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Track & Field:
UC Irvine Hosts Big West Challenge Cup Friday
April 8, 2008
CONFERENCE FOES AT UCI: The UC Irvine track and field teams host the Big West Challenge Cup Friday (Apr. 11) at Anteater Stadium. Joining the Anteaters are Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara. Field events begin at 3:00 p.m. with the first track event at 5:00 p.m. MISIATA SETS SHOT PUT RECORD AT STANFORD: Sophomore Alisha Misiata broke her own school record in the shot put for the third time this season with a mark of 50-7 ¼ as she finished second at the Stanford University Invitational Saturday. Misiata passed her previous mark of 50-6 set two weeks ago at the Collegiate Classic. Hawaii's Meghan Weaver won Saturday's event at Stanford with a mark of 51-7. Senior Orlisha Henlon won her section of the 400 meters in 56.47, which was seventh overall of 38 runners. Sophomore George Hernandez was third in his section of the 400 in 48.89, which was 12th of 42 runners overall. Junior Samantha Costantini won her section of the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:35.31, which was 22nd of 69 runners overall. Junior Bryan Lopez placed 10th in his section of the 1,500 meters with a career-best time of 3:57.38. Junior Justin Carter finished ninth in his section of the triple jump with a mark of 44-3 ¼. Junior Kendall Bruton was 17th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:54.81 as she improved on her third-best time in UCI history.
Senior Sky Johnston placed second in his section of the 5,000 meters at the meet Friday. Johnson ran a career-best 14:28.04 to finish runner-up to Grand Valley State's Nick Polk, who recorded a time of 14:26.23. Junior Nick Mosey finished sixth in the 10,000 meters with a time of 30:28.99 to move to 10th all-time at UCI. UCI freshman Madeline Leduc finished seventh in her section of the long jump with a mark of 17-5 ¼. Sophomore Tim Murphy placed seventh in his section of the 800 meters with his top time of the season at 1:51.70. Senior Tim Hearst just missed an NCAA regional-qualifying time as he finished ninth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a season-best 9:08.69. At the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational Saturday, sophomore Amber Sangster placed fifth in the discus throw (146-0) and 12th in the hammer throw (133-7). Sophomore Jimmy Kearney finished sixth in the javelin throw at 165-5. MT. SAC RELAYS NEXT: Following Friday's Big West Challenge Cup, UCI competes next in the Mt. SAC Relays at Walnut Apr. 17-20. Trent Richert and Kyle Peterson are entered in the California Invitational Decathlon at Azusa Pacific Apr. 16-17. |
