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Robert Huskey

Anteaters Wrap up Busy Weekend

April 15, 2023

LONG BEACH & AZUSA, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's track & field team wrapped up a busy weekend Saturday at the Beach Invitational and Bryan Clay Invitational.
 
In Long Beach, Justin Willingham had a top-20 showing among 65 athletes in the shot put with a toss of 55-08.5.
 
Drew Pickett led a trio of Anteaters in the 110m hurdles, clocking in at 14.41 seconds to place 11th out of 34. Jarel Sayels (14.54) and Maxwell Jefferson (14.63) were also 14th and 15th, respectively. Jefferson's time was a wind-aided season best.
 
Malcolm Overbaugh crossed the finish line in 48.89 seconds to come in 12th in a 400m field of 50 runners. Eric Parker was also 24th at 49.68, while Ty Sheridan notched a season-best 49.71 to take 25th.
 
Brandon Burns added a wind-aided season-best 10.80 in the 100m.
 
At the Bryan Clay Invitational, four 'Eaters competed in two different sections of the 1500m.
 
In the 1500m Open B, Zeid Hussain took 19th out of 197. Hussain ran a personal-best 3:51.00. Cameron Smith, who had a big PR in the steeplechase on Thursday, also clocked a 1500m lifetime-best 3:56.53, while Jacob Bustamante registered a season-best 3:58.17.
 
In the Open A section, Joshua Schuld established a PR 3:51.13.

UC Irvine is back in action next Thursday, April 20, at The Battle in the OC, hosted by Cal State Fullerton.
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