LA JOLLA, Calif. – The UC San Diego Triton Invitational is set to take place from Friday, Apr. 7th to Saturday, Apr. 8th at the Triton Track and Field Stadium in La Jolla, California. The two-day meet will feature many universities in the Big West Conference as well as additional Southern California universities.
 
After a solid weekend at the Vince O'Boyle Track and Field Classic, the Tritons will be looking to build off the momentum for their first official home meet of the season.
 
Keep up with the Tritons all season long on social media through Twitter and Instagram. The team's handle is @ucsdtrackfield.

DETAILS
at Triton Invitational
Friday, Apr. 7 through Saturday, Apr. 8
Triton Track and Field Stadium | La Jolla, Calif. 
Meet Schedule (PDF)
 
ATTENDING THE TRITON INVITATIONAL
Tickets for this weekend's Triton Invitational can be purchased through the Triton Box Office at https://ucsdtritons.com/tickets. Prices start at just $7. Parking permits are required each day and may be purchased at the kiosk on each floor of the Hopkins Parking Structure.
 
LAST TIME OUT 
The UC San Diego track and field team put up some outstanding numbers this weekend at the Vince O'Boyle Track and Field Classic hosted by UC Irvine.
 
On the men's side, Marcos Milla won the 5000m run with an impressive time of 14:32.32, while Kyle Gibbs took first place in the pole vault with a height of 5.11m. Ian Gerth placed second overall in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:30.25, and Jack Wiseman placed third overall in the high jump with a height of 2.03m.

In the women's events, Caitlin Billman won the 5000m run with a time of 17:33.81, while Leila Keyvan took first place in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 11:58.05. Lauren Pritchard placed second overall in the high jump with a height of 1.61m, and Julia Di Silverstri placed second overall in the pole vault with a height of 3.70m.

Other notable performances included Lizzie Coley, who placed third overall in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.41, and Feyi Olukanni, who placed fifth overall in the shot put with a distance of 13.79m.
 
TRITONCAST HOSTS HEAD COACH KIM GRAHAM-MILLER
Tritoncast, the official podcast for UC San Diego Athletics, brought on Triton head coach Kim Graham-Miller to talk leading a program and her experience winning a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
 
Kim also discusses what it will be like to compete at home in this week's Triton Invitational. You can listen to the podcast at https://ucsdtritons.com/podcasts.

JULIA DI SILVESTRI NAMED UCU ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (3/27)
UC San Diego sophomore Julia Di Silvestri had a standout performance at the 44th annual Aztec Invitational. Di Silvestri was the Triton standout performer, clearing 3.87m in the pole vault. That height landed her in a second place tie on UC San Diego's all-time list and was good for sixth overall in the meet.
 
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 hit the road the following weekend to Azusa, Calif. for the Bryan Clay Invitational.

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
78	04/05/2023	Kim Graham-Miller, Head Coach	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.