IN THE NEWS:
Track and field sweeps Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational
By Aubrey Yeo
April 11, 2015 11:42 p.m.
Redshirt senior Alec Faldermeyer won the collegiate men's hammer throw competition with a mark of 63.69 meters.
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Junior Blake Selig's jump of 6.31 meters earned him second place in the men's collegiate long jump competition.
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Maurren Maggi, the 2008 Olympics women's long jump gold medalist, finished the women's long jump with the farthest mark at 6.31 meters.
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Senior pole vaulter Mark Sakioka won his event with a mark of 5.10 meters.
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Junior Zaybree Haury's throw of 46.11 meters landed her in second place among college competitors in the women's javelin competition.
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Freshman high jumper McKenzie Selig had the third-highest clearance among college competitors at 1.55 meters.
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UCLA Hall of Famer Rafer Johnson gives a speech in the middle of the meet. The Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational was partly named after the legendary UCLA decathlete.
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Freshman hurdler Misana Viltz clears a practice hurdle prior to the men's 110-meter hurdles race.
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Freshman decathlete Steele Wasik finished the men's 110-meter hurdles race with a time of 14.35 seconds, placing him atop all the college competitors.
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Redshirt senior decathlete Marcus Nilsson's throw of 14.18 meters was the fourth-farthest collegiate mark in the men's shot put event.
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Redshirt sophomore pole vaulter Sara Greene cleared a mark of 3.71 meters to finish fourth among college competitors.
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Redshirt senior heptathlete Tatum Souza's farthest mark of 13.71 meters placed her second among college competitors in the women's shot put event.
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Freshman Joe Herrera (front) runs the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay after receiving the baton from sophomore Darnell Roberson (back right). UCLA finished the event with a season-best time of 40.97 seconds, which is just over two seconds behind No. 1 Texas A&M's nation-leading mark of 38.91.
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Senior Ally Courtnall (right) placed first in the women's 800-meter collegiate competition with a finish of 2:14.58.
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Redshirt junior Sergey Sushchikh's finish of 8:19:43 won him the men's 3000-meter event.
