LOS ANGELES — Jake Selstad can't stop breaking records. For a second straight week, the senior topped his own UC San Diego track and field record in the 800-meter run, posting a time of 1:49.47, a 0.32 second improvement on his old mark, at Occidental College's Occidental Invitational on Saturday. The new record was one of three new top-ten marks in UC San Diego history from the meet, with Isabelle Shepherd adding her name to the Tritons' record books in the women's 800 and Andrew Schulz making the list in the men's 5K.
 
This is the third time that Selstad has broken the Tritons' 800-meter record this season, each time covering the distance in less than 1:50. Selstad also picked up UC San Diego's best finishing position in Los Angeles, his record-breaking effort bringing him across the line in third place.
 
INSIDE THE MEET
MEN:
All-Time Performances:

• Jake Selstad — 800-meter Run (1:49.47/third overall/first all time)
• Andrew Schulz — 5000-meter Run (14:38.03/19^th overall/eighth all time)

Top Finishers:

• Jake Selstad — 800-meter Run (1:49.47/third overall)
• Andrew Thomas — 800-meter Run (1:52.26/ninth overall/eighth among collegiate athletes)
• Nathan Garderes — 1500-meter Run (3:53.64/11^th overall/eighth among collegiate athletes)
• Andrew Schulz — 5000-meter Run (14:38.03/19^th overall/11^th among collegiate athletes)

WOMEN:
All-Time Performances:

• Isabelle Shepherd — 800-meter Run (2:14.07/tenth overall/ninth all time)

Top Finishers:

• Isabelle Shepherd — 800-meter Run (2:14.07/tenth overall/ninth among collegiate athletes)
• Sidney Hendricks — 1500-meter Run (4:47.08/16^th overall/11^th among collegiate athletes)
• Sylvana Northrop — 5000-meter Run (17:45.98/21^st overall/eighth among collegiate athletes)

TRITON TIDBITS

• Room at the top: With his time on Saturday, Jake Selstad's school record 800-meter time is now more than a second clear of the second-best mark
• First time for everything: Both Andrew Schulz and Isabelle Shepherd make their first appearances on the UC San Diego top-ten list with their results Saturday

UP NEXT
UC San Diego has one competitive meet left in their 2022 track and field season. The Tritons will return to Azusa Pacific University next weekend, May 13-14, for the APU Last-Chance meet. They will conclude their season May 21 with a Blue & Gold Celebration meet at Triton Track & Field Stadium to say farewell to retiring head coaches Darcy Ahner and Tony Salerno.
 
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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.