AZUSA, Calif. – Closing out its inaugural season at the Division I level, UC San Diego track and field performed one last time at the APU Last Chance Twilight meet hosted by Azusa Pacific at Cougar Athletic Stadium.
 
INSIDE THE MEET
MEN:
Top UC San Diego Performers:

• Senior Blake Walkowiak, discus (third overall/first among collegiate athletes/159'4")
• Redshirt sophomore Sebastian Garcia, discus (fourth overall/second among collegiate athletes/152'7")
• UC San Diego 4x100 relay, Christopher Erpelding, Kyle McCray, Tristan Lee, Nolan Crespo (first overall/41.62)
• Senior Jake Selstad, 800 (third overall/first among collegiate athletes/1:54.28)
• Senior Josef Polk, 400 (12^th overall/fourth among collegiate athletes/49.83); 400 hurdles (fourth overall/second among collegiate athletes/54.34)
• Sophomore Nolan Crespo, 100 (ninth overall/second among collegiate athletes/10.88) 

WOMEN
All-Time Performances:

• Sophomore Caitlin Billman, 10K (fifth overall/fifth among collegiate athletes/eighth all-time/37:35.55)
• Junior Megan Mattson, 100 hurdles (fifth overall/third among collegiate athletes/10^th all-time/14.50)
• Junior Sidney Hendricks, 3000 steeplechase (11^th overall/sixth among collegiate athletes/ninth all-time/11:27.84)

Top UC San Diego Performers:

• Sophomore Mattie Cecilio, long jump (12^th overall/fourth among collegiate athletes/17'2.25")
• Sophomore Gloria Kalt, long jump (13^th overall/fifth among collegiate athletes, 16'7.75")
• Sophomore Naomi Chin, pole vault (T10th overall/tied fourth among collegiate athletes, 11'10")
• Senior Zeinab Torabi, 400 hurdles (fourth overall/fourth among collegiate athletes, 1:02.56) 

RESULTS
Click here for the complete results of the APU Last Chance (PDF).
 
QUOTABLE
"We definitely finished off on a high note at a pretty competitive meet," said Women's Head Coach Darcy Ahner. "We are going to miss our graduating seniors, but we have young team coming back so the future is bright. All of our athletes deserve a lot of credit for making it through a real tough year."

TRITON TIDBITS

• The last time the Tritons competed at the APU Last Chance meet was in 2013.
• Several elite professionals and international Olympic athletes (Brazil) were in attendance all weekend, as well as a collection of Division II programs and unattached participants.
• Nine distance runners hit personal records on Saturday evening. 

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 has begun a new era 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 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have garnered 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.
 
Return To Sport… Safely
In order for UC San Diego scholar-athletes to be permitted to return to training and competition safely and within federal, state, local and university guidelines, the athletic department implemented a number of measures designed to complement and enhance the university's highly-successful Return To Learn program.  Notable actions include being physically distanced when practical, including during out-of-season training sessions; wearing masks, except when undergoing physically strenuous exercise; and maintaining proper hygiene.  Athletes, coaches and staff are testing at a higher frequency than the campus population, teams adhere to CDC, NCAA and Big West Conference guidelines and department officials participate in regular meetings with conference and university-affiliated physicians and the UC San Diego emergency operations staff.