 a.m. Find more information about the meet here.

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