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Rice Topples 5000m Record, Bruins Finish Up Day One at MPSF Championships
February 28, 2020 | Track & Field
SEATTLE, WASH. – Day one of the MPSF Indoor Championships saw junior Christina Rice make history, taking the victory in the 5000m with a UCLA indoor-record time of 16:12.16. Rice and Alyssa Wilson (weight throw) picked up the Bruins' two victories on the day, helping the UCLA women to 31 points and third place overall after seven events scored. The UCLA men finished the day tied for sixth with 19 points.
Rice notched her second-straight PR in the 5k en route to the indoor school record, as she was previously third on the UCLA indoor top-10 with a 16:16.85 performance in the event at the Husky Classic (Feb. 15). It marked the fourth school record set by the Bruins this year – (Alyssa Wilson, weight throw – Shae Anderson, 400m (2x)).
Wilson's stellar indoor season continued Friday, as the junior picked up the win in the weight throw with a launch of 21.94m (71-11.75). The victory marked Wilson's first-career league indoor title and fifth win in the event this year. She'll be back in action in the shot put competition tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. PT.
Freshman Chinyere Okoro bagged four points for the Bruin women in the 200m, taking fifth place overall with a time of 24.15. Fellow first-year Maddy Doane notched a personal-best time of 22.44, good for eighth place and a point for the squad.
Okoro notched a fifth-place performance in the women's 60m dash prelims, winning her heat with a time of 7.42. She secured her spot in tomorrow's final, tying her previous lifetime-best time in the event that ranks fourth in UCLA indoor history. The men's competition saw Kenroy Higgins II and Myles Webb each qualify for Saturday's final, going 2-7 in the prelims and notching times of 6.66 and 6.73, respectively.
The women's pentathlon saw junior Isa Videler take third place overall, compiling 3,899 points for a new lifetime best and six points toward the Bruins' total, further solidifying her No. 5 position on the all-time UCLA indoor list in the event. Senior Isaiah Holmes totaled 3,186 points across the first four events of the men's heptathlon, good for second place ahead of Saturday's meet program. Holmes notched three top-3 finishes today, including a victory in the heptathlon high jump with a mark of 2.11m (6-11.00).
The Bruin men picked up 10 points in the long jump as senior Harrison Schrage (six points) and junior Matthew DeRoos (four points) took third and fifth place, respectively. Schrage cleared 7.41m (24-11.00) while DeRoos posted a lifetime-best mark of 7.41m (24-03.75).
Garrett Reynolds notched a point for the Bruin men in the 5000m, clocking an eighth-place time of 14:15.05. Darius Riley finished 18th overall, crossing at 14:34.85.
DAY TWO
UCLA wraps up the MPSF Championships tomorrow, with the women's high jump scheduled to kick off the meet program at 10:00 a.m. PT. Arizona is out in front in the men's competition with 44 points while Oregon has the edge in the women's competition, compiling 43 points thus far.
Rice notched her second-straight PR in the 5k en route to the indoor school record, as she was previously third on the UCLA indoor top-10 with a 16:16.85 performance in the event at the Husky Classic (Feb. 15). It marked the fourth school record set by the Bruins this year – (Alyssa Wilson, weight throw – Shae Anderson, 400m (2x)).
Wilson's stellar indoor season continued Friday, as the junior picked up the win in the weight throw with a launch of 21.94m (71-11.75). The victory marked Wilson's first-career league indoor title and fifth win in the event this year. She'll be back in action in the shot put competition tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. PT.
Freshman Chinyere Okoro bagged four points for the Bruin women in the 200m, taking fifth place overall with a time of 24.15. Fellow first-year Maddy Doane notched a personal-best time of 22.44, good for eighth place and a point for the squad.
Okoro notched a fifth-place performance in the women's 60m dash prelims, winning her heat with a time of 7.42. She secured her spot in tomorrow's final, tying her previous lifetime-best time in the event that ranks fourth in UCLA indoor history. The men's competition saw Kenroy Higgins II and Myles Webb each qualify for Saturday's final, going 2-7 in the prelims and notching times of 6.66 and 6.73, respectively.
The women's pentathlon saw junior Isa Videler take third place overall, compiling 3,899 points for a new lifetime best and six points toward the Bruins' total, further solidifying her No. 5 position on the all-time UCLA indoor list in the event. Senior Isaiah Holmes totaled 3,186 points across the first four events of the men's heptathlon, good for second place ahead of Saturday's meet program. Holmes notched three top-3 finishes today, including a victory in the heptathlon high jump with a mark of 2.11m (6-11.00).
The Bruin men picked up 10 points in the long jump as senior Harrison Schrage (six points) and junior Matthew DeRoos (four points) took third and fifth place, respectively. Schrage cleared 7.41m (24-11.00) while DeRoos posted a lifetime-best mark of 7.41m (24-03.75).
Garrett Reynolds notched a point for the Bruin men in the 5000m, clocking an eighth-place time of 14:15.05. Darius Riley finished 18th overall, crossing at 14:34.85.
DAY TWO
UCLA wraps up the MPSF Championships tomorrow, with the women's high jump scheduled to kick off the meet program at 10:00 a.m. PT. Arizona is out in front in the men's competition with 44 points while Oregon has the edge in the women's competition, compiling 43 points thus far.
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