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Track and field ready for meets

By Daily Bruin Staff

Feb. 22, 1996 9:00 p.m.

Track and field ready for meets

By Scott Yamaguchi

Daily Bruin Staff

As the NCAA Indoor Championships loom just two weeks ahead, the
UCLA men’s and women’s track and field teams will split squads this
week, with some members participating in the Los Angeles
Invitational at the Sports Arena, some competing at an indoor meet
in Reno and one at the prestigious Fairfax Invitational in
Virginia.

Senior Mark Parlin, ranked second in the shot put on this week’s
NCAA list, will lead the men’s team at the L.A. Invitational.
Parlin, who was third at last year’s NCAA Outdoor Championships and
is the top returning collegiate thrower, threw a season-best 62
1Ž2 Feb. 10 at the Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb.

He will be joined in the shot put competition by senior Jonathan
Ogden and redshirt freshman Travis Haynes. Ogden, who threw 61- 8
1Ž2 at the East Tennessee State Invitational Jan. 27,
currently ranks third in the nation.

Sophomore Scott Slover will compete in the pole vault, where he
is ranked third in the NCAA with a season-best mark of 17-8
1Ž2, while Mebrahtom Keflezighi (3000-meters) will be UCLA’s
only entry on the track.

The women will be led at the Los Angeles Invitational by senior
Valeyta Althouse, who set the national indoor record in the shot
put (59-0) two weeks ago in Lincoln. Althouse will be joined by
sophomore Nada Kawar and junior Rachelle Noble in the shot put
ring, while freshmen Andrea Anderson will run the 500-yards and
Bethanly Lucas is entered in the 880-yards.

Two-time NCAA indoor high jump champion Amy Acuff will compete
at the Fairfax Invitational, while sophomore Bisa Grant and
freshman Joanna Hayes will be in Reno to compete in the 55-meter
hurdles.Comments to [email protected]

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