The Western State Conference Inland track and field meet was held on March 28 at Bakersfield College’s Memorial Stadium.

The women’s team placed third with a score of 105, behind second place West LA College and first- place Glendale College.

Alicia Torres led the pack with the only first place win for the women.

Torres won first place in the shot put, with a distance of approximately 40 feet. She also took second in the discus throw with a distance of 120 feet. Torres also placed third in the hammer throw with a distance of 111 feet.

Deion Louden won the only first place for the men with a time of 55.87 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles. Louden placed third in the 100 in 11.23.

The women totaled 34 placings in the meet.

Natalie O’Dwyer placed second the 200 with a time of 35.86 and the 400 with a time of 57.95.

Jade Gridiron has also had an impressive showing, taking second place in the 100 with a time of 12.56 and third in the 200 with a time of 26.21.

In the 800, Leah Theroux ranked second with a time of 2:19.94, and Jessica Campbell was not too far behind, placing fourth with a time of 2:21.83.

The women’s 4×400 relay team placed first in a time of 4:02.17.

Esthefani Perez came in fourth place in the pole vault, with a height of almost 12 feet. She also placed fifth in the javelin throw with a distance of over 45 feet.

Tiffany Tellez also placed in three three field events — the shot put, the discus, and the javelin.

The men took last place at the meet, with a team score of 30. Jose Leandro placed second for the pole vault, and Juan Calderon came in fourth place in the 800 in 1:56.32.

The next track and field meets for the Bakersfield College team will be held on April 8-9 at Mt. San Antonio College. The conference preliminaries and finals will follow. The prelims will be held at the College of the Canyons on April 18 and the finals will be held on April 25.