LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego Athletics is in the midst of its second season of the Between Two Zooms video series. In season two, fans get the opportunity to hear from scholar-athletes and members of the Triton community.
Today's edition features senior thrower
Blake Walkowiak and junior sprinter
Ellie Flint of the track and field team. Both Walkowiak (Marshall College) and Flint (Roosevelt College), a duo of environmentally focused majors, earned CCAA All-Academic honors in 2020.
Walkowiak was selected to the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) All-Star Team and likely headed to the NCAA Championships after an impressive pro-qualifying discus toss (173'1.0"/second all-time) at the Rossi Relays. In addition, Flint was part of the 4x400 relay squad that captured first-place at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge and individually held the CCAA's second fastest time in the 400 dash when the season abruptly ended.
The two chat with ESPN's Ted Mendenhall about their favorite summer memories, UC San Diego's transition to Division I, their team's performance at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge, and more!
Check back on UCSDtritons.com for upcoming editions of Between Two Zooms. Next week, Mendenhall chats with
Taylor Onstott from women's water polo.
Between Two Zooms Archives
Season One
Heidi VanDerveer, women's basketball
Eric Olen, men's basketball
Earl Edwards, Director of Athletics
Kevin Ring, men's volleyball
Patti Gerckens, softball
Eric Newman, baseball
Brad Kreutzkamp, women's water polo
Season Two
Shay Whitcomb, baseball
Sreeganesh Manoharan, men's tennis and Natalie Saddic, women's soccer
Gabe Avillion, men's volleyball
Tyrell Roberts, men's basketball
Julia Macabuhay, women's basketball
Spencer Daily, swim and dive
Bobbi Aguirre, softball
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program begins a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide more than 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. In addition, 83 Tritons have been named Academic All-Americans, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.
