UC Irvine junior Charles Jock defeated a strong field in the men’s 800 meters to set a new personal best time of 1:45.19, the nation’s leading time so far in 2011. The race was paced by Saucony pro Duane Solomon through 600 meters in 1:16. In second place was the fast-charging Fred Samoei of Alabama, the NCAA indoor champion, while Tetlo Emmen was third.
Maggie Vessey made her 800 meter season debut with a victory in her typical sit-and-kick fashion as she overlook early leader Lea Wallace of Sacramento State on the final straightaway. Her winning time of 2:02.51 was over half a second ahead of Lindsey Schnell of Brooks while Wallace faded to third.
Jock’s post-race interview
Kevin Liao is your typical running nerd, following the sport for years before starting Spiked Up, Psyched Up. Kevin was previously the cross country and track & field correspondent for Capital One Cup. When not writing, watching Flotrack videos and reading Letsrun.com, Kevin also finds time to run fairly competitively with PR's of 4:12 (1500) and 15:23 (5k) and more famously winner of the 2009 Marshall Clark 4 Mile road race. He is a graduate of UC San Diego (explaining the site color scheme) and current resident of Sacramento, Calif. Among his other sporting interests are rooting for his hometown teams, the San Francisco Giants, San Francisco 49ers and Golden State Warriors.
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