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IRVINE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's outdoor track & field team will be back in action this weekend as it heads to Fullerton for the Ben Brown Invitational, March 10-11.

Twenty-one 'Eaters are slated to compete in 11 events at the Titan Track Complex. The meet begins on Friday with the hammer throw (12 p.m.) and steeplechase (6:30 p.m.) A full day of events is then scheduled for Saturday with the long jump kicking things off at 10:45 a.m., and the action on the track starting with the 400m at 10:30 a.m.

QUICK HITS
• Lloyd Sicard enters his senior season as the school record holder in the 110m hurdles (13.60).
• Sicard is a two-time Big West champion and NCAA Championship qualifier in the 110H.
• He was named the co-Big West Track AOY last season, making him the first 'Eater to win the award since 2012.
• Seniors Brandon Howard (400H) and Matt Seawright (HT, DT) were both 2016 NCAA West Prelim qualifiers.
• Seawright ranks third in school history in the hammer (203-02), while Howard is ninth in the 400H (52.22).
• Freshman Hector Garcia is expected to lead the distance crew after an impressive cross country season.

BACK TO FULLERTON
This is the first year UC Irvine is competing in Cal State Fullerton's Ben Brown Invitational since the 2013 season. The Anteaters return to the annual meet in preparation for the 2017 Big West Championships, which will also be held at Titan Track Complex.

LAST TIME OUT
UC Irvine swept the relay events in a strong start to the outdoor season at the All-UC Championships last Saturday at Triton Track & Field Stadium. Seniors Lloyd Sicard, Antwon Parker and Brandon Howard, along with junior Michael Hamill, combined to win the 4x100 relay in 41.61 seconds. In the 4x400, Sicard, Parker and sophomores Paul Resong and Isaiah Jewett finished ahead of the pack in 3:13.22. Sicard also claimed runner-up honors in the 100m where he notched a lifetime-best 10.64, which is tied for 10th in program history.

"The team did very well for what we as a staff had projected them to do individually," UCI head coach Jeff Perkins said after the meet. "We are happy to start our season the way we did and look forward to the challenges we have coming up in the month of March."

SICARD SETS THE BAR
Senior Lloyd Sicard will be looking to add on to an already impressive resume in his final season. The Gardena, Calif., native is the reigning co-Big West Track Athlete of the Year and two-time defending conference champion in the 110m hurdles. He also advanced to the NCAA Championships as a sophomore and junior, while qualifying for the NCAA West Preliminaries all three years. In addition, Sicard had a chance to compete among the nation's best this past summer as he was one of 32 competitors to earn a spot in the 110H at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE
Senior Matt Seawright enters his second and final season at UC Irvine as one of the team's top throwers. In his first year at the Division I level, after transferring from Cerritos College, Seawright qualified for the 2016 NCAA West Prelims in both the discus and the hammer. He also scored in three events at the Big West Championships as he earned all-conference honors in the discus (3rd), while finishing fourth in the hammer and sixth in the shot put. Seawright ranks third in school history in the hammer with a lifetime-best 203-02.

BACK FOR MORE
Senior Brandon Howard is coming off a breakout season where he was a two-time All-Big West performer as the runner-up in the 400m hurdles and as a member of the third-place 4x100 relay squad. At the conference meet, Howard ran the ninth-fastest 400H time in program history as he clocked in at a personal-record 52.22 seconds. That qualified him for the NCAA West Preliminaries where he placed 31st overall (52.68).

UP NEXT
UC Irvine makes its home debut next weekend when it hosts the UCI Spring Collegiate Classic at Anteater Stadium, March 17-18.