AZUSA, Calif. — The UC San Diego track and field team completes their final meet of the season in Azusa, Calif. With 16 top-ten finishes, the Tritons wrapped up 2023 competition with a few more additions to the UC San Diego all-time list.

Both Kyle Gibbs and Julia Di Silvestri set new personal bests in the Pole Vault with Gibbs breaking his prior school record and Di Silvestri landing second on the UC San Diego all-time list.

INSIDE THE MEET
MEN:
Top Finishers:

• Lee, McCray, Grant, Crespo – 400-meter Relay (41.37/fifth overall/sixth all-time)
• Jake Heinlein – 400-meter Dash (48.75/17^th overall/tenth all-time)
• Anish Kasam – 400-meter Hurdles (57.16/17^th overall)
• Kyle McCray – 200-meter Dash (21.50/14^th overall/T4th all-time)
• Ndiaye, Pompili, Lee, Heinlein – 1600-meter Relay (3:20.27/eighth overall)
• Nathan Garderes – 1500-meter Run (3:52.46/34^th overall)
• Zeno Castiglioni – 3000-meter Steeplechase (9:07.29/seventh overall)
• Nathan Tripp – Shot Put (15.81m/sixth overall)
• Jack Wiseman – High Jump (2.04m/sixth overall)
• Kyle Gibbs – Pole Vault (5.12m/third overall/UC San Diego record)
• Zavier Annis – Triple Jump (14.02m/ninth overall)

WOMEN:
Top Finishers:

• Coley, Schultz, Mattson, Kepler – 400-meter Relay (47.12/sixth overall/eighth all-time)
• Lizzie Coley – 100-meter Hurdles (13.80/fourth overall/second all-time)
• Maxine Schultz – 400-meter Dash (56.94/eighth overall)
• Adee Newman – 400-meter Hurdles (1:05.66/16^th overall)
• Leila Kepler – 200-meter Dash (25.20/24^th overall)
• Schiele, MacNaughton, Kalt, Schultz, Coley – 1600-meter Relay (3:49.99/third overall)
• Isabelle Shepherd – 1500-meter Run (4:37.67/28^th overall)
• Kelsie Yamano – 3000-meter Steeplechase (11:05.30/fifth overall)
• Julia Di Silvestri – Pole Vault (3.91m/first overall/second all-time)
• Feyi Olukanni – Shot Put (14.23m/second overall)
• Elyse Nordheim – Triple Jump (10.91m/eighth overall)
• Kate MacNaughton – High Jump (1.62m/ T5th overall) 

Event Winners:

• Julia Di Silvestri – Pole Vault (3.91m/first overall/second all-time)

TRITON TIDBITS

• Both Kyle Gibbs and Julia Di Silvestri set new personal bests in the Pole Vault with Gibbs breaking his prior school record and Di Silvestri landing second on the UC San Diego all-time list
• Both men's and women's 400-meter Relay teams set new season bests and landed sixth and eighth on the UC San Diego all-time list, respectively
• Kyle McCray ran a new personal best in the 200-meter Dash at 21.50, setting himself at fourth on the UC San Diego all-time list
• Lizzie Coley ran a new personal best in the 100-meter Hurdles with a time of 13.80, landing her at second on the UC San Diego all-time list
• Jake Heinlein set a new personal record in the 400-meter dash, putting him at tenth on the UC San Diego all-time list

 
QUOTABLE
"We ended the season on a high note with some really great performances!" shares UC San Diego head coach Kim Graham-Miller . 

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