RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The first outdoor track and field meet of the 2026 season for UC San Diego will be this Friday, Mar. 6, as the Tritons compete in the RCC Invitational on the campus of Riverside City College. Field events begin at 9:30 a.m., with action on the track starting at 2:50 p.m.
 
MEET INFO
RCC Invitational
Riverside, Calif. | Wheelock Stadium
Friday, Mar. 6 | 9:30 a.m.
Meet Info
Live Results
 
THE INDOOR SEASON
UC San Diego sponsored an indoor track and field program for the second year in 2026. The Tritons competed in three indoor meets, winning eight events.
 
Event Winners

• Makena Bailey, Women's High Jump (Nevada Invitational, Jan. 17)
• Tamara Aimufia, Women's Long Jump (Riverfront Invitational, Feb. 6)
• Makena Bailey, Women's High Jump (Riverfront Invitational, Feb. 6)
• Kenneth Tucker, Men's Long Jump (Riverfront Invitational, Feb. 6)
• Kenneth Tucker, Men's Triple Jump (Riverfront Invitational, Feb. 7)
• Brycen Tablit, Men's 60m (Battle Born Classic, Feb. 13)
• Miles Bennett, Men's High Jump (Battle Born Classic, Feb. 14)
• Brandon Orlow, Men's 200m (Battle Born Classic, Feb. 14)

THE OUTDOOR SEASON
The Tritons will compete in eight regular season meets in the outdoor portion of the season, culminating in Arizona's Desert Heat Classic on May 2.
 
UC San Diego will host one meet Apr. 3-4. The 33rd Triton Invitational will be at Triton Track & Field Stadium in La Jolla. Tickets are on sale now.
 
2026 POSTSEASON
The 2026 Big West Track & Field Championships will be May 15-16 on the campus of Long Beach State. The heptathlon and decathlon will be contested one week earlier, May 8-9, on the campus of UC Irvine.
 
UC San Diego is postseason eligible for the second time in Division I. At last year's Big West Championships, the Triton women finished fifth, while the men took seventh.
 
The NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships begin with the First Round at two regional locations, west and east. The West First Round is May 27-30 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The top 48 athletes in each event from the west region will qualify for that meet, with the top 12 moving on to the final round of the National Championships June 10-13 in Eugene, Oregon.
 
DEFENDING CHAMPS
At last year's Big West Track & Field Championships, the Tritons saw two scholar-athletes capture individual championships. Tamara Aimufia won the women's long jump event, and Feyi Olukanni won the women's shot put event. Both return for the Tritons this season.
 
The Tritons also won last year's Big West title in the women's 4x400m relay. Jordyn Thomas returns from last year's relay squad.
 
BACK FOR MORE
The Tritons qualified six scholar-athletes for the First Round of the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Five of those athletes are back this season:

• Tamara Aimufia (Jumps)
• Miles Bennett (Jumps)
• Anthony Flowers (Sprints)
• Sylvana Northrop (Distance)
• Feyi Olukanni (Throws)

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST KIM GRAHAM-MILLER AT THE HELM
UC San Diego Director of Athletics Earl W. Edwards announced the hiring of former Olympic gold medal-winner Kim 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.
 
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 & FIELD 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.
 
GET SOCIAL WITH UC SAN DIEGO TRACK & FIELD
Keep up with the Tritons all season long on social media through Facebook, X and Instagram. The team's handle is @ucsdtrackfield.
 
FOR THE YOUNGER CROWD
Got some young Triton fans in your family? If they are eighth grade or under, check out the Junior Triton Club. Membership includes a free t-shirt, admission to over 100 UC San Diego home athletic events, and much more!

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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 has begun a new era as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 24-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 39 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.