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Pac-12 Championships
Women Third, Men Fifth to Conclude Pac-12 Championships
May 12, 2024 | Track & Field
BOULDER, Colo. - UCLA Track and Field wrapped up the Pac-12 Championships hosted by the University of Colorado at Potts Field in Boulder, Colo. on Sunday afternoon.
Overall, the women scored 99 points to finish third, while the men scored 67 points to place fifth over the three-day meet, with podium finishes in eight events on Sunday contributing to the final scores. The women's final score is the highest meet finish since 2013 (4th, 87.33), with 2007 being the last third place finish at the Pac-12 Championships.
To begin day three, the women's and men's 4x100m relay teams were first to put points on the board, both securing third-place finishes in the Conference.
The hurdlers were the next to score for the Bruins, with junior Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck picking up four points in the women's 100m hurdles and freshman Davis Davis-Lyric and senior Aiden Lieb combining for five points in the men's 110m hurdles.
Junior Aly Conyers scored two points in the women's 400m final. On the men's side, Antonie Nortje ran a 45.05 to finish as the Pac-12 runner-up. Nortje set a new PR and tied for UCLA's seventh-fastest time. He would also score five points in the men's 200m.
Kaylen Fletcher added two points to the total score for the Bruins in the 100m final.
Senior Kate Jendrezak was the Pac-12 runner-up in the women's 800m, her time of 2:02.17 setting a new school record in the event. Fellow senior Rose Pittman ran a 2:05.40 and secured four more points in the race. Graduate student Angus Harrington added three points on the men's side.
The final running events of the day resulted in success for UCLA. Senior Michael Mireles added to the total of second-place finishes on day three after running a 14:17.54 in the men's 5000m race.
The men's and women's 4x400m relay squads repeated as Pac-12 runner-ups for the second year in a row. The women's team (3:28.52) not only recorded the fourth-fastest time in school history but also had the second-fastest time in Pac-12 Championships history. The men (3:02.39) had the seventh-fastest time in school history.
In the field, the Bruin women scored in all three Sunday events. Senior Ka'Leila Abrille placed fourth in the women's pole vault (4.33m, 14-02.50), scoring four points and securing the fifth-highest mark on UCLA's Outdoor All-Time Top 10 list. Junior Lyvante Su'emai and graduate student Asha Fletcher scored two points each in the discus and triple jump, respectively.
For the men, sophomore Michael Pinckney (57.78m, 189-06) placed second in the Conference in the discus final Sunday, and freshman Jake Stafford placed fourth.
Over three days of competition, the team took home two Pac-12 individual titles in the women's javelin (Federica Botter) and women's 3000m steeplechase (Mia Kane). The Bruins had additional podium finishes in the women's hammer (Mayyi Mahama and Lyvante Su'emai), men's hammer (Kris Emig), women's shot put (Lea Riedel), men's discus (Michael Pinckney), women's and men's 4x100m relays, men's 400m (Antonie Nortje), women's 800m (Kate Jendrezak), men's 5000m (Michael Mireles) and men's and women's 4x400m relays.
Up Next: NCAA West Regionals
UCLA Track and Field will compete in the 2024 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds from Wednesday, May 22, to Saturday, May 25 hosted by the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark. at John McDonnell Field. The field of competitors will be announced by the NCAA on Thursday, May 16.
FIELD RESULTS
Women's Discus
7. Lyvante Su'emai - 53.27m (174-09)
14. Natalie Ramirez - 48.99m (160-08)
Women's Triple Jump
7. Asha Fletcher 12.45m (40-10.25)
13. Sophia Hartwell - 11.94m (39-02.25)
14. Jade McDonald - 11.79m (38-08.25)
Women's Pole Vault
4. Ka'Leila Abrille - 4.33m (14-02.50) (fifth on UCLA's Outdoor All-Time Top 10 list)
Men's Discus
2. Michael Pinckney - 57.78m (189-06)
4. Jake Stafford - 55.55m (182-03)
17. Gabriel Katches - 46.50m (152-06)
TRACK RESULTS
Women's 4x100m Relay
3. Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck, Naomi Johnson, Aly Conyers, and Kaylen Fletcher - 43.66
Men's 4x100m Relay
3. Ismail Turner, Antonie Nortje, Myles Misener-Daley, and Sam Herenton - 39.70
Women's 100m Hurdles
5. Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck - 13.45
Men's 110m Hurdles
6. Davis-Davis Lyric - 14.57
7. Aiden Lieb - 14.72
Women's 400m
7. Aly Conyers - 52.65
Men's 400m
2. Antonie Nortje - 45.05 (tied for seventh on UCLA's Outdoor All-Time Top 10 list)
Women's 100m
7. Kaylen Fletcher - 11.43
Women's 800m
2. Kate Jendrezak - 2:02.17 (first on UCLA's Outdoor All-Time Top 10 list)
5. Rose Pittman - 2:05.40
Men's 800m
6. Angus Harrington - 1:50.37
Men's 200m
4. Antonie Nortje - 20.67
Men's 5000m
2. Michael Mireles - 14:17.54
Women's 4x400m Relay
2. Naomi Johnson, Aly Conyers, Kaylen Fletcher, and Kate Jendrezak - 3:28.52 (fourth on UCLA's Outdoor All-Time Top 10 list)
Men's 4x400m Relay
2. Ismail Turner, Myles Misener-Daley, Sam Herenton, and Antonie Nortje - 3:02.39 (seventh on UCLA's All-Time Top 10 list)
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