Saturday, March 7
Long Beach, CA
10:00 AM
UC Irvine
at
Beach Opener
Lyght Leads UCI in Long Beach
March 07, 2026 | Men's Track & Field
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Junior transfer Logan Lyght highlighted Saturday's action for the UC Irvine men's track & field team at the Beach Opener.
Lyght, who was making his Anteater debut, won the 110m hurdles in a wind-legal lifetime-best 13.96 seconds. His time ranks fifth in school history. Lyght added a top-10 showing in the 200m (21.32). Senior AJ Taylor also took third in the 110H (14.57).
Sophomore Justin Johnson ran a wind-aided personal-record 10.42 to place third in the 100m, while senior Brandon Burns (10.73) was 10th in a field of 36 sprinters.
Johnson, Brendan Clark, Burns, and Roman Mendoza combined for a time of 3:14.21 to come in fifth in the 4x400 relay.
All three 'Eaters established personal bests in the shot put. Senior transfer Joe Duggan led the way in fourth with a toss of 16.80 meters (55-1.5). Senior Chimobi Onye (16.54m/54-3.25) wasn't far behind in fifth, while senior Jake Troxell (16.25m/53-3.75) was seventh.
Duggan was also UCI's top finisher in the discus, taking sixth out of 31 (51.68m/169-6).
UC Irvine is back in action next weekend at the Ben Brown Invitational in Fullerton, March 12-13.
Lyght, who was making his Anteater debut, won the 110m hurdles in a wind-legal lifetime-best 13.96 seconds. His time ranks fifth in school history. Lyght added a top-10 showing in the 200m (21.32). Senior AJ Taylor also took third in the 110H (14.57).
Sophomore Justin Johnson ran a wind-aided personal-record 10.42 to place third in the 100m, while senior Brandon Burns (10.73) was 10th in a field of 36 sprinters.
Johnson, Brendan Clark, Burns, and Roman Mendoza combined for a time of 3:14.21 to come in fifth in the 4x400 relay.
All three 'Eaters established personal bests in the shot put. Senior transfer Joe Duggan led the way in fourth with a toss of 16.80 meters (55-1.5). Senior Chimobi Onye (16.54m/54-3.25) wasn't far behind in fifth, while senior Jake Troxell (16.25m/53-3.75) was seventh.
Duggan was also UCI's top finisher in the discus, taking sixth out of 31 (51.68m/169-6).
UC Irvine is back in action next weekend at the Ben Brown Invitational in Fullerton, March 12-13.
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