LA JOLLA, Calif. --- Junior Lacey Surak had the top finish for UC Irvine on the first day of competition at the Cal/Nevada Championships in La Jolla Friday.

Surak finished fourth in the javelin throw with a toss of 135-7 to gain six points for UCI.  Freshman Melanie Speech picked up two points with an eighth-place mark of 119-5.

Senior Carlotta Pham placed fifth in the 10,000 meters with a time of 37:11.82 to earn five team points for the Anteaters.

Sophomore Itos Aikhionbare picked up two points in the discus throw with an eighth-place mark of 151-0.

A trio of Anteaters qualified for Saturday's final in the 400-meter hurdles.  Freshman Kaulyn Lee-McNeill (62.55), sophomore Paige Bushnell (62.94) and senior KayC Wharton (62.95) each advanced out of Friday's preliminaries.

The meet concludes Saturday at UC San Diego.

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