REDLANDS, Calif. – A half-dozen Beavers represented Caltech Track & Field at Friday's Redlands Invitational, hosted by University of Redlands, showing improvement in their latest tune-up before the next SCIAC multi-dual meet.

The highest mark of the day came in the men's 1500 meters, as senior Kyle Piper (Lafayette, Colo. / Centaurus) finished third overall with a time of 4:08.81, about a seven-second improvement over his performance at the Beavers' home SCIAC meet earlier this month.

Four Beavers competed in the 400-meter hurdles, with rookies Tyler Gatewood (Corpus Christi, Texas / W.B. Ray) and Miigwan Tanner Wostrel (Cloquet, Minn. / Cloquet) running the event for the first time in their collegiate careers. Gatewood crossed the finish line after 58.50 seconds for 12th overall, just behind teammate Cason Shepard (Vancouver, Wash. / Union) with a 58.37 time. Josh Saha (Rye, N.Y. / Hackley School) clocked in at 1:00.30; Tanner-Wostrel finished at 1:02.61.

In the field, sophomore Subham Sahoo (Moon Township, India / Moon Area) threw in the Men's Hammer event for a top distance of 36.23m (119' 5"), just shy of a new personal record.

Next on the calendar for Head Coach Kelli Blake and the Beavers is the Mangrum Invite on Friday, March 22 in San Marcos, Calif., followed by the second SCIAC meet on Saturday, March 30 in Claremont, Calif.