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Big West Challenge Takes Place At UC Irvine
4/5/2018
2018 Track and Field Release No. 5
UC Irvine hosts the 26th annual Big West Challenge at Anteater Stadium to highlight this week's track and field schedule.
Big West Challenge Highlights This Week’s Schedule: The 26th annual Big West Challenge takes place this Friday at UC Irvine’s Anteater Stadium. The Anteaters are hosting one of the conference’s top showcase events for the first time since 2014. UCI welcomes in fellow Big West members Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara in a semi-preview of next month’s conference championships.
On both the men’s and women’s sides, the Big West leader in 11 events (out of 20 total) will be participating in this meet.
Remainder Of Schedule: A smattering of other meets are taking place this week. Cal Poly is sending heptathletes and decathletes to the Sam Adams Combined Events Invite in Montecito, Calif. CSUN and UC Riverside are bringing contingents to the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational. The only squad to travel out of state is UC Davis, which will be competing in the Sun Angel Classic hosted by Arizona State.
Four In A Row: Cal Poly freshman Brooke Tjerrild has had quite the impact in her first season on the collegiate track and field scene. The pole vaulter won her fourth consecutive competition last week at the Titan Team Challenge. She cleared 13-01.50 for her second best mark of the season. Tjerrild’s top performance came the week before when she posted a distance of 13 feet. 7.25 inches at the Cal Poly ShareSLO Invitational, a mark that ranks No. 11 nationally.
Big West Athletes Rank Nationally: The Big West features some of the nation’s top performers in a variety of track and field events, based on reported marks in Track & Field Reporting Results System (TFRRS). Eight women and 10 men are appearing in the national top 25 entering this week’s meets. UC Santa Barbara senior Jenna Hinkle is the lone Big West athlete to be represented in two events – No. 12 in the 1,500 meters (4:19.11 at Aztec Invitational) and No. 18 in the 5,000 meters (16:07.85 at Stanford Invitational). The highest ranked female Big West athlete is CSUN freshman De’Andreah Young, who is No. 10 in the 400 hurdles. She ran 58.15 at the Stanford Invitational last week. Five Big West male decathletes have registered scores that put them in the top 25 – Jonathan Broadhead (No. 14) and Cole Hicks (No. 25) of Long Beach State, and UC Davis teammates Drake Foote (No. 15), Kyle Clancy (No. 19) and Thomas Grossman (No. 24). UC Santa Barbara senior Kordell Hamption owns the distinction of being the conference’s highest ranked men’s competitor, as he is No. 13 in the discus with a top throw of 186-09 at the Aztec Open.
BIG WEST NATIONAL RANKINGS – TOP 25 ONLY
WOMEN
| Name, School |
Event |
Time/Mark |
Rank |
Meet |
| Samantha Huerta, Cal State Fullerton |
800m |
2:07.36 |
17 |
Titan Team Challenge |
| Jenna Hinkle, UC Santa Barbara |
1500m |
4:19.11 |
12 |
Aztec Invitational |
| Jenna Hinkle, UC Santa Barbara |
5000m |
16:07.85 |
18 |
Stanford Invitational |
| De’Andreah Young, CSUN |
400 Hurdles |
10:43.60 |
10 |
Stanford Invitational |
| Lily Lowe, Hawai‘i |
High Jump |
5-10.00 |
12 |
Rainbow Relays |
| Bria Palmer, Long Beach State |
High Jump |
5-08.75 |
24 |
Baldy Castillo Invitational |
| Brooke Tjerrild, Cal Poly |
Pole Vault |
13-07.25 |
11 |
Cal Poly Invitational |
| Kiely Gode, UC Santa Barbara |
Long Jump |
20-02.50 |
17 |
Aztec Invitational |
| Brandy Williams, CSUN |
Shot Put |
52-06.00 |
24 |
Northridge Invitational |
MEN
| Name, School |
Event |
Time/Mark |
Rank |
Meet |
| Swarnjit Boyal, Cal Poly |
10,000m |
29:05.54 |
16 |
Stanford Invitational |
| Jason Smith, Long Beach State |
High Jump |
6-11.00 |
22 |
MONDO Team Challenge |
| Steven Childs, UC Davis |
Long Jump |
25-05.25 |
14 |
Titan Team Challenge |
| Kordell Hampton, UC Santa Barbara |
Discus |
186-09 |
13 |
Aztec Open |
| Erick Loomis, CSUN |
Hammer |
211-04 |
23 |
Northridge Invitational |
| Jonathan Broadhead, Long Beach State |
Decathlon |
6,822 points |
14 |
UCR Spring Break Classic |
| Drake Foote, UC Davis |
Decathlon |
6,759 points |
15 |
Hornet Invitational |
| Kyle Clancy, UC Davis |
Decathlon |
6,627 points |
19 |
Hornet Invitational |
| Thomas Grossman, UC Davis |
Decathlon |
6,491 points |
24 |
Hornet Invitational |
| Cole Hicks, Long Beach State |
Decathlon |
6,481 points |
25 |
UCR Spring Break Classic |
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