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Track & Field:
UC Irvine Men's Team Wins Title of All-UC Meet
March 1, 2008
IRVINE, Calif. --- The UC Irvine men's track and field team won its 2008 outdoor opener Saturday, placing first in the All-UC Meet at Anteater Stadium. UCI totaled 245.50 points, UC Santa Barbara was second with 207.50, UC San Diego third with 199, UC Davis fourth at 196 and UC Riverside fifth with 111. Individual winners for the Anteaters were George Hernandez in the 100 meters (11.01), Dayne Comrie in the 400 meters (48.60), Sky Johnston in the 1,500 meters (3:58.42), Napoleon Greene in the 400-meter hurdles (53.07) and Justin Carter in the long jump (21-10). The UCI women's team finished third with 173 points as UC San Diego won the meet with 243 points and UC Davis was second with 235. UC Santa Barbara placed fourth with 165 and UC Riverside was fifth with 126. The Anteater trio of Kendall Bruton (11:14.76), Meryl Follosco (11:25.03) and Megan Fairley (11:29.33) finished 1-2-3 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Alisha Misiata won the shot put with a school-record mark of 49-11 and she placed third in the hammer throw at 150-0. She broke her shot put record by over two feet as her previous best was 47-10 set last year. Both Anteater teams compete next Saturday in the Ben Brown Invitational, hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Mt. SAC in Walnut.
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