Agoura’s Nekota Commits to Irvine

Kay Nekota of Agoura High, runner-up in the State Division I cross-country championships in 1991 and ‘93, said Monday she has committed to UC Irvine.

Nekota took recruiting trips to Cornell, Irvine, Arizona and Penn State before choosing the Big West Conference school. She will join former Agoura teammates Tiffany York and Tiffany Burt.

Nekota, an A student, has personal bests of 5 minutes 0.98 seconds in the 1,600 meters and 10:52.68 in the 3,200. She placed third in the 1,600 and fourth in the 3,200 in last year’s Southern Section Division I track championships.