LOS ANGELES – The UCLA men's track and field team moved up to No. 16 in the most recent USTFCCCA computer rankings. The Bruins enter the week with nine marks in the top 25 in the country.
Senior Nicholas Scarvelis paces the Bruins with the No. 1 throw in the shot put in the country. Scarvelis extended his national lead with an Olympic qualifying mark of 67-7.50 at the Triton Invitational this past weekend. On top of the shot put, the Santa Barbara native holds the 16th best throw in the discus at 192-10.
Also soaring up in the rankings this past weekend in San Diego was sophomore Braheme Days. Days launched a huge personal best in the shot put of 66-3.75 to now rank third in the country and move to sixth on the UCLA all-time list.
The UCLA shot put prowess doesn't end there as freshman Dotun Ogundeji ranks 20th in the nation with a throw of 61-8.25. On the women's side junior Torie Owers holds at No. 4 with a lifetime best throw of 57-5 while freshman Stamatia Scarvelis is 17th with a mark of 54-11.50.
Senior Kylie Price remains in the top-10 in the long jump with her leap of 21-4.75 while the 4x100m relay that she anchors ranks 17th with a time of 43.91.
In the dual against Texas A&M senior Nick Hartle clocked a lifetime best of 1:46.73 to rank 10th in the country.
UCLA will host rival USC on Sunday, May 1 at Drake Stadium. The field events will begin at 9 a.m. while the live Pac-12 Networks window will start at 2 p.m.