RIVERSIDE, Calif. — For the second year in a row, the UC San Diego track and field team is leaving Riverside with their names in the record books. The Triton women's 4x100-meter relay team of
Lizzie Dolan,
Idara Ibekwe,
Jenna Mencarelli, and
Mckenna Meaney set the Chris Rinne Twilight meet record in the event Friday, finishing in a time of 46.83 seconds, beating Azusa Pacific's mark from 2019 by 0.17 seconds.
The record-setting relay performance was one of four event wins and five new top ten all time marks for the Tritons.
Lauren Pritchard finished second overall, one of nine overall runners-up for UC San Diego on the day, but first among collegiate athletes in the women's high jump, clearing 5' 5". An additional six Tritons earned third-place finishes, making 19 total podiums.
INSIDE THE MEET
WOMEN:
All-Time Performances
- 4x100-meter Relay (Dolan, Ibekwe, Mencarelli, Meaney) — 46.83 (first overall/fourth all time/meet record)
- Megan Mattson — 100-meter Hurdles (14.30/fourth overall/seventh all time)
- Amari Jenkins — 400-meter Hurdles (60.87/first overall/sixth all time)
- Maxine Schultz — 200-meter Dash (24.59/fifth overall/sixth all time)
Event Winners:
- 4x100-meter Relay (Dolan, Ibekwe, Mencarelli, Meaney) — 46.83
- Amari Jenkins — 400-meter Hurdles (60.87)
MEN:
All-Time Performances:
- Kyle McCray — 100-meter Dash (10.75/tenth overall/improves on seventh all time)
Event Winners:
QUOTABLE
"It's great to see the teams continue tapping into our top tens in all different event areas and showing up to compete well against both Big West and Pac-12 competitors," Co-Head Coach
Darcy Ahner said.
TRITON TIDBITS
- Former Triton Timothy Corvese (Class of 2020) set the meet record in the men's 800-meter run Friday, breaking the record set by current Triton Jake Selstad last year.
- On the list at last: Megan Mattson's time of 14.30 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles finally got her onto UC San Diego's top ten list for the event after she had missed making it by just 0.01 seconds for two straight weeks
UP NEXT
The Tritons will split their squad again next weekend, making their debut at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, while also competing at UC Irvine's Steve Scott Invitationals. Most of the team will be in Irvine, with only a select group traveling to the Midwest. Both meets take place April 29-30.
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.
