LA JOLLA, Calif. — The UC San Diego track and field team concluded day two of the Triton Invitational, with the men's team finishing in third place overall with 89 points and the women's team finishing in second place overall with 97 points.
The men's team had several top five finishers in different events.
Nathan Yoder was the event winner in the Triple Jump with a distance of 14.60m. Other notable performances included
Sebastian Garcia coming in at third for the Discus Throw,
Anish Kasam's third-place finish in the 400-meter Hurdles, and
Marcos Milla's third-place finish in the 1500-meter Run.
The women's team also had several impressive performances, with
Julia Di Silvestri placing third in the Triple Jump and seventh in the Long Jump, while
Feyi Olukanni finished sixth in the Shot Put. Other top finishers for the women's team included
Caitlin Billman in the 1500-meter Run placing third, while both Lizzie Coley (100-meter Hurdles) and
Amari Jenkins (400-meter Hurdles) finished third.
In relay events, the men's team finished third in the 400-meter Relay (Lee, McCray, Grant, Crespo) and fifth in the 1600-meter Relay (Heinlein, Pompili, Ndiaye, Fry). Meanwhile, the women's team came in third in both the 400-meter Relay (Coley, Schultz, Mattson, Kepler) and the 1600-meter Relay (Kalt, Coley, Schiele, Schultz, Jenkins).
INSIDE THE MEET
MEN:
Top Finishers:
- Matthew Amankonah – Hammer Throw (51.12m/ninth overall)
- Matthew Amankonah – Shot Put (15.12m/eighth overall)
- Miles Bennett – Long Jump (6.69m/13th overall)
- Kyle Gibbs – Pole Vault (5.00m/fourth overall)
- Nathan Yoder – Triple Jump (14.60m/first overall)
- Jack Wiseman – High Jump (2.01m/fifth overall)
- Sebastian Garcia – Discus Throw (52.36m/ third overall)
- Lee, McCray, Grant, Crespo – 400-meter Relay (41.63/third overall)
- Marcos Milla – 1500-meter Run (3:54.40/third overall)
- Salious Ndiaye – 400-meter Run (50.23/11th overall)
- Kyle McCray – 100-meter Dash (10.74/eighth overall)
- Jake Heinlein – 800-meter Run (1:56.08/17th overall)
- Anish Kasam – 400-meter Hurdles (55.15/third overall)
- Nate Grant – 200-meter Dash (22.56/17th overall)
- Michael Julian – 5000-meter Run (14:52.27/fifth overall)
- Heinlein, Pompili, Ndiaye, Fry – 1600-meter Relay (3:21.90/fifth overall)
Event Winners:
WOMEN:
Top Finishers:
UP NEXT
The UC San Diego Track and Field team hit the road this week to head towards Azusa, Calif. for the Bryan Clay Invitational, running from Thursday, Apr. 13, to Saturday, Apr. 15.
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