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MPSF Indoor Championships
Bruins Shine on Day 1 of MPSF Championships
February 23, 2018 | Track & Field
Seattle, Wash. โ The Bruins finished Day 1 of the MPSF Championships Friday, kicking off their postseason schedule with five Top-5 finishes and three event victories.
After six events scored, the UCLA men are currently third with 28 points, while the Bruin women are seventh with 20 points.
Senior Kendall Gustafson continued her stellar indoor campaign in the pentathlon, winning the competition with 4,084 points, a mark that improved her own school record that she set at the Columbia Challenge in January. Gustafson won the multis shot put competition (12.79m, 41-11.50) and cleared a lifetime best 1.77m (5-09.75) in the high jump on her way to the MPSF crown.
?? Congratulations to Kendall Gustafson, 2018 #MPSF Indoor Pentathlon Champion with another school record 4084 points! pic.twitter.com/MFJ4lm7Cfv
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Sophomore Isaiah Holmes took home ten points for UCLA in the long jump, winning the competition on a clutch third jump of 7.68m (25-02.50). Senior Jessie Maduka scored in the women's competition with a seventh-place jump of 5.83m (19-01.50).
The men's DMR squad took UCLA's third victory of the day, as Scott Snow, Darnell Roberson, Riley Kelly, and Carter Blunt combined for a time of 9:46.57 and the ten points. The squad posted its fastest time of the season and avenged its 2017 MPSF runner-up showing. UCLA finished 10th in the women's competition, with Kelly Bernd, Schuyler Moore, Madison Moore, and Cassandra Durgy posting a time of 11:49.50
?? Congratulations to UCLA's Distance Medley Relay squad of Scott Snow, Darnell Roberson, Riley Kelly and Carter Blunt, who captured the 2018 MPSF Championship in a time of 9:46.57! #4sUp | #GoBruins pic.twitter.com/Y9724WnS86
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In the men's weight throw, junior Justin Stafford took home his fourth consecutive Top-2 finish this season, throwing a career best 20.01m (65-07.5) for second place and eight points for the Bruins. Freshman Alyssa Wilson posted a seventh-place finish in the women's competition, going 18.95m (62-02.75) for a personal best.
The women's pole vault saw junior Elleyse Garrett take fourth overall with a clearance of 4.00m (13-01.50). Sophomore Melissa Maneatis cleared 3.60m (11-09.75) to finish tied for 20th place. Junior Michael Fancey posted a clearance of 4.70m (15-05.00) for 11th in the men's competition.
Maduka led the way in the women's 60m dash, posting the Bruins' fastest time of the season at 7.58 to finish 14th in the preliminaries. Junior Schuyler Moore (7.66) and Senior Ashley Lewis (7.76) finished 24th and 34th, respectively. Freshman Tyler Asemota (7.07) and senior Darnell Roberson (7.12) took 24th and 28th, respectively, in the men's field.
Junior Pattriana Perry finished 18th in the prelims of the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.82.
Junior Meleni Rodney ran 23.92 in the 200m to finish eighth overall in the 200m and secure a point for the Bruins. Moore and Lewis finished 21st and 43rd, respectively. Asemota was 29th in the men's competition with a time of 22.69.
Senior Daniel De La Torre and sophomore George Gleason went 12-13 in the 5,000m, finishing with times of 14:12.35 and 14:15.47, respectively.
UCLA will be back in action Saturday, Feb. 24 for the conclusion of the MPSF Championships. The Bruins will see their first action at 10:30 a.m. PT with the women's shot put and high jump competitions.
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