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Track Teams Beat USC Squads In Annual Dual Track And Field Meet
May 06, 2000 | Track & Field
May 6, 2000
LOS ANGELES -- Before 5,463 at UCLA's Drake Stadium in the annual UCLA-USC men's and women's track and field dual meet, the UCLA men upset the favored Trojans and won for the 22nd consecutive season and the UCLA women defeated USC for the eighth year in a row.
In men's team scoring, UCLA, rated No. 19 (tied) in this week's Trackwire national Top 25, defeated USC 88-75. It was UCLA's 22nd consecutive victory over the Trojans, dating back to 1978 (the 1982 meet was a nonscoring affair). USC, rated No. 4 by Trackwire, leads the series 38-29 but has not won the men's meet since 1977.
In women's team scoring, UCLA, rated as the nation's top outdoor dual meet team and the reigning NCAA Indoor champion, beat USC, 86-68. It was UCLA's eighth consecutive victory over the USC women and the Bruins lead the series 14-3.
Leading the Bruin men was a late one-two sweep in the 200m and a one-two-three placement in the 5000m. Bruin senior Damian Allen won the 200m (20.97) and UCLA junior Bryan Harrison was second (20.98). In the 5000m, UCLA junior Paul Muite won the event (14:55.85), senior Dan Brecht was second (15:01.56) and sophomore Bryan Green was third (15:05.30, season best).
Also in men's competition, USC junior Djeke Mambo was a double winner, placing first in both the long jump (25-0) and triple jump (50-9 1/4).
In women's competition, UCLA senior Seilala Sua won three events, the javelin (159-1), shot put (56-1) and discus (208-4, meet record). Bruin sophomore high jumper Darnesha Griffith won the event (6-0 3/4) and her mark was a personal-best, NCAA automatic qualifying mark and the fourth best mark in school history. UCLA junior Christina Tolson also set a meet record (206-2) by winning the hammer throw.
The USC women were led by sophomore sprinter Angela Williams, who won both the 100m (11.1ht) and 200m (23.32).
All four teams will now be preparing for the upcoming Pacific-10 Championships, May 20-21 in Eugene, OR. The UCLA women and USC men are defending champions.
