Lloyd Sicard is Top Freshman in Big West
May 21, 2014 | Men's Track & Field
IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine's Lloyd Sicard has been selected as the Big West Conference Freshman of the Year, announced by the league office Wednesday.
He becomes the first student-athlete from UCI to win the conference's top frosh award in track and field.
Sicard (Gardena/Serra HS) finished second in the 110-meter hurdles at this past weekend's Big West Championships in 14.01, the third-fastest time in UCI history.
His time of 51.71 in the 400-meter hurdles at the adidas/Steve Scott Invitational May 3 ranks No. 5 in UCI history.
Sicard ranks 30th in the West Region in the 110 hurdles and 40th in the 400 hurdles.
He won the 400 hurdles at the Cal/Nevada Championships and the 110 hurdles at the UC Riverside Spring Classic and Big West Challenge Cup this season.
Sicard will compete in the 110 hurdles, along with senior teammate James Douglas, at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Fayetteville, Ark.., May 29-31. Junior Mason Miller (shot put) and freshman Isaiah Thompson (800 meters) are also scheduled to compete in Fayetteville.
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