Friday, May 11
Northridge, CA
2:00 PM
UC Riverside
at
Big West Championship
Photo by: John Fajardo
Distance Runners Lead Highlanders on Final Day of Big West Championships
5/12/2018 7:13:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – The UC Riverside Track & Field Teams closed out the 2018 Big West Championships at the Matador Track & Field Complex in Northridge on Saturday. The UCR women finished in seventh place with a team score of 75, while the men ended the weekend in eighth scoring a 43.
Women's
The distance runners led the way on the women's side for the Highlanders, as seniors Faith Makau and Weslie Pearce combined for a trio of top-three finishes on Saturday. Makau's tough running in the 1500m (4:29.72) gave her a second-place finish, the best of any Highlander on the day.
Pearce would lead the pack for a good while in the 5000m, eventually taking third with a mark of 16:54.13.
Makau would also finish third in the 800m with a time of 2:09.35, followed by junior Cydney Branch in fifth place (2:12.61).
Competing in her first career 400m final, sophomore Kenady Jackson finished in seventh with a 56.50.
The women's 4x100Â relay team of Sirai Thompson, Camille Deadwiler, Destiny Mitchell and Victoria Sandoval crossed the finish line in 46.65 to take fifth-place.
In the shot put, sophomore Natalie Mitchell's first throw of the day would set a new lifetime best at 44-4.25, good for sixth overall.
Men's
An exciting final in the men's 800m would go down to the wire, as sophomore Heinrich Van Niekerk (1:51.18) and junior Ethan Van Setten (1:51.51) took second and fourth, respectively, both finishing within half a second of first place.
Senior Michael Kojin would participate in the finals for both the 100m and 200m. He took seventh in the 100m with a time of 10.79, and finished in sixth in the 200m at 21.81.
Similar to their female counterparts, the men's 4x100 relay team including Erik Cisneros, Michael Kojin, Nathan Noble, Carlos Wedlow took fifth overall, crossing the finish line at 41.22 seconds.
Women's
The distance runners led the way on the women's side for the Highlanders, as seniors Faith Makau and Weslie Pearce combined for a trio of top-three finishes on Saturday. Makau's tough running in the 1500m (4:29.72) gave her a second-place finish, the best of any Highlander on the day.
Pearce would lead the pack for a good while in the 5000m, eventually taking third with a mark of 16:54.13.
Makau would also finish third in the 800m with a time of 2:09.35, followed by junior Cydney Branch in fifth place (2:12.61).
Competing in her first career 400m final, sophomore Kenady Jackson finished in seventh with a 56.50.
The women's 4x100Â relay team of Sirai Thompson, Camille Deadwiler, Destiny Mitchell and Victoria Sandoval crossed the finish line in 46.65 to take fifth-place.
In the shot put, sophomore Natalie Mitchell's first throw of the day would set a new lifetime best at 44-4.25, good for sixth overall.
Men's
An exciting final in the men's 800m would go down to the wire, as sophomore Heinrich Van Niekerk (1:51.18) and junior Ethan Van Setten (1:51.51) took second and fourth, respectively, both finishing within half a second of first place.
Senior Michael Kojin would participate in the finals for both the 100m and 200m. He took seventh in the 100m with a time of 10.79, and finished in sixth in the 200m at 21.81.
Similar to their female counterparts, the men's 4x100 relay team including Erik Cisneros, Michael Kojin, Nathan Noble, Carlos Wedlow took fifth overall, crossing the finish line at 41.22 seconds.
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