UCLA Women Take First At Pac-10 Track & Field ChampionshipsUCLA Women Take First At Pac-10 Track & Field Championships

UCLA Men's And Women's Track And Field Defeats Iowa, Wyoming, and Cal State Northridge

Track & Field

LOS ANGELES - UCLA sophomore pole vaulter Tracy O'Hara and the HSI 4 X 100m relay set Drake Stadium records on Saturday as the Bruin women's and men's track and field teams defeated Iowa, Wyoming and

April 1, 2000

LOS ANGELES - UCLA sophomore pole vaulter Tracy O'Hara and the HSI 4 X 100m relay set Drake Stadium records on Saturday as the Bruin women's and men's track and field teams defeated Iowa, Wyoming and CS Northridge.

O'Hara, who earlier this season set the collegiate indoor record (14-6) by winning the NCAA Indoor pole vault title, set a new Drake Stadium and outdoor Pac-10 record with a vault of 14-1.25, besting the old stadium mark of 13-7 set by Tiffany Smith in 1996. O'Hara, who set the old Pac-10 outdoor mark at 13-7 earlier this year, is from Rancho Bernardo HS in San Diego.

In the 4 X 100m relay, HSI set the stadium record with a time of 38.17. Running for HSI was Jon Drummond, Ato Boldon, Bryan Howard and Maurice Greene, the world record-holder in the 100m. The old Drake Stadium mark was 38.59, set by UCLA (Mike Marsh, Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Henry Thomas) in 1988.

Along with O'Hara, the Bruin women were led by junior Michelle Perry and senior Seilala Sua. Perry won both hurdles (season-best 13.61, 100-hurdles, 1:01.38, 400 hurdles) and anchored the winning UCLA 4 X 400m relay (season-best 3:41.63). Sua won both the shot put (55-5.50) and discus (178-10).

UCLA women in triangular scoring won with 162 points, beating CS Northridge (103) and Wyoming (72). In the dual score, the Bruins beat CS Northridge (115-70). The Bruin women are now unbeaten in outdoor duals with a 3-0 record this season. Back in March, Jeanette Bolden's Bruin women won the NCAA Indoor crown.

The Bruin men were led by juniors, sprinter Bryan Harrison and hurdler John Hall, both double event winners. Harrison won both sprints (100m, 10.69, 200m, season-best 21.05) and Hall placed first in both hurdles (110mH, 14.62, 400mH, season-best 51.00). Jason Gervais, from Wyoming, was also a double winner, in the shot put (62-2.50) and discus (198-6).

In the men's team scoring, UCLA (203) won the quad meet, beating CS Northridge (133), Wyoming (130.50) and Iowa (101.50). UCLA won two duals (UCLA 105-CS Northridge 68, UCLA 119-Iowa 49) and CS Northridge also beat Iowa, 95-67. It was the first dual wins for new Bruin men's head coach Art Venegas. The UCLA men are 2-2 this season.