The UC Irvine men's track and field team won its second title of the
season with a come-from-behind victory in the Collegiate Classic at
Anteater Stadium Saturday.
UCI finished with 204 1/2 points to edge Air Force (202).
The Anteaters won the last two events to move past the Falcons for
the team title. Junior Patrick Grogan won the triple jump (an outdoor
career-best 48-5 1/4) and UCI won the 1,600-meter relay as anchor
Omar Lopez surged on the final turn to carry the Anteaters home in
3:12.60.
Lopez, a junior, won the 400 (48.55), while senior Elias Moreno
won the 100 (10.73), sophomore Ricky Barnes the 800 (1:55.01) and
junior Scott Jarvis the 400 hurdles (a season-best 53.03).
Sophomore Brian Moon won the shot put (54-3 1/4), posting the
fifth-best mark in UCI history.
Senior Derek Kingrey won the discus (166-8) and was third in the
shot put (52-4 1/2), the ninth-best mark in school annals.
The UCI women finished third with 148 points, behind Cornell (224)
and Air Force (154).
UCI freshman Kirsten Loftin won the pole vault (12-3 1/2) while
junior Erin Curtis was third with the same mark.
Freshman Kat Dawkins won the long jump (a season-best 18-3), while
Orlisha Henlon (high jump) and Kim Ramirez (3,000) had second-place
finishes.
Paul paces Sailors
* TRACK AND FIELD: Newport Harbor High senior Lauren Paul finished
second in the nonseeded 3,200 meters to highlight several Sailors who
fared well at the Distance Meet of Champions Saturday at Azusa
Pacific University.
Paul finished in 11:45, just 12 seconds ahead of Sailors freshman
Whitney Blue, who was fourth.
Newport Harbor's Lauren Maddox was seventh in 12:02.
Other Newport performances included a personal record by Megan
Randall in the 400 (1:01.7) and the 800 (2:20.03), while Danica
Kalmbach completed the 800 in 2:27.
Zuzanna Bernardova also competed well for Newport in the 800,
though no time was available.
Anteaters win in five
* VOLLEYBALL: The UC Irvine men's volleyball team rallied for a
30-24, 23-30, 28-30, 30-24, 15-11 nonconference win over
Rutgers-Newark in the Long Beach tournament Saturday at Long Beach
State.
Jimmy Pelzel had 20 kills and Matt Webber added 17 for UCI
(10-15), which received 56 assists from freshman setter Brett Reid.
Mackey, Peirsol top 20
* SWIMMING: Former Newport Harbor High swim standouts Nicole
Mackey and Hayley Peirsol finished among the top 20 in their
respective events in the NCAA swimming and diving championships that
ended Saturday at Texas A&M.
