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UCI claims crown

The UC Irvine men and the Cornell women captured the team titles of

the Spring Break Collegiate Classic in track and field at Anteater

Stadium Saturday.

The UCI men’s squad scored 257 points, Cornell was second with

228, Miami (Ohio) had 223, Cal Poly Pomona 136 and UC Riverside 99.

UCI sealed the victory with a win in the 1,600-meter relay as

Scott Jarvis, Omar Lopez, Storm Huie and Dayne Comrie finished with a

time of 3:14.72. The Anteaters’ Kenny Vinh and Jarvis finished 1-2 in

the 110 hurdles with times of 14.90 and 15.05, respectively. UCI’s

Comrie won the 400 hurdles in 53.17 and Jarvis was second in 53.66.

Huie placed first in the 400 with a time of 48.80 while Ricky Barnes

finished second in the 1,500 meters with a NCAA regional qualifying

time of 3:46.87. Elias Moreno placed second in the 100 meters with a

time of 11.02.

The Anteaters’ John Wratten won the high jump with a

regional-qualifying mark of 6-10 3/4 and Joe Lourenco finished first

in the long jump at 23-0 1/2 . Kirsten Loftin won the pole vault at

11-5 3/4 .

Newport takes fifth

* SOFTBALL: The Newport Harbor High softball team defeated Corona

del Mar, 3-1, and Capistrano Valley, 8-6, Saturday to claim

fifth-place in the Northwood tournament.

Senior pitcher Ashley Gleason went the distance against CdM and

entered midway through the Capo game, finishing the day with 16

strikeouts.

Senior Julianne Bass nailed a solo home run against CdM for the

Sailors (9-2), while going 2 for 4 against Capo with two runs and an

RBI. Darci Pennington was 2 for 3 at the plate against Capistrano

Valley, with a run scored and an RBI.

Michelle Tolfa struck out 12 batters for the Sea Kings.

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