Saturday, May 13
Eugene, Ore.
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Isaiah Holmes put together a stellar day at his first collegiate championship.
UCLA in Position After Day One of the Championships
May 13, 2017 | Track & Field
EUGENE, Ore. – Day one of the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships were wet and cold, but that did not put a damper on the UCLA performances on Saturday at Historic Hayward Field.
In a downpour for many of the attempts in the high jump, freshman Isaiah Holmes took home the first title for the Bruins and collected 18 points on the day. Holmes won the high jump with a leap of 6-11.50 and was the runner-up in the long jump with a lifetime best of 25-11. The long jump mark is ninth all-time at UCLA.
The Bruin men enter Sunday in second place with 56 points while the women are also in second with a score of 37.Â
On top of the Holmes win and his runner-up finish, sophomore Michael Burke placed second in the high jump at 6-11.50. Senior Sage Stone was fourth in the high jump also at 6-11.50. Also scoring key points for UCLA was senior Austin O'Neil as he crossed the line second in the 3,000m steeple with a time of 8:46.78.
The women's shot put also provided big points for UCLA as sophomore Ashlie Blake was the runner-up with a throw of 54-8.75. Senior Torie Owers was fourth at 53-10.25. In the javelin, senior Zaybree Haury followed suit with a runner-up finish of her own with a mark of 160-4. Junior Kendall Gustafson launched a lifetime best of 153-3 to place sixth. That throw moves Gustafson to fourth all-time on the UCLA all-time list.
The men's hammer started off the finals on the day as sophomore Justin Stafford placed sixth with a throw of 193-8. In other field event finals, the freshmen duo of Marian Spannowsky and Simon Litzell placed fourth and fifth, respectively in the javelin. Spannowsky finished with a throw of 215-4 while Litzell followed at 214-5. In the men's shot put, freshman Nate Esparza was seventh with a throw of 58-6.50.Â
Several Bruins took care of business and advanced to their respective finals on Sunday. Winning their heats to qualify automatically was junior Leon Powell in the 100m with a time of 10.42. His time was fourth overall. Sophomore Pattriana Perry won her heat and was the sixth fastest qualifier in the 100m hurdles with a near personal best of 13.67. Powell also came back with the second-fastest time in the 200m with a 20.91.Â
In the 800m, sophomore Julia Rizk continued her strong season by winning her heat with the sixth-fastest qualifying time of 2:08.54. In the 400m hurdles, sophomore Rai Benjamin cruised to a 52.43 to win his heat and posted the third fastest qualifying in the 400m hurdles.Â
Advancing on time for UCLA, to begin the day was freshman John Carter Blunt. His 1,500m performance of 3:48.82 secured him the 12th and final qualifying spot. In the 110m hurdles, junior Misana Viltz clocked a 14.06 to finish as the fifth overall qualifier.Â
The duo of freshman Logen Casavant and junior Joe Herrera advanced to the 400m finals. Casavant posted his collegiate best time of 46.92 to finish as the second fastest qualifier while Herrera was sixth at 47.63. Casavant will also move on in the 200m as he was the seventh fastest qualifier with a time of 21.13.Â
The first day was capped off in the 10,000m by a personal best from Colin Burke. The redshirt freshman clocked a 29:24.80 to place sixth.Â
Championship Sunday will begin with the women's hammer at 1 p.m. The action on the track will begin at 3 p.m. and will be shown on the Pac-12 Networks.
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