Vince O'Boyle Track & Field Classic
Dates: April 1-2 (Friday-Saturday)
Location: Anteater Stadium - Irvine, Calif.
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Admission: Free
Parking: $13 (Mesa Parking Structure)
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IRVINE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's track & field team will host the inaugural Vince O'Boyle Track & Field Classic at Anteater Stadium, April 1-2. The hammer (3 p.m.) and javelin (5 p.m.) will be contested on Friday, while a full slate of events are scheduled for Saturday, starting with the long jump at 10 a.m.
 
Legendary head coach Vince O'Boyle, the namesake of this weekend's meet, spent 32 years at the helm of the Anteater cross country and track & field program. The 20-time Big West Coach of the Year mentored an NCAA individual champion, 27 All-Americans and 23 Big West Athletes of the Year. O'Boyle led the 'Eaters to 12 conference titles in women's cross country and seven in men's cross country. He also elevated the women's program to national prominence as they made four trips to the NCAA Championships during his tenure. His teams had three top-10 NCAA finishes, including in 1990 when the Anteaters were fourth in the nation. O'Boyle will be recognized Saturday at 11 a.m., prior to the start of the track events.

This weekend's meet will feature student-athletes from UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, Azusa Pacific and Point Loma. Twenty-four Anteaters are entered in 14 events.
 
QUICK HITS
• The Anteaters have 19 returning letterwinners, seven newcomers and one redshirt freshman.
• Junior Noah Holm has established two lifetime bests this year, both of which rank among the top-10 in school history.
• At the Beach Opener, Holm registered a PR 183-06 in the discus, moving him up to No. 4 all-time at UCI.
• He also had a personal-best 57-02.25 in the shot put on March 19, which is fifth in program history.
• True freshman Liam Miksic has surpassed 190 feet in each of his first four collegiate javelin competitions.
• He notched a personal-record 196-10 at the UCSB Invitational to rank fifth on UC Irvine's all-time charts (since 1986).
• Sophomore Cameron Smith has PR'd in both of his steeplechase races this year.
• His top time of 9:09.61 is currently second in the Big West and among the top-30 in the West Region.
• Junior Josh Farmer earned USTFCCCA All-America and All-Academic distinction last year.
• Farmer ranks second in school history in the decathlon with a personal-record 7,648 points.
• Senior Kyle Tsu is a two-time NCAA West Preliminary qualifier and the defending Big West champion in the shot put.
• Malcolm Overbaugh, Jarel Sayles, Miles Duncan and Eric Parker also earned All-Big West honors in 2021.
 
THREE-PEAT
Noah Holm is unbeaten in the shot put in 2022, winning the event in the first three meets of the season. He improved his mark in each competition, most recently establishing a personal-record 57-02.25 at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Invitational. That is the top distance in the Big West this year and ranks fifth in school history. Holm also had a lifetime-best 183-07 in the discus at the Beach Opener, which puts him fourth in the conference and 13th in the West Region.
 
NEW FACES
Liam Miksic is out to an impressive start to his collegiate career with four top-five finishes and a personal-record 196-10 in the javelin. Carlo Reyes added a strong debut on the track with top-10 performances in the 100m (10.86) and 200m (22.32) at the Beach Opener. Maxwell Jefferson, the 2021 California High School State Champion in the 110H, was also ninth in his signature event, while sophomore transfer Ty Sheridan ran a leg on the first-place 4x400 relay. Sheridan went on to establish lifetime-bests of 22.04 in the 200m and 49.72 in the 400m at the UCSB Invitational.
 
ALL-AMERICAN STATUS
Junior Josh Farmer earned second-team All-America honors last year with a 16th-place finish in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Farmer was the fourth Anteater in program history to compete in the decathlon at the NCAA meet, and first since his father, Matt, took 13th in 1991. The San Diego native qualified for the national championships with a personal-record 7,648 points in an individual victory at the APU Franson Classic. His PR ranks second in program history and stood as the top score in the Big West for the 2021 season.
 
BIG WEST CHAMP
Senior Kyle Tsu will be looking to defend his Big West title in the shot put this year. Tsu won the event at the 2021 Big West Championships with a personal-record 59-05.5. He was UCI's first conference champion in the men's shot put since 2015. Tsu is a two-time NCAA regional qualifier and ranks second in school history.
 
MAKING THE LEAP
After the cancellation of the 2020 season, and a modified 2021 schedule, senior Seth Enochs has his sights set on returning to the postseason. Enochs qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships in the long jump where he finished 15th as a sophomore in 2019. He is a three-time Big West scorer in the event with a high finish of second. Enochs owns a wind-aided lifetime-best 25-04, while his wind-legal PR of 25-00.75 ranks fourth in school history. This year, he has a season-best 23-03.25, putting him third in the conference and 32nd in the West Region.
 
UP NEXT
UC Irvine will make the short trip to Long Beach for the Challenge Cup on Friday, April 8.