LONG BEACH, Calif. — UC San Diego closed out day one of the Big West Championships with the women in third place overall and the men sitting fifth as the Tritons delivered five podium finishes and advanced 13 athletes to tomorrow's finals at Jack Rose Track.
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego earned a pair of runner-up finishes in the field events as Jaden Rucker placed second in the long jump and Feyi Olukanni secured second in the shot put. Emma Dunmire added another silver-medal performance on the track, finishing second in the steeplechase.
The Tritons also picked up two third-place finishes with Miles Bennett taking bronze in the high jump and Cesar Salazar earning third in the shot put.
On the track, UC San Diego saw 13 athletes qualify through preliminary rounds to advance to championship finals on the final day of competition.
TRITON TIDBITS
- UC San Diego recorded five podium finishes on the opening day of the Big West Championships.
- The Triton women sit third overall after day one, while the men are fifth in the team standings.
- Thirteen Tritons advanced to finals on the track heading into Saturday's competition.
UP NEXT
The Tritons will wrap up competition at the Big West Championships on Saturday at Long Beach State. Field events are scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m., while track events start at 2:00 p.m. UC San Diego will continue action across both track and field as the conference championships come to a close.
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 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 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 39 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 90 percent, the highest rate among institutions in NCAA Division I or II.
