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SACRAMENTO - Sophomore Seth Enochs kicked off the NCAA West Preliminaries for the UC Irvine men's track & field team with a 15th-place finish in the long jump Thursday at Hornet Stadium.
 
Enochs was just over two inches short of advancing to nationals as the top-12 punched their ticket to Austin, Texas, for the NCAA Championships, June 5-8.
 
Enochs, who entered his first career regional meet as the No. 15 seed, opened with a solid mark of 24-05.5. That stood as his best jump of the afternoon with his next two attempts measuring 24-02.25 and 23-11.75. He was 15th out of 48 competitors.
 
Enochs was UCI's first regional qualifier in the men's long jump since the inception of the meet in 2003. He also earned all-conference honors with a runner-up showing at the Big West Championships (May 10) where he notched a wind-aided personal-record 25-04. Two weeks prior, the Yucca Valley, Calif., native registered a wind-legal PR of 25-00.75 at the Steve Scott Invitational. That was the best jump by an Anteater since 1984 and ranks fourth in school history.
 
The UC Irvine men continue action at the NCAA West Prelims on Friday with junior Jack Pickard in the javelin at noon. Redshirt freshman Kyle Tsu is also scheduled to compete in the shot put on Saturday, May 25, at 2:45 p.m.