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Bruins Pick Up Four Points in the Hammer against USC
April 27, 2007 | Track & Field
April 27, 2007
The No. 14 men's track and field team trail USC by just one point after picking up four points in the hammer competition on Friday afternoon at West LA College. The Trojans lead 5-4 after USC's Adam Midles won with a mark of over 228-3.
Sophomore Boldizsar Kocsor threw a season-best of 217-2 to finish second, while senior Andrew Ninow placed third, throwing a lifetime-best of 207-4. Kocsor had a previous season-best of 211-5, while Ninow's previous best was 200-2.
Kocsor now moves to No. 10 in the country and No. 3 in the conference. Ninow moves up to No. 22 in the country and No. 6 in the Pac-10.
In women's hammer, junior Mary Hanley finished fourth with a lifetime-best throw of 153-7 and senior Kiyoko Guillory was fifth with a lifetime-best mark of 131-1. The women did not score any points in the hammer as USC took the top-three spots with Eva Orban winning with a mark of 210-0.
The rest of the meet will take place on Saturday beginning at 11:00 am. FSN will televise the meet live from 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm.
