Bryan Clay Invitational
Dates: April 17-19 (Wednesday-Friday)
Location: Cougar Athletic Stadium - Azusa, Calif.
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Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
Date: Thursday, April 18
Location: Jack Rose Track - Long Beach, Calif.
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Mt. SAC Relays
Date: Friday, April 19
Location: El Camino College - Torrance, Calif.
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Beach Invitational
Dates: April 19-20 (Friday-Saturday)
Location: Jack Rose Track - Long Beach, Calif.
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IRVINE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's track & field team is gearing up for a busy week with the distance runners kicking things off at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, April 17-19. The Anteaters will also send a handful of sprinters to the Mt. SAC Relays in Torrance on Friday, April 19, while most of the squad will make their way to Long Beach for the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate on Thursday, April 18, and the Beach Invitational, April 19-20.

STORYLINES
• Jack Pickard made a statement in his debut two weeks ago, breaking the new javelin school record with a PR 221-00.
• Brennan Doyle was named the Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Week on March 26.
• He was recognized after winning the 400m in a lifetime-best 47.76 at the UCR Spring Track Classic.
• Seth Enochs has two individual victories in the long jump this season.
• He won the event with a PR 24-07 at the UCI Spring Collegiate Classic, putting him at No. 5 in program history.
• Kyle Tsu has made his way into UCI's all-time top-10 in the shot put with a season-best 57-11.25 (No. 3).
• The Anteaters have a good mix of experience and youth with 15 returners and 10 newcomers.
• They welcome back four All-Big West performers in Asa Allen, Andres Woodruff, Paul Resong and Kyle Sandoval.
• The 'Eaters remain in Southern California for all of their regular-season meets.
• The only time UCI travels outside of the region is for NCAA postseason competition.
• The NCAA West Prelims are in Sacramento, while the NCAA Championships will take place in Austin, Texas.
 
LAST TIME OUT
• Five Anteaters competed at the Triton Invitational in La Jolla on Saturday, April 13.
• Senior Asa Allen was fourth among collegians, and sixth out of 33 overall competitors in the 110H (14.60).
• Junior Alan Tantiwassadakran was 16th in the 110H, while also running a wind-aided season-best 11.26 in the 100m.
• Junior Evan Singletary had a season-best 10.89 in the 100m where he was 13th in a field of 69.
• Junior Andres Woodruff notched a top-20 showing in the 400m, registering a season-best 49.88.
• Sophomore Kyle Sandoval added a personal-record 52.09 to tie for 39th in the 400m.
 
NOW THAT'S A DEBUT
• Jack Pickard turned heads in his UC Irvine debut, winning the javelin at the Big West Challenge with a PR 221-00.
• The junior transfer broke a school record in the new javelin, and had the best mark by an 'Eater since 1984.
• A two-time JC state finalist, Pickard now ranks first in the Big West, 17th in the West Region and 31st in the nation.
• He led wire-to-wire in the meet against conference foes, opening with a then lifetime-best 194-04.
• Pickard saw an improvement of 8 feet, 4 inches on his next toss before hitting 221-00 on his fourth and final attempt.
 
PATIENCE PAYS OFF
• Kyle Tsu, who sat out the 2018 campaign with an injury, made his long-awaited collegiate debut at the Beach Opener.
• On a rainy Saturday in Long Beach, he claimed runner-up honors in the shot put with a toss of 51-00.25.
• Just two weeks later, he went for a then season-best 55-02.75 to crack UCI's all-time top-10, coming in at No. 8.
• He has since climbed the charts to No. 3 in program history with a season-best 57-11.25 at the Big West Challenge.
• The Huntington Beach native also owns a season-best 166-07 in the discus.
• Through six meets, Tsu has finished no lower than sixth in the shot put and ninth in the discus.
 
NEW ERA
• Seth Enochs earned his second-straight long jump victory of the season, and fifth of his career, on March 23.
• He defended his titles at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic and the UCR Spring Track Classic.
• On his home track, Enochs established a PR 24-07 to take over sole possession of fifth in program history.
• It was the best jump by an Anteater since Bob Rust reached 25-01 in 1984.
• Enochs, who is 20 years old, was born after each of the other top-10 marks were established.
• He is the first 'Eater to enter UC Irvine's long jump records in 26 years.
• The Yucca Valley, Calif., native also won the long jump at UC Riverside with a mark of 24-04.5.
• Enochs ranks second in the Big West and 18th in the NCAA West Region.
 
BIG WEST ACCOLADES
• Junior transfer Brennan Doyle received his first career Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Week honor on March 26.
• It was also the first weekly award won by an Anteater on the men's side since 2017.
• The Burbank, Calif., native was recognized for his performance at the UC Riverside Spring Track Classic (March 23).
• He picked up a victory in the 400m with a personal-record 47.76, and added a season-best 22.16 in the 200m.
• In his season debut, Doyle was the runner-up at the UCI Spring Collegiate Classic (48.45).
• He is also a member of UC Irvine's 4x400 relay, helping the quartet to a season-best 3:14.89.

DISTANCE LEADER
• Sam Ayala has notched four personal records in four different events this year.
• His PRs in the 800m, 1500m, 3000m and 5000m are also the Anteaters' top times of the season.
• At the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival, Ayala registered a lifetime-best 14:35.10 in the 5000m.
• The Norwalk, Calif., native also notched an 800m personal-best 1:54.00 in a fourth-place finish at UC Riverside.
• He made his 2019 debut in the 3000m at the Beach Opener where he took third in 8:32.69.
• Ayala followed with a third-place showing in the 1500m at the UCI Spring Collegiate Classic (3:51.33).
 
UP NEXT
• UC Irvine returns to Anteater Stadium next weekend, hosting the Steve Scott Invitational, April 26-27.
• UCI will hold an Alumni Reunion, and also recognize its current seniors in their final home meet on Saturday, April 27.