Three Top-Five Showings for Mason Miller in Big West Challenge Cup
April 12, 2013 | Men's Track & Field
IRVINE, Calif. --- Sophomore Mason Miller finished second in the shot put with a mark of 55-4 ¾ for sixth-best in UCI history at Friday's Big West Challenge Cup at Anteater Stadium.
He placed fourth in the discus throw at 156-2 and he was fifth in the javelin throw at 157-3.
Sophomore Alex Campbell also garnered a second-place finish with a mark of 6-6 ¾ in the high jump.
Kyle Hubbard finished second in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.40 and Cameron Vaca was fourth in 54.75.
Mike Kennedy earned a pair of third-place finishes – in the long jump at 23-0 ½ and in the 100 meters with a time of 10.85.
Nick Jennings finished third in the pole vault with a mark of 15-7 and sophomore Stephen Brown tied for fourth at 15-1.
Sam Hyams placed third in the 1500 meters in 3:50.35 while junior Andrew Snyder also scored team points for the 'Eaters with a sixth-place time of 3:55.54.
Alex Tebbe (8:39.52) and Rex Nelson (8:42.38) finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 3,000 meters.
Hyams finished seventh in the 800 meters with a time of 1:56.11 and Tommy Newton-Neal was eighth in 1:56.39.
Hubbard was seventh in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.20 and Vaca finished eighth with a time of 15.25. Julian Lujan picked up a seventh-place finish in the 400 meters in 49.76 and Matt Tyson was seventh in the 200 meters in 22.32.
Trevor Lawrence placed eighth in the hammer throw with a mark of 157-1 and he was also eighth in the discus throw at 134-1.
UCI was fourth in both the 4x100 relay (42.01) and the 4x400 relay (3:19.20). Kennedy, Lujan, Mike Graf and Tyson ran the 4x100 while the 4x400 members were Tyson, Lujan, Hubbard and Vaca.
Long Beach State won the team competition with 213.50 points, UC Santa Barbara was second with 183, Cal State Fullerton third with 145 and UCI fourth with 116.50.
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