Friday, May 06, 2016

The UCLA men scored over 100 points on Sunday to run away from rival USC.


UCLA Athletics
The UCLA men scored over 100 points on Sunday to run away from rival USC.
UCLA Splits Meet Against Rival USC
By: UCLA Athletics
LOS ANGELES – The UCLA men downed rival USC, 103-60 on Sunday at Drake Stadium. The 103 points was the most scored in the dual meet on the men’s side since 2004. The women fell to the Trojans, 97-66.
UCLA freshman Stamatia Scarvelis once again started off the meet with a victory in the hammer throw. Scarvelis launched a new personal best of 200-3 to now rank sixth all-time in the UCLA record books and in the top 25 in the country.
UCLA earned big points in the women’s javelin as the Bruins went 1-2-3 in the event. Junior Zaybree Haury led the trio with a best throw of 154-1. Junior Monique Van finished second at 136-8 while sophomore Kendall Gustafson was third at 132-4.
The Bruins went 1-2 in the men’s shot put as senior Nicholas Scarvelis uncorked a winning throw of 66-10.75. Sophomore Braheme Days followed at 65-3.50.
Scarvelis capped off his final dual meet against rival USC with a victory in the discus. Scarvelis recorded a mark of 189-1 and was followed by freshman Dotun Ogundeji with a throw of 174-6.
UCLA also went 1-2 in the women’s pole vault as freshman Greta Wagner cleared 13-3.50 and sophomore Elleyse Garrett soared over 12-11.50. In the men’s pole vault junior Reed Scale led a Bruin sweep with a clearance of 16-0.75.
Senior Kylie Price got her day started off with another win in the long jump. The All-American leaped 20-10.75. In the men’s long jump junior Austin Hazel was second at 24-9.75.
Senior Faith Anumba led a sweep in the triple jump as she won with a mark of 41-1. Sophomore Efe Agege was second at 40-2 while freshman Lillianna Hebert was third with a mark of 38-3.50. UCLA also went 1-2 on the men’s side as Idrees Bernard notched a personal best with a mark of 50-6.75. CJ Alumbres followed at 49-8.50.
Freshman Michael Burke leaped to a new personal best to win the high jump. Burke cleared 7-1.75 while sophomore Sage Stone was third at 6-10.75.
On the track UCLA went 1-2 in the women’s steeple with junior Emily Scharmann winning with a new meet record time and personal best of 10:23.11. Freshman Carolina Johnson made her debut with a time of 10:36.12.
In the men’s steeple the Bruins had the only competitors on the track to go 1-2-3. Max Davis won the event with a time of 9:38.79. Cole Smith was second at 9:39.21 while Nolan Dickson cruised to a 9:47.98.
The Bruins dominated the field in the men’s 1,500m as senior Ferdinand Edman led the group to a 1-2-3 finish with a near personal best of 3:43.81. Senior Lane Werley followed at 3:52.73 while freshman George Gleason was third at 3:54.94.
Sophomore Misana Viltz blitzed to a new lifetime best in the 110m hurdles as he clocked a time of 13.92. In the 100m hurdles senior Trinity Wilson was third with a season best 13.76.
UCLA swept the 400m hurdles as senior Andre Chapman ran a season best of 52.72 to win the event while senior Jarrett Gonzales closely followed at 52.94.
Senior Nick Hartle closed out his last rivalry dual meet with a kick down the last 100m to win with a time of 1:48.66. Freshman Arturo Sotomayor was third at 1:51.72. Freshman Julia Rizk ran a personal best 2:07.27 to finish second while senior Kim Mackay ran a season best 2:08.22 to finish third.
In the men’s 5,000m the Bruins solidified the meet with a sweep. Senior Sergey Sushchikh won with a time of 14:29 while Daniel De La Torre was second at 14:40.81 and Jackson Marshall was third with a time of 14:42.27.
The Bruins will wrap up the regular season on Saturday, May 7 at the Occidental Invitational. UCLA starts the postseason at the Pac-12 Championships for the multis also on May 7.

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