PAC-10 TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS: UCLA SWEEPS USC FOR TITLES.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News The UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX men settled the score against USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. in the 400-meter relay in the Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members track and field championships Sunday. The UCLA women were beneficiaries of a Trojans miscue mis·cue n. 1. Games A stroke in billiards that misses or just brushes the ball because of a slip of the cue. 2. A mistake. intr.v. mis·cued, mis·cu·ing, mis·cues 1. . Both Bruins squads rode the momentum of victories in the opening running event on the way to a sweep of the men's and women's team titles before 7,568 at Stanford. The UCLA men totaled 135-1/2 points to win their sixth conference title in seven years. USC finished second and Arizona third with 115 and 111 points, respectively. The UCLA women compiled 174 points for their sixth conference crown since 1990. Stanford was second with 136 points, followed by USC with 121. In the men's 400-meter relay, UCLA's Jim McElroy James Charles McElroy, Jr. (born October 4, 1953 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard from Central Michigan University, McElroy played in the National Basketball Association from 1975 to 1982 as a member of the New overtook Jerome Davis Jerome Davis (December 2, 1891-October 1979) was a labor organizer and sociologist. Early in his life he campaigned to reduce the workweek, and as an advocate of organized labor. of USC at the wire as the team won in a season-best time of 39.52 seconds. Three weeks earlier, the Bruins had suffered a loss to the Trojans in the annual crosstown meet. ``We knew it was going to be a close meet and needed all the points we could get,'' McElroy said. ``When it starts with the 4 x 1(00), it gets the team pumped up for the rest of the meet.'' Against USC in the May 2 dual meet, the UCLA women had set a conference record of 43.49 seconds in the 400 relay. On Sunday, USC was an apparent winner over the Bruins, 43.98 to 44.25, but was disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. for passing the baton out of the exchange zone. ``It's cool we won, but they still beat us,'' UCLA senior Joanna Hayes said. ``When you lose, it makes you mad and makes us work harder to win.'' The UCLA women, the No. 1 team in the TrackWire national rankings, persevered in other events, too. Hayes won the 100-meter hurdles in 13.15 but strained her right hamstring over the last hurdle. Hayes was carried off the track and was scratched from the 400 hurdles and 1,600 relay. Freshman Shakedia Jones, who had posted impressive marks in the 100 (11.11) and 200 (22.84) in the dual meet, was victorious in the 100 in 11.20. Jones, however, did not run in the 200 because of a sore hamstring, allowing the Trojans' Torri Edwards to win easily in 23.01. Andrea Anderson of UCLA won the 400 meters in 52.52 with a furious move on the final backstretch back·stretch n. The part of an oval racecourse farthest from the spectators and opposite the homestretch. despite having trained for only three days following a two-week absence to a hamstring injury hamstring injury Sports medicine A muscle injury of biceps femoris, seen in sprinters and runners, when a contracted muscle meets a lengthening force, overpowering intrinsic muscle resiliency Management RICE, NSAIDs, gradual ↑ of pain-free activity–eg, . ``With a team like ours, there is always room for error,'' Hayes said. ``You don't want to count on it or think about it before a race. It was just good everybody else stepped up.'' Particularly the Bruins throwers. UCLA's Seilala Sua, Nada Kawar and Rachelle Noble swept the shot put on Saturday. Noble also won the hammer in a meet-record 186 feet, 10 inches. Brian Fell helped carry the UCLA men. The junior clocked 50.79 to defend his conference title in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles. He also teamed with McElroy, Brandon Thomas and Damian Allen on the Bruins' 1,600 relay team, which finished third. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO UCLA's Jim McElroy, right, celebrates 400-meter relay victory over USC and its anchor man, Jerome Davis, in Pac-10 meet. Associated Press |
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