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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Sophomore
Seth Enochs and redshirt freshman
Kyle Tsu each had a top-three finish in their respective events to lead the UC Irvine men's track & field team on the first day of the Big West Championships Friday at Pauley Track Facility.
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Enochs claimed runner-up honors in the long jump with a wind-aided personal-record 25-04. It was the second-straight meet in which he surpassed the 25-foot mark.
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In his first-ever Big West Championships, Tsu took third in the shot put with a toss of 57-10.5. He was just under an inch shy of his season best and came in behind only a pair of seniors from CSUN and Long Beach State.
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On the track, junior
Sam Ayala had the second-fastest 1500m qualifying time, clocking in at 3:55.91. He moves on to tomorrow's final along with senior
Ashton Garcia, who was 10th at 3:58.30.
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Senior
Asa Allen advanced out of the 110m hurdle prelims for the second year in a row as he finished eighth at 14.54 while running into a 1.6 meter per second headwind.
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Senior
Paul Resong was an automatic qualifier out of the first preliminary heat of the 400m, running a season-best 48.24. Â
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Junior
Andres Woodruff rounded out UCI's qualifiers as he was sixth in the 400m hurdles (54.10).
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The Anteaters return to Pauley Track Facility on Saturday for the second and final day of the Big West Championships.
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