Walker's Pace: UCLA Dual Live Blog
Walker's Pace: UCLA Dual Live Blog
Sunday, April 16, 2011
Walker's Pace is live at UCLA's Drake Stadium as the Men of Oregon take on UCLA in a classic dual meet. Updates will be posted throughout the afternoon and you can also follow along with the live webcast on Flotrack, and with live results.
Most recent posts will be at the top.
4x400 Meter Relay
Mike Berry runs a tremendous anchor leg and Oregon wins in 3:09.70. The meet ends in a draw 81.5-81.5. A very exciting day at Drake Stadium.
The meet will be decided by the five points in the relay, which is coming up after UCLA's senior ceremony. Ducks win and the meet is a draw, UCLA wins and the Bruins take the title by 10.
5,000 Meters
Parker Stinson (14:08.22) and Danny Mercado (14:12.72) go 1-2 for Oregon in the 5,000 meters with Alex Crabill of UCLA third (14:16.79). That means UCLA has clinched at least a tie. TEAM SCORE: UCLA 81.5, Oregon 76.5.
Discus
No official marks yet, but Ducks pick up a point with a third place finish from Randall Horn (168-4), a 12-foot personal best, behind two Bruins. TEAM SCORE: UCLA 80.5, Oregon 68.5.
Triple Jump
Event goes 5-4 in favor if UCLA, but a good result for the Ducks. UCLA's Jonathan Clark wins at 52-2/15.90m, with Oregon's Brian Schaudt second in an outdoor personal-best 50-3.25/15.32m and Tyler Pinkney third at 48-1.75/14.85m TEAM SCORE: UCLA 72.5, Oregon 67.5.
200 Meters
Mike Berry picked up an important second-place finish and three team points. Maxwell Dyce won in 20.94 for UCLA, with Berry next in a personal-best 21.08 as he just clipped UCLA's Karlton Rolle at the tape. Rolle ran 21.10. TEAM SCORE: UCLA 67.5, Oregon 63.5.
Pole Vault
Bruins score big, but Ducks steal a half a point thanks to Austin Ouderkirk. UCLA's Greg Woepse wins at 17-6.5, Michael Woepse at 16-7.25 and Ouderkirk and Scott DiCasare tied for third at 16-1.25. 8.5 points in this event for the Bruins and .5 for Ducks. UCLA edges back into the lead, TEAM SCORE: UCLA 61.5, Oregon 60.5.
400 Meter Hurdles
Tough break for the Ducks as Eric Hersey got caught up on a hurdle and could not finish. UCLA, led by David Klarer at 52.74, goes 1-2, with Oregon's Kevin Godfrey third at 56.80. TEAM SCORE: Oregon 60, UCLA 53.
High Jump
Good result in this event for Oregon with Danny Marconi winning by clearing 6-11.5/2.12m and Justin Frick tying UCLA's Taylor Hobson for second at 6-9.5/2.07m. That's seven points for the Ducks and two for the Bruins. TEAM SCORE: Oregon 59, UCLA 45.
800 Meters
Big 1-2 finish for the Ducks as Elijah Greer breaks from the pack with 250 meters left to win in 1:50.46. He pulled teammate Matthew Centrowitz around with him in 1:50.91, with UCLA's Cory Primm third in 1:51.69. TEAM SCORE: Oregon 52, UCLA 43.
Javelin
Alex Wolff wins for Oregon, with a best of 221-8 coming on his second throw. UCLA's Matthew Kosecki was second at 207-3 and Oregon's Michael Thompson took third at 201-8. TEAM SCORE: Oregon 44, UCLA 42.
100 Meters
Bruins also sweep the 100 to pull into the lead. Jamal Alston won in 10.67. Oregon's Dior Mathis was fourth in 11.12. TEAM SCORE: UCLA 39, Oregon 38.
Shot Put
Bruins counter Oregon's sweep in the 400 with a sweep in the shot. Nigel Davies wins at 53-4.5. TEAM SCORE: Oregon 38, UCLA 30.
400 Meters
A 1-2-3 sweep for the Ducks! Huge in the team scoring. Bryan Harper wins in 47.99, with Matt Butcher second in 48.72 and Josh Smith third in 49.55. TEAM SCORE: Oregon 38, UCLA 21.
110 Hurdles
David Klech, fresh off the Mt. SAC Relays decathlon three days ago, won for the Ducks in 14.16 with teammate Eric Hersey third in 14.34. UCLA's Dominic Giovannoni third in 15.02. TEAM SCORE: Oregon 29, UCLA 21.
Long Jump
Bruins' Taylor Hobson wins at 24-4.5, with Oregon's David Klech second at 24-3 and UCLA's Nelson Rosario third at 24-0.25. MEET SCORE: 21, UCLA 20.
1,500 Meters
UCLA's Cory Primm broke with 600 meters to go but Matthew Centrowitz covered move and stayed tight on his shoulder. The senior from Arnold, Md., then turned in the jets with 50 meters remaining to pass Primm and and win in 3:45.86. Primm was second in 3:46.76, with Oregon's Boru Guyota third in 3:49.09. MEET SCORE: Oregon 18, UCLA 14.
4x100 Meters
Bruins win in 40.20. Ducks (Mathis, Berry, Barner, Smith) 42.00. MEET SCORE: Oregon 12, UCLA 11
Steeplechase
Oregon's Steve Finley won in 8:57.59, while teammate A.J. Acosta survived a fall on the water jump finish second in 9:08.54. David McDonald of UCLA was third in 9:14.62. Ducks may have picked up a few points here. MEET SCORE: Oregon 12, UCLA 6.
Hammer
UCLA picked up a couple of points in the hammer with a win by Alec Faldermeyer (206-0/62.79m). He was a slight upset winner over Oregon's Jordan Stray (205-3/62.56m). Duck Cam Norris was third (170-3/51.89m). MEET SCORE: UCLA 5, Oregon 4.
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