CHICO – Manny Mejia, Clinton Hayes, Kyle Robinson and Michael Wickman teamed up to win the 4x800-meter relay and the distance medley to help the Chico State men’s track team edge Sacramento City 173.5-172.5 and claim the Wildcat Relays title to open the 2010 season Saturday at University Stadium. Chad McCammon, Jake Nelson, and Beau Rogers also claimed event titles for the Wildcats.

Mejia, Hayes, Robinson, and Wickman got to the tape nearly 10 seconds before the runner-up team from Humboldt State in the distance medley, clocking in at 10:09.23. Their victory in the 4x800 was even more convincing. They finished in 8:05.96, nearly 20 seconds before second-place Sacramento City.

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McCammon won the pole vault competition with a leap of 14.6 feet. Runner-up Kevin Ellingson of Oregon Tech cleard 14 feet. Nelson won the 110-meter hurdles, crossing the line in 15.13, three-tenths of a second faster than runner-up Stephen Dickinson of College of the Siskiyous.

Meanwhile, Rogers’ competition all came from his teammates. He held off fellow Wildcats Joey Kochlacs, Adrian Sherrod, Miles Dunbar and Alex Sharp to win the 3,000-meters as Chico State runners took the top five spots and seven of the top nine. Rogers crossed the line in 8:35.84.

Oregon Tech held off Butte College and Shasta College in a tight race for third with 68 points. Butte finished with 66 and Shasta 64. Humboldt State finished sixth with 52 points, and College of the Siskiyous came in seventh with 51.