IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine two-time track All-American Charles Jock will be recognized at the San Diego Hall of Champions' 66th annual Salute to the Champions Dinner Wednesday (Feb. 15) night at the Town and Country Resort Hotel.
Jock, a senior at UCI, is one of the honorees in the 2011 Amateur Stars of the Year.
He earned a berth on the U.S. team for the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, last August following his performance in the 800 meters at the USA Track & Field Championships June 26.
In the final at Hayward Field in Eugene, Jock led for the first 700 meters and held on to finish third with a school-record time of 1:44.67, breaking his own school mark of 1:44.75 he set at the NCAA Championships earlier in June.
Jock, a two-time, Big West Conference Athlete of the Year, was runner-up by four-hundredths of a second at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, last June 10.
The San Diego Hall of Champions recognizes amateur, collegiate and professional sports excellence of San Diego's athletes. Jock is a graduate of Mission Bay High School.
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