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UC Irvine half-miler Charles Jock opened up his 2012 outdoor campaign on Saturday with a win in the 1000 meters in a time of 2:22.75 at the Pomona-Pitzer All-Comers meet in Claremont, California.
Jock was just 0.05 seconds ahead of second placer Alex Amankwah of West Los Angeles College.
Jock, known for his relentless front-running strategy, was the NCAA 800 meter runner-up in 2011, narrowly finishing second in an epic finish against Virginia’s Robby Andrews.
Jock went on to finish third at the USATF Championships in a new personal best of 1:44.67.
The effort earned him a spot on Team USA at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, where he was unable to make it out of the first round.
Find full results from the Pomona-Pitzer All-Comers meet here.
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 senior at UC San Diego (explaining the site color scheme) majoring in political science and aspires to be a top operative in American politics. 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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