UCI Trio Prepares for NCAA Championships
May 29, 2007
THREE ADVANCE TO SACRAMENTO: UC Irvine will have three competitors at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Sacramento June 6-9.
UCI's trio includes junior Julian Eison (high jump), senior Ricky Barnes (1500 meters) and sophomore Lauren Collins (heptathlon).
Eison qualified with a fifth-place finish of 6-11 in the high jump at the NCAA West Regional in Eugene, Ore., last weekend.
Barnes, who finished sixth in the 1500 meters at the regional (3:46.71), received an at-large berth to the national meet based on his time of 3:42.57 recorded at the Big West Conference Championships May 12.
Collins posted an NCAA automatic-qualifying total of 5,512 points in the heptathlon while winning the Big West title May 5-6. Collins finished ninth in the high jump (5-7 ¼) at the West Regional.
In other regional action for UCI competitors, senior Jon Wratten placed 11th in the high jump at 6-9. Junior Tim Hearst finished 17th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:11.04 and junior Sky Johnston was 19th in 9:16.14.
Freshman Alisha Misiata placed 21st in the women's shot put with a mark of 45-5 ¼.
Freshman Napoleon Greene had a time of 55.70 in the prelims of the 400-meter hurdles and did not advance to the final.
NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 6-9, 2007
Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex
Sacramento, California
UC Irvine's Competitors
Wednesday, June 6
7:15 p.m. - Men's High Jump Qualifying (Julian Eison)
Thursday, June 7
10:30 a.m. - Heptathlon, first four events (Lauren Collins)
6:05 p.m. - Men's 1500m Semifinals (Ricky Barnes)
Friday, June 8
11:30 a.m. - Heptathlon, final three events (Lauren Collins)
3:00 p.m. - Men's High Jump Final (Julian Eison) Saturday,
June 9
11:10 a.m. - Men's 1500m Final (Ricky Barnes)
