COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Five Tritons are at Texas A&M this week for the West First Round of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Tamara Aimufia, Miles Bennett, Amari Jenkins, Sylvana Northrop and Feyi Olukanni will represent the Tritons in their respective events Thursday-Saturday.
 
This year marks the first time UC San Diego is eligible to compete in Division I postseason competitions, with the Tritons completing a four-year transition process ahead of the 2024-25 season.
 
The top 48 athletes in each region (east and west) qualified for each event. The top 12 finishers will advance to the final site of the National Championships, which will be June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon.
 
MEET INFO
2025 West First Round
College Station, Texas | E.B. Cushing Stadium
Thursday, May 29 | 4:30 p.m. CT (2:30 p.m. PT)
Friday, May 30 | 3:30 p.m. CT (1:30 p.m. PT)
Saturday, May 31 | 7:25 p.m. CT (5:25 p.m. PT)
Watch | Live Results
 
A live stream of the competition is available through ESPN+. Coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. CT (4:00 p.m. PT) on Thursday and 5:00 p.m. CT (3:00 p.m. PT) on Friday and Saturday.
 
THE TRITONS
Aimufia will compete in the women's long jump. Her qualifying distance of 6.14m is the second-best mark in school history. A sophomore from Rancho Cucamonga, California, Aimufia is a cognitive science major.
 
Bennett will compete in the men's high jump. His qualifying height of 2.11m is the third-best mark in school history. A senior from Castro Valley, California, Bennett is a structural engineering major.
 
Jenkins will compete in the women's 400m hurdles. Her qualifying time of 58.21 is the second-best mark in school history. A graduate student from Moreno Valley, California, Jenkins is earning a master's degree in public health.
 
Northrop will compete in the women's 5,000m. Her qualifying time of 16:02.47 is a school record. A senior from Cupertino, California, Northrop is a cognitive science major.
 
Olukanni will compete in the women's shot put. Her qualifying distance of 15.30m is the second-best mark in school history. A junior from Clovis, California, Olukanni is a pharmacological chemistry major.
 
SCHEDULE
Thursday (Aimufia, Jenkins, Olukanni)
Aimufia will enter the long jump at 4:30 p.m. CT (2:30 p.m. PT) in flight one of four. Each athlete will get three jumps. The 12 best finishers across all four flights will punch their ticket to Eugene.
 
Olukanni's shot put competition begins at 6:00 p.m. CT (4:00 p.m. PT), with the Triton in flight one of four. Each athlete will get three throws. The 12 best finishers across all four flights will punch their ticket to Eugene.
 
Jenkins will be in heat five of six for a prelim race of the 400m hurdles, which begins at 8:20 p.m. CT (6:20 p.m. PT). The top three finishers in each heat, plus the next six best times, will race again on Saturday.
 
Friday (Bennett)
The high jump begins at 3:30 p.m. CT (1:30 p.m. PT), with Bennett in flight two of two. Each athlete will get three attempts at each height, with the bar beginning at 2.04m. The 12 best finishers across both flights will punch their ticket to Eugene.
 
Saturday (Jenkins, Northrop)
If she qualifies out of Thursday's prelims, Jenkins will race in one of three heats on Saturday at 7:25 p.m. CT (5:25 p.m. PT). The top three finishers in each heat, plus the next three best times, will punch their ticket to Eugene.
 
Northrop will race in heat one of two of the 5,000m, which starts at 8:10 p.m. CT (6:10 p.m. PT). The top five in each heat, plus the next two best times, will punch their ticket to Eugene.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Tritons competed in their first Big West Championships May 16-17 at Long Beach State. Aimufia, Jenkins and Olukanni earned All-Big West honors. Aimufia and Olukanni won individual championships in their events, while Jenkins finished second in her event before winning a championship as part of the 4x400m relay team.
 
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
The 2025 track and field squad is composed of 31 freshmen, 27 sophomores, 17 juniors and 16 seniors.

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.
 
Coach Graham-Miller is a member of the Clemson Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Clemson Ring of Honor in the summer of 2024. It's the highest honor any Clemson student-athlete may earn.

ON THE MOVE
After 20 seasons playing as an NCAA Division II team and a four-year transition to NCAA Division I, the entire athletics program has reached full DI status and is now a member of The Big West. The UC San Diego track and field team is eligible to compete in The Big West conference championships and qualify for the NCAAs.

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 X @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	04/05/23	Kim Graham-Miller, Head Coach	Listen

GET SOCIAL WITH UC SAN DIEGO TRACK & FIELD
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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 began a new era in 2020 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 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned 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 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.