LONG BEACH, Calif. — The UC San Diego track and field team put the finishing touches on its first split-squad weekend of the season, producing a solid performance amidst a field of top collegiate and professional athletes at the Beach Invitational Friday and Saturday. Junior
Kalobe Jimenez was one of three Tritons to record top-ten all-time marks in Long Beach, doing so in both the 110-meter hurdles and 200-meter dash. The women's 4x400-meter relay team of
Maxine Schultz,
Idara Ibekwe,
Mckenna Meaney, and
Amari Jenkins recorded UC San Diego's highest overall finish at the meet, placing fifth.
INSIDE THE MEET
WOMEN:
Top Finishers:
MEN:
All-Time Performances:
- Kalobe Jimenez — 110-meter Hurdles (14.18/ninth overall/improves on third all time) and 200-meter Dash (21.52/eleventh overall/fourth all time)
- Kyle McCray — 100-meter Dash (10.79/14th overall/seventh all time)
- Kiasa Salgado — 400-meter Hurdles (52.78/tenth overall/fourth all time)
Top Finishers:
- Kalobe Jimenez — 110-meter Hurdles (14.18/ninth overall/seventh among collegiate athletes)
- Nolan Crespo — 100-meter Dash (10.71/eighth overall/third among collegiate athletes)
- Kyle McCray — 100-meter Dash (10.79/14th overall/eighth among collegiate athletes)
- Jack Wiseman — High Jump (6' 7"/ninth overall)
QUOTABLE
"It's been quite a week," Co-Head Coach
Darcy Ahner said. "We had solid performances at Long Beach and breakthrough performances from the distance squad at APU. Both meets were huge, with thousands of athletes each. It was great to be back at big meets after two years of COVID-restricted competitions."
TRITON TIDBITS
- Kalobe Jimenez is the third Triton to set multiple top-ten all-time marks at the same event this season, joining Matthew Amankonah and Idara Ibekwe. Ibekwe is the only one to accomplish the feat twice, doing so at back-to-back meets in March
- So close yet so far, again: Megan Mattson was 0.01 seconds shy of making the Tritons' top-ten list in the 100-meter Hurdles on Saturday, the second time in as many weekends she's come that close
UP NEXT
With their first split-squad weekend behind them, the Tritons' whole squad will head to UC Riverside together for the Chris Rinne Invitational on Friday. UC San Diego is set to split up the squad again April 29-30, sending a select few athletes to Iowa for the Drake Relays while most of the team competes at the Steve Scott Invitationals in Irvine.
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 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.
