AZUSA, Calif. — UC San Diego track and field sent a group of distance runners to the Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa Pacific University, where they faced easily their strongest competition of the season Wednesday through Friday, with teams from the Pac-12, Big 12, Big 10, and SEC all in attendance.
 
At a meet that saw nine stadium records and six meet records fall, the Tritons produced eight new top-ten marks in school history, with six of those eight set by athletes who were previously not in the record books.
 
INSIDE THE MEET
WOMEN:
All-Time Performances:

• Sidney Hendricks — 3000-meter Steeplechase (11:17.44/fourth all time)
• Caitlin Billman — 10-kilometer Run (37:06.66/seventh all time)
• Tess Rounds — 10-kilometer Run (37:28.29/ninth all time)
• Lauren Lapporte — 10-kilometer Run (37:36.32/tenth all time)

MEN:
All-Time Performances:

• Brad Nelson — 3000-meter Steeplechase (9:18.59/eighth all time)
• Jordan Haney — 10-kilometer Run (30:34.38/sixth overall/second all time)
• Marcos Milla — 10-kilometer Run (31:01.23/eighth all time)
• Brett Beattie — 5000-meter Run (14:38.97/eighth all time)

QUOTABLE
"Coach Nate Garcia and the distance program have really taken it to the next level," Co-Head Coach Tony Salerno said. "They had numerous top 10 all-time performances at Azusa this week after school records performances from Andrew Thomas in the 1500 and Jake Selstad in the 800 the last few weeks."
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• In it for the long haul: Charlie Frank and Nathan Garderes were the final Tritons to compete at the meet; it was 11 o'clock Friday night by the time their 1500-meter heats started
• The Tritons' five new all-time marks (men's and women's) in the 10-kilometer run are the most in a single event at a single meet since UC San Diego moved to the Division I level
• Tess Rounds, Lauren Lapporte, Brad Nelson, Jordan Haney, Marcos Milla, and Brett Beattie all got their names onto the Tritons' top-ten list for the first time in any event

UP NEXT
The Triton athletes who did not travel to Azusa will wrap up their second day of competition at the Beach Invitational, UC San Diego's second meet of the weekend, in Long Beach on Saturday. The entire squad will reunite Friday, April 22 for the Chris Rinne Invitational, hosted by UC Riverside.
 
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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 38 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 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.