Two UCSB freshman have qualified and are set to compete at the USA Track and Field Junior National Championships in Clovis, CA this Friday through Sunday at Buchanan High School. Hope Bender, a first year Gaucho from Newport Harbor goes into the meet ranked third in the nation on the heptathlon junior list. Wyatt Thompson-Siporen, a freshman from Ashland, Ore. ranks fourth nationally in the decathlon on the junior list. The JR lists include all athletes in the US who are under the age of 20 in 2016.