Julian Eison Finishes 7th in High Jump at NCAA West Regional
May 29, 2009
EUGENE, Ore. --- UC Irvine senior Julian Eison placed seventh in the high jump as competition opened Friday in the NCAA West Regional at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
Eison cleared 6-8 ¾ as USC's Manuela Wijesekara won the event in tying the regional record of 7-4 ½.
Three other UCI athletes competed in preliminaries Friday but did not advance to Saturday's finals.
Freshman Golde Ibia broke her own school record in the prelims of the 100-meter hurdles as she finished third in her heat and 12th of 18 overall with a time of 13.67.
Freshman Charles Jock was third in his heat and 10th of 24 overall in the 800-meter prelims with a time of 1:49.69.
Junior Colin Hacker ran 3:50.93 in the 1500-meter prelims to finish 17th of 28 total runners.
Seven more Anteater athletes compete Saturday plus Jock on the 4x400 relay.
