Wednesday Keeps Getting Better for Charles Jock
May 16, 2012 | Men's Track & Field
IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine senior Charles Jock has been named the Big West Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive season.
Jock, who was named to The Bowerman Watch List earlier Wednesday, won the 800 meters at last Saturday's Big West Championships with a time of 1:44.75 that leads the U.S. list this season.
He also ran the second leg of UCI's 4x400 relay Saturday as the 'Eaters won the event for the fourth straight year. Jock ran his leg in 45.8 with other team members Dominic Jester, Chris Carson and Jacob Yowell joining forces to record a first-place time of 3:11.17.
Jock leads the Big West this season in the 400 meters with a time of 46.78 that he ran in winning the event at the Cal/Nevada Championships in Claremont Apr. 1.
He posted a personal-best time in the 1500 meters in 3:49.66 at the Ben Brown Invitational Mar. 10.
Next on the schedule for Jock is the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Austin, Tex., May 24-26.
______________________________________________________________________
For UC Irvine Athletics ticket information, please call (949) 824-5000 or e-mail athletics.tickets@uci.edu. For more information click here.
For information on how you can help support UC Irvine Athletics, please call (949) 824-6933 or e-mail aaf@uci.edu. For additional information, click here.
You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
