UCLA finishes home meet with many personal bests
By Daily Bruin Staff
April 15, 2001 9:00 p.m.
 PATIL ARMENIAN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Senior
Bryan Harrison runs the anchor leg of the 4 x
100-meter relay.
By Glen Worthington
Daily Bruin Contributor
Sometimes all the puzzle pieces fit together perfectly.
Such was the case on Saturday when almost everything seemed to
go right for the UCLA men’s track team. UCLA (173 ½
points) defeated Nebraska (137 ½) and Cal State Northridge
(84) in its last home meet of the season on a day filled with
season and personal bests for the Bruins.
“Coming off the trip to Austin last week (at the Texas
Relays) we had areas we needed to improve on,” said
Men’s sprint coach John Smith, “and we did.”
The improvement was most evident in the 400-meter race. Bruin
freshmen Denye Versher, Warren Rogers and Rodney Diggs went 1-2-3
in the event, each with a personal best time. Versher won the event
at 47.30 seconds, barely edging out Rogers and Diggs (47.34 and
47.37).
Versher, Rogers, and Diggs later teamed with sophomore Kyle
Erickson for the 4 x 400m relay which ran a season best 3 minutes,
11.13 seconds.
The Bruins had remarkable success in the 4 x 100m relay as well.
Senior Bryan Harrison anchored UCLA’s victorious 4 x 100m
team, which ran a season best 39.96, their first sub-40 effort this
season as well as an NCAA provisional qualifying time. Freshmen
Steve Hayes (replacing injured sophomore Joe Hunter), Rogers, and
junior Michael Lipscomb rounded out the team.
But Harrison’s day was not done yet. He placed second in
the 100m dash (10.49, season legal-best) behind Nebraska sprinter
Chris Chandler (10.32), and won the 200m with a season-best 20.88
after Chandler pulled up with a pulled muscle. Smith said that
Harrison was in good position to beat Chandler anyway.
MARY CIECK/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Junior Scott
Moser gathers momentum to place third in the hammer event
Saturday, Moser earned first in shot put and discus. Not only did
the relays and sprints belong to the Bruins, but the hurdles did
too. Freshman Chuckie Ryan won the 110m hurdles with a season-best
14.18 and Erickson won the 400m hurdles with a personal-best, NCAA
provisional qualifying time of 50.54.
UCLA’s success was not limited to the track, though.
Junior Scott Moser had a double win in the shot put (61-feet-9
½ inches) and discus (194-6).
Fellow thrower freshman Dan Ames broke a personal record for the
second week in a row with a winning toss of 192-10 in the hammer
throw. Ames took second in the shot (58-6 ¾) and discus
(184-8).
In other field events, sophomore Nate Marum set a personal best
in the javelin throw at 228-11, another NCAA provisional qualifier.
Freshman Juaune Armon won the long jump with a personal best
24-3.
All the pieces of the team came together Saturday to paint the
track (and the field) blue and gold ““ a fitting way to leave
Drake Stadium. The Bruins hope to build on the weekend’s
success; they know that greater challenges lie ahead.
