April 7, 2005

Results

First day results (men/women's invitational hammer throw) from the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee T & F Invitational held Thursday-Saturday (April 7-9) at UCLA's historic Drake Stadium.

On Friday (mostly university/open events), field events begin at 11 a.m. and track events at 1:30 p.m. Also on Friday, there is an evening distance carnival, starting at 6 p.m. On Saturday (all invitational events), field events start at 11:45 a.m. and track events at 12:15 p.m.

THURSDAY

Men's Hammer
Bruin junior Andrew Ninow, a JC transfer from American River College, won the men's hammer competition, throwing a lifetime-best 188-10. Ninow's previous best mark of 188-0 came two weeks ago at the Jim Click Shootout (3/26). Fellow Bruin, junior Jake Knight, finished second to Ninow, throwing a season-best 185-4 (previous season-best of 183-4). Boldi Kocsor, who is redshirting his freshman year at UCLA, rounded out the top-three, throwing a lifetime-best 183-2 as an unattached competitor.

Results - 1. Andrew Ninow, UCLA, 188-10 (57.57); 2. Jake Knight, UCLA, 185-4 (56.49), 3. Boldi Kocsor, Unattached, 183-2 (55.82); 4. Leif Arrhenius, BYU, 182-6(55.64); 5. Kevin Liu, Utah State, 159-9 (48.69); 6. Adam Pyne, BYU, 149-0 (45.42); 7. Randy Patterson, BYU, 132-8 (40.44).