UC Irvine Signs Three to Scholarships

UC Irvine has signed three track and cross-country athletes, school officials announced Monday.

C.J. Marciales of Tustin finished 19th in the state Division II cross-country championships. He also placed fourth in the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Junior Olympics.

Lisa Gillis of Hayward Moreau was the North Coast Section champion in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters as a junior. She placed third in the state cross-country championships last fall.

Mike Arp of Berkeley St. Mary’s placed eighth in the state cross-country championships. He was also the North Coast champion in the 800 meters.

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Sunny Hills track senior Sunny Nicholas, who had a stress fracture in her foot, is finished for the season.

She was injured at the Southern Section Division III track and field preliminaries at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach.

Nicholas, who was the Freeway League’s candidate for girls’ Orange County Athlete of the Year, said she felt a pop in her right foot while winning a heat of the 300 hurdles. She had also qualified for this weekend’s divisional championships in the 100 hurdles.