Pair of GCU records fall at Mt. SAC Relays

Thursday, April 17

Walnut, Calif.

Grand Canyon

Mt. SAC Relays

Photo by: Brayden Stenner

4/20/2025 8:18:00 PM | Track and Field

Results

Extended meet ends with bang as Lemaitre, men's 4x400 relay break school records

By: Josh Hauser

WALNUT, Calif. — Grand Canyon track and field ended its weekend with momentum at the 65th Annual Mt. SAC Relays, posting 10 marks that rank among the top 10 in the WAC and one that cracked the NCAA Division I top 20, including two school records.

The men's 4x400-meter relay team of graduate Daviciea McCartney, senior Cam Wilmington, junior Ben Stratman and senior Joshua Gittens surged to a time of 3 minutes, 4.38 seconds, setting a GCU program record, capturing the No. 1 spot in the WAC and ranking No. 20 nationally. The relay team broke GCU's previous school record of 3:06.73 that was set just a few weeks ago at the Texas Relays by three of the same runners. This season, GCU's record in the event has dropped by 2.45 seconds.

Junior Germain Lemaitre delivered one of the best individual performances of the meet for the Lopes, clocking 1:48.47 in the 800 meters — a new school record and third-best in the WAC. Lemaitre shaved nearly eight tenths of a second off of his previous school record of 1:49.26 set at the same event last season.

McCartney added to the sprints success, running 13.9 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles, placing third in the WAC.

In the field events, senior Hannah Watson slotted into fifth in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.75 meters, and senior McKenna Hayes registered a hammer throw of 48.61 meters for the fifth-best mark in the conference this season. Sophomore Harrison Cornell placed eighth in the WAC shot put rankings with a throw of 15.19 meters.

Junior distance runner Hana Hall ran a 36:56.70 in the 10,000 meters to rank fifth in the WAC, while freshman teammate Taylor Hansen's 37:52.49 effort ranked eighth. On the men's side, freshman Jack Sindt finished the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:19.79 (sixth in the WAC), with junior Greyson Akers (9:31.33) and freshman Selah Akers (11:30.06) joining the top 10 in eighth and ninth, respectively.

Junior Jarron Stevens rounded out the list of WAC leaders for the Lopes, notching a 1:51.83 in the 800 meters — 10th-best in the conference.

GCU gets a week off from competition and awaits the upcoming Desert Heat Classic in Tucson on May 3. That meet will serve as the regular-season finale before the WAC Outdoor Championships are held in Arlington, Texas, on May 15-17.