LA JOLLA, Calif. – The UC San Diego track and field team will be participating in the Aztec Invitational running from Thursday, Mar. 23 to Saturday, Mar. 25 at the Aztec Track in San Diego, Calif. Although the event starts Thursday, the Tritons will only compete at the event Friday and Saturday. While the Hammer Throw will take place at UC San Diego's Triton Track and Field on Friday, Mar. 24, all remaining events will be held at SDSU.

Keep up with the Tritons all season long on social media through Twitter and Instagram. The team's handle is @ucsdtrackfield.
 
DETAILS
at Aztec Invitational
Thursday, Mar. 23 through Saturday, Mar. 25
Aztec Track | San Diego, Calif. 
Meet Schedule (PDF)
 
The Hammer Throw will be taking place at UC San Diego's Triton Track and Field on Friday, Mar. 24. All remaining events will take place at SDSU.

ATTENDING UC SAN DIEGO HOME EVENTS
For ticket information for the Triton Invitational (Apr. 7-8), visit the Triton Box Office. Parking permits are required seven days per week at UC San Diego.
 
LAST TIME OUT 
The Tritons made an appearance Mar. 10 and Mar. 11 at the Ben Brown Invite hosted by Cal State Fullerton. UC San Diego's track and field team had a number of top finishes in various events.
 
For day one on the men's side, Zeno Castiglioni led the way with a third-place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase, breaking the previous stadium record with a time of 9:21.91. Meanwhile, Marcos Milla placed ninth in the 5000-meter run with a time of 14:38.38, which also earned him a spot on the UC San Diego all-time performances list. 
 
The women's team also had a successful day one, with Kelsie Yamano leading the way with a second-place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase, breaking the stadium record with a time of 11:28.48. Caitlin Billman finished eighth in the 10000-meter run with a time of 36:12.03, leaving both Yamano and Billman with spots on the all-time performances list.
 
To close out the meet on day two, we saw that on the men's side, Kyle Gibbs had a solid showing in the pole vault, coming in at sixth with a height of 4.80m. Jack Wiseman had a standout performance in the high jump finishing second overall with a jump of 2.05m, while Nathan Yoder placed fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 14.07m. 
 
For the women, Julia Di Silvestri came in at fifth in the pole vault with a height of 3.75m and Kate MacNaughton finished second overall in the high jump with a jump of 1.66m. Lizzie Coley had a standout performance in the 100-meter hurdles, finishing in fourth with a time of 14.34.Concluding the action on day two, the team of Kalt, Kepler, Schiele, and Schultz finished fifth overall in the 1600-meter relay with a time of 3:58.58.
 
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST KIM GRAHAM-MILLER TAKES THE HELM
UC San Diego Director of Athletics Earl W. Edwards announced the hiring of former Olympic gold medal-winner Kimberly Graham-Miller as the new head track & field coach of the Tritons on July 11, 2022. She took over UC San Diego's men's and women's programs after serving as an assistant coach at Sacramento State since 2014, working with relay teams and sprints and hurdles.  During her time in Sacramento, she helped coach the Hornets to six Big Sky Conference titles.
  
A 1993 graduate of Clemson University, she was a decorated athlete for the Tigers. The team captain was a three-time ACC Performer of the Year – the only woman to capture that honor three times. She was inducted into the Clemson Hall of Fame in 1999.
 
After graduating from Clemson, Graham-Miller took part in the 1995 Indoor and Outdoor World Championships, where she was a semifinalist in the 400-meter. Competing for the United States in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, she was a 400-meter semifinalist before capturing a gold medal as part of the 4x400 meter relay team.

ON THE MOVE
After 20 seasons playing as an NCAA Division II team, the entire athletics program is in its third year of a four-year transition to NCAA Division I, culminating in full DI status as a member of The Big West for the 2024-25 academic year. At that time, all sports will be eligible for conference and NCAA postseason play.
 
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
The 2023 track and field squad is composed of seven graduate students, 26 seniors, 12 juniors, 14 sophomores and 16 freshmen. All but four Tritons hail from California.
 
NEW TRITONS ON THE BLOCK
The freshman class consists of 11 women and five men. The women's rookies are Allyson Abandonato (Corona, Calif.), Lauren Delgado(Granada Hills, Calif.), Emma Dunmire (Mill Valley, Calif.), Mannat Gill (Milpitas, Calif.), Emma Jelmeland (San Marcos, Calif.), Leila Kepler(Riverside, Calif.), Lauren McBride (Chino Hills, Calif.), Feyi Olukanni (Clovis, Calif.), Ella Parsley (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Jenna Satovsky (San Francisco, Calif.), and Lauren Schiele (Arlington Heights, Ill.).
 
The men's freshman class is Bryan Chang (Palm Desert, Calif.), Evan Hild (Corona, Calif.), Michael Julian (Seaside, Calif.), Anish Kasam(Dublin, Calif.) and Luke Stefanou (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.).
 
MAKING THE GRADE
The Tritons have continued to excel in the classroom. The UC San Diego women's team posted a 3.57 team grade point average during fall quarter. The Triton men combined for a 3.30 cumulative GPA in the fall.
 
UP NEXT
The UC San Diego track and field team will take on the Vince O'Boyle Track & Field Classic hosted by UC Irvine to close out competition in the month of March, running Mar. 31 and Apr. 1.
 
WHY THE TRITONS?
The Triton is described as the offspring of Poseidon and Amphitrite, a demigod of the sea with a lower part of the body like that of a fish. It is known as a mighty and fierce sea warrior. Given UC San Diego's close proximity to the Pacific Ocean and its connections with the world-famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Triton became our mascot in 1964.
 
TRITON TRACK TALK ON UC SAN DIEGO ATHLETICS' PODCAST
As part of UC San Diego's transition to Division I, the Athletics Department launched a weekly podcast, Tritoncast. Produced by UC San Diego Athletics Communications, Tritoncast features in-depth interviews with UC San Diego personalities including scholar-athletes, alums, coaches, and administrators. Triton fans will get an inside look at the UC San Diego Athletics Department as the program transitions to NCAA Division I and The Big West. New episodes of Tritoncast are available each week on the most popular podcasting apps. In addition, each episode can be heard and downloaded on UCSDTritons.com. For individual show information and listen links, follow Tritoncast on Twitter @Tritoncast.
 
TRACK & FIELD ON TRITONCAST

Episode	Published	Guest(s)	Listen Link
09	8/26/20	Claudia Cox '20, TAC President	Listen
18	10/28/20	Vince Tedjasaputra '09, Nat'l. Science Foundation	Listen
33	2/10/21	Valentine's Day Special	Listen
65	10/19/22	Derek Brajevich '22, Leadership, Mental Agility	Listen
68	11/09/22	Amari Jenkins '24, Black Triton Association	Listen

 
GET SOCIAL WITH UC SAN DIEGO TRACK & FIELD
Keep up with the Tritons all season long on social media through Twitter and Instagram. The team's handle is @ucsdtrackfield.
 
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 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 NCAA Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.