University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA Women's T & F Hosts BYU, CS Northridge At Drake Stadium, Saturday
April 8, 2002
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Jeanette Bolden's UCLA women's track and field team will host Brigham Young and Cal State Northridge on Saturday (April 13) at Drake Stadium. It will be UCLA's second home meet of the 2002 outdoor season and the Bruins' final home tuneup before hosting USC on May 4 at Drake Stadium.
The first event (hammer throws) will start at 9 a.m. with the rest of the field events beginning at 11 a.m. and the first running event starting at 12:30 p.m. (steeplechases). The meet will end at 4 p.m. with the running of the 4 X 400m relays. Team scoring will be both dual (individual events, 5-3-2-1, relays, 5-3) and triangular (individual events, 7-5-4-3-2-1, relays, 7-5-4).
Last week, in Trackwire's first season outdoor poll, Bolden's Bruin women were rated No. 3 in the nation and the BYU women were tied for No. 9 in the U. S.
In UCLA's first home meet of the season, March 16 at Drake Stadium, the Bruin women defeated Washington State and California in dual and triangular scoring.
Bruin Women at CA/AZ Challenge
Bolden's UCLA women, ranked No. 3 last week in the U. S., joined with
Stanford, tied for No. 12, to defeat Arizona, tied for No. 14 and Northern
Arizona. Team California (UCLA/Stanford) won with 130.5 points to Team
Arizona's (Arizona/Northern Arizona) 71.5. Bruin winners included-
200m-freshman Monique Henderson (24.45), who was also second in the 100m (11.62w).
400m-senior Bumni Ogunleye (56.24), who was also second in the long jump (20-2.25w).
4 X 400m Relay- With runners from UCLA and Stanford, Team California B won the event with a time of 3:40.49.
HJ-senior Darnesha Griffith (5-7), who was also second in the triple jump (38-11.50w). Last month, Griffith won the high jump at the NCAA Indoor.
PV-senior Tracy O'Hara in a dual with Arizona sophomore Amy Linnen (last month at the 2002 NCAA Indoor, Linnen won the event with O'Hara placing second), O'Hara won with a season-best tying and U. S. collegiate best tying mark of 14-1.25, with Linnen placing second (13-7.25).
TJ-freshman Candice Baucham (40-9w), who also placed third in the long jump (19-1.50w).
SP-freshman Jessica Cosby (53-1.75), who also placed third in the hammer throw (187-9, personal-best, NCAA provisional qualifier).
DT-freshman Briona Reynolds (174-2, personal-best, NCAA provisional qualifier), who was also third in the shot put (49-4.25).
HT-sophomore Cari Soong (209-10, season-best, NCAA automatic qualifier, second on the current U. S. collegiate list)
Looking Ahead
After Saturday's home meet with BYU and CS Northridge, the Bruins the
following week will send athletes to five events - Antelope Valley
Invitational (April 18), Azusa Pacific Multi Events (April 18-19), Pomona
Invitational (April 19), Mt. SAC Relays (April 19-21) and Long Beach
Invitational (April 20).