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Payton Brennan's 514-Foot Homer Ranks Among College Baseball's Longest

3/28/2026

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The UCLA Bruins (22-2) faced the Iowa Hawkeyes (15-8) in Iowa City with Logan Reddemann on the mound.
Roch Cholowsky is projected as a top MLB draft pick.
Payton Brennan hit a 514-foot home run off Iowa's Jaron Bleeker, with an exit velocity of 111 mph.
The homer ranks among the longest in college baseball history, rivaling notable past records.
Statcast, introduced in 2015, provides measurements of home run distances.

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The UCLA Bruins (22-2) faced the Iowa Hawkeyes (15-8) in Iowa City with Logan Reddemann on the mound.
Roch Cholowsky is projected as a top MLB draft pick.
Payton Brennan hit a 514-foot home run off Iowa's Jaron Bleeker, with an exit velocity of 111 mph.
The homer ranks among the longest in college baseball history, rivaling notable past records.
Statcast, introduced in 2015, provides measurements of home run distances.