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Event:UW Invitational Where:Dempsey Indoors – Seattle,Wash. When:Saturday at8a.m. Who to watch:After years of injury and many surgeries gone wrong,Tolu Wusu is mostly healthy.Mostly. “I definitely feel800percent more ready to handle the stresses I’m soon to put on my body,” Wusu said, “so that feels great.I’m shooting for a50 (in the triple jump) this meet,but I would love it if Ray (Green) was jumping further than that.I just want to get out there to prove to myself that just because I jump I’m not going to die.“

Teams:UC Davis vs.Cal State Bakersfield Where:Schaal Aquatics Center When:Saturday at1p.m. Who to watch:Hailing from nearby Lodi,Calif.,freshman Alex Daneke enters his first home meet as an Aggie as one of the top freestyle and backstroke swimmers on the team.

Teams:UC Davis at Pacific Records:Aggies,7-11 (3-4); Tigers,10-9 (4-3) Where:Alex G.Spanos Center – Stockton,Calif. When:Saturday at7p.m. Who to watch:After dropping two games this past weekend,the Aggies look to get back on track with help from leading scorer Paige Mintun as the midway point of the Big West Conference season approaches.

Teams:UC Davis vs.Oregon State; Cal State Fullerton Where:The Pavilion; Titan Gym – Fullerton,Calif. When:Friday at7p.m.; Sunday at noon Who to watch:Sophomore Barrett Abel has been perfect for the Aggies this year,posting a10-0record at the149-pound weight-class.

Who:UC Davis vs.Santa Clara; UC Santa Cruz Records:Aggies,2-2; Broncos,1-1; Banana Slugs,0-1 Where:Marya Welch Tennis Center When:Friday at1:30p.m.; Saturday at11a.m. Who to watch:Jessica Harris has been playing tough early on this season at theNo.5singles spot.The senior from Pasadena,Calif.started out the season going2-0in singles play to go along with a7-4overall mark.

Event:UW Invitational Where:Dempsey Indoors – Seattle,Wash. When:Saturday at8a.m. Who to watch:Her name isLorin Scott. Aggie fans should already be familiar with the senior middle distance standout.And after this season,athletics fans around the country may very well be,too.

Event:NorCal Cup Teams:No.9UC Davis vs.Pacific; No.4Hawaii; No.10San JoseState; No.5California Where:SullivanAquaticCenter– Santa Clara,Calif. When:Saturday at11:45a.m.,4:45p.m.; Sunday at10:30a.m.,3:30p.m. Who to watch:After losing the team‘s top two scorers,the burden of putting the ball in the cage will be placed mostly on senior sprinter Lindsay Kiyama.

Like many who live in Davis,Paul Mach spends a lot of time on his bike. But unlike most,he gets paid to do so. A UC Davis doctoral candidate in applied mathematics,Mach recently signed a one-year contract with Bissell,a professional cycling teamthat took second at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina last week.

Who:UC Davis at No.5Stanford Records:Aggies,2-2; Cardinal,0-0 Where:Taube Family Tennis Stadium – Palo Alto,Calif. When:Today at3p.m. Who to watch:Freshman Dahra Zamudio is proving she’ll be someone to watch this whole season.

Men’s tennis UC Davis will have to wait another week before opening its spring season as the Aggies‘ two matches scheduled for Saturday were postponed as a result of an unsettled weather forecast.Both matches,however,have been rescheduled for later in the season. Initially,the Aggies were scheduled to face Santa Clara and UC Santa Cruz on Saturday afternoon in Santa Clara.UC Davis will instead take on SCU Feb.15at1p.m.in Santa Clara.The UCSC match will now be played Mar.7at1p.m.in Davis. The modified schedule means UC Davis will open its season Friday at Portland.

Gary Stewart remembers the girl he had a crush on when he was13years old.And he doesn’t want to talk about her. “It matters not to me.I don’t focus on that at all,” said the UC Davis men’s basketball coach. “If I’m still worried about a girl I liked when I was13,I’ve got some problems.“ For Stewart and the Aggies,that girl has been the PacificTigers.For a long,long time.

Vault? Check. Bars? Check. Beam and floor? Check and check. The gymnastics home opener was a thriller for Aggie fans – who literally couldn’t stay in their seats – as they saw UC Davis win all four individual events and five overall counting all-around in a dominating 191.050 to 187.175 win over Air Force.