IRVINE, Calif. — UC San Diego's track and field team collected nine event wins and scored a combined 323 points en route to first- and second-place team finishes at the Vince O'Boyle Track & Field Classic on Friday and Saturday.
 
The Tritons finished first on the women's side of the competition with 173 points and second on the men's side, behind the hosts UC Irvine, with 150 points. In total, 12 of UC San Diego's results from the weekend, set by 11 different Tritons, establish new top-ten marks in school history. Junior thrower Matthew Amankonah recorded two of those marks, in shot put and discus.
 
INSIDE THE MEET
WOMEN:
All-Time Performances:

• Idara Ibekwe — 100-meter Dash (12.05/third overall/improves on ninth all time)
• Maxine Schultz — 400-meter Dash (55.39/first overall/improves on third all time)
• Lizzie Dolan — 100-meter Hurdles (14.33/second overall/eighth all time)
• Sidney Hendricks — 3000-meter Steeplechase (11:22.56/first overall/sixth all time)
• Naomi Chin — Pole Vault (12' 8.25"/second overall/second all time)
• Sky Kezmoh — Pole Vault (11' 8.5"/fourth overall/tied for tenth all time)
• Mattie Cecilio — Triple Jump (38' 10.5"/first overall/tenth all time)

 
Event Winners:

• Maxine Schultz — 400-meter Dash (55.39)
• Sidney Hendricks — 3000-meter Steeplechase (11:22.56)
• Mattie Cecilio — Triple Jump (38' 10.5")

 
MEN:
All-Time Performances:

• Kyle McCray – 200-meter Dash (21.73/first overall/sixth all time)
• Jonathan Rodriguez — 5000-meter Run (14:36.22/first overall/fifth all time)
• Matthew Amankonah — Shot Put (53' 5.75"/third overall/fifth all time) and Discus (164' 9"/sixth overall/seventh all time)
• Sebastian Garcia — Discus (169' 1"/fourth overall/improves on fourth all time)

 
Event Winners:

• Kyle McCray — 200-meter Dash (21.73)
• Jake Selstad — 800-meter Run (1:52.05)
• Jonathan Rodriguez — 5000-meter Run (14:36.22)
• Kalobe Jimenez — 110-meter Hurdles (14.37)
• Kiasa Salgado — 400-meter Hurdles (53.30)
• Christopher Erpelding, Kyle McCray, Tristan Lee, Nolan Crespo — 4x100-meter Relay (41.20)

 
QUOTABLE
"This has to be one of the best single days ever across the team," Co-Head Coach Tony Salerno said. "The team score was a bit of a surprise. We didn't think we would score quit so well, as we sat a number of people out of their primary events after the big meet at San Diego State last week".
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• The women's 4x100-meter Relay team of Lizzie Dolan, Idara Ibekwe, Jenna Mencarelli, and Mckenna Meaney just missed out on the number ten spot in Triton history, finishing 0.02 seconds shy of the current mark
• Tritons posted the nine fastest times in the men's 5000-meter Run on Saturday
• UC San Diego's combined score of 323 points between their men's and women's teams was the second-highest total in the field

UP NEXT
UC San Diego returns home to Triton Track & Field Stadium to host the Triton Invitational, April 8-9. The field is expected to include approximately 1000 competitors, including multiple Olympians.
 
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.