Big West Championships
Dates: May 13-15 (Thursday-Saturday)
Location: Anteater Stadium (Spectators not permitted)
Live Stream: BigWest.tv
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IRVINE, Calif. - Big West Championship weekend is here for the UC Irvine men's track & field team which will host the conference meet at Anteater Stadium, May 13-15. The men's events get underway on Thursday with the pole vault at 11 a.m., and will run through Saturday with the 4x400 closing out the championships at 4:45 p.m. Sixteen 'Eaters are scheduled to compete over the course of the three-day meet. No spectators or media are allowed in Anteater Stadium in accordance with campus COVID-19 guidelines.
 
QUICK HITS
• Four 'Eaters have combined for five marks that rank among the program's all-time top-10 this season.
• Josh Farmer has the second-best point total in the decathlon (7,648) and 10th-best distance in the long jump (23-11).
• Jacob Hawkins (176-04), Noah Holm (176-02) and Kyle Tsu (174-08) are also 8th, 9th and 10th in the discus.
• The Anteaters competed in one meet last season before the remainder of the 2020 campaign was canceled.
• Over a year later, they made their return to competition at the Ben Brown Invitational (March 12-13, 2021).
• UC Irvine's roster is comprised of 16 returners and 15 newcomers.
• Three returners were All-Big West performers in 2019 - Seth Enochs, Jack Pickard and Kyle Tsu.
 
LAST TIME OUT
UCI closed out the regular season with a handful of top performances at the UC Riverside/Long Beach State split meet two weeks ago. The distance runners kicked things off with two personal bests in Riverside. Cameron Smith established a Big West qualifying time of 9:39.99 in the steeplechase, marking a 17-second improvement from his first steeple race on April 16. Lukas Amare notched a PR 15:17.39 in the 5000m for a top-10 finish. Malcolm Overbaugh led the sprints/hurdles group the following day with an individual victory in the 200m. He clocked in with a lifetime-best 21.53. Overbaugh also teamed up with Miles Duncan, Tobi Adegoke and Eric Parker to win the 4x400 relay. Duncan added a lifetime-best 1:52.87 for a runner-up showing in the 800m, while Jarel Sayles took second in the 110m hurdles with a personal-record 14.43. Over in Long Beach, Kyle Tsu was the shot put champion (57-05), and Noah Holm placed second in the discus with a PR 176-02. Jack Pickard was also the runner-up in the javelin.
 
FARMER EARNS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS
Josh Farmer was named the Big West Men's Field Athlete of the Week on April 13 after winning the decathlon with a personal-record 7,648 points at the Franson Classic Multis. In his first decathlon since 2019, and first as an Anteater, Farmer posted the second-best score in school history, sitting behind only 1978 national champion Mauricio Bardales. His mark also ranks first in the Big West, fifth in the West Region and ninth in the nation this season. The San Diego native established lifetime bests in seven of the 10 events, including a leap of 23-11 in the long jump, which puts him at No. 10 in program history. Farmer's last decathlon was at the 2019 Pac-12 Championships where he had a podium finish (3rd) as a true freshman at Colorado.
 
THROWING IT OUT THERE
Kyle Tsu enters the weekend as the top seed in the shot put where he owns a season-best 57-09.75. That is just over an inch shy of his personal-record 57-11.25 from two years ago, which ranks third in school history. A 2019 All-Big West performer and NCAA West Preliminary qualifier, Tsu also notched a personal-record 174-08 in the discus at the season-opening Ben Brown Invitational, putting him at No. 10 among UCI's all-time leaders. Jacob Hawkins (176-04) and Noah Holm (176-02) have added top-10 marks in the discus this year as they sit at No. 8 and No. 9, respectively.
 
LONG JUMP LEADER
Seth Enochs is the top returning long jumper from the 2019 Big West Championships where he was the runner-up with a wind-aided personal-record 25-04. He also came in 15th at the 2019 NCAA West Preliminary Championships, and ranks fourth in school history with a wind-legal PR of 25-00.75. In 2021, Enochs owns a season-best 23-11, which is tied for second in the conference.
 
BACK ON TRACK
Prior to the season opener, senior javelin thrower Jack Pickard was last in action at the NCAA West Prelims in May 2019. He advanced to the postseason two years ago with a school-record 221-00. Pickard didn't miss a beat after the long hiatus, starting the 2021 campaign with an individual victory in the javelin at the Ben Brown Invitational (205-05), and later establishing a season-best 213-10 at the Fullerton Spring Invitational. He ranks third in the Big West.
 
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
Freshman Jarel Sayles has had an impressive start to his collegiate career, placing among the top-two in each of his seven 110-meter hurdle races. He picked up individual victories at the Red & Black Invitational and Fullerton Spring Invitational, while establishing a season-best 14.43 in a runner-up finish at UC Riverside two weeks ago.
   
UP NEXT
The NCAA West Preliminary Round will be held at Texas A&M, May 26-29. The top-48 declared student-athletes in each individual event and the top-24 declared relay teams will be accepted into the competition. The Preliminary Round selections will be announced May 20 on NCAA.com.