IRVINE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's track & field team kicked off the Adidas/Steve Scott Invitational with three events Friday at Anteater Stadium.

Senior Matt Seawright highlighted the first day of action with a fourth-place finish in the hammer. He was also the collegiate runner-up behind only the current Big West leader Robert Marlow from Long Beach State. Seawright threw for 186-07 on his second attempt in Flight 2, which was good enough to put him through to the finals.

Seawright then topped that mark on each of his next three attempts and closed out the competition with his best toss of the day at 198-00.

Junior Jon Dickinson was also second in Flight 1 and 11th overall (165-02). 

In the 5000m, sophomore Izzak Mireles registered a top-10 showing as he ran a season-best 14:46.04 to place eighth out of 42 competitors. Senior Nolan Del Valle was also 26th (15:42.21).

A pair of 'Eaters ran the steeplechase with sophomore Jon Rodriguez coming in eighth at 9:35.23, and junior Ashton Garcia taking 10th (9:41.00).

UCI returns to Anteater Stadium for a full day of action on Saturday, starting with the 4x100 relay at noon. They will also honor their seniors prior to the final event of the weekend at 5:10 p.m.