UC San Diego

AS A SENIOR IN 2023
Spring Big West All-Academic Team.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2022
Big West All-Academic ... Improved his personal best in the shot put, entering the program's all-time list at No. 9 with his new high mark of 52' 1.75" at the Triton Invitational (4/9) ... Achieved his season-high finish at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/11), taking fourth overall (50' 6") ... Took fifth at back-to-back meets, with marks of 48' 10" at the Aztec Invitational (3/26) and 50' 0.75" at the Vince O'Boyle Classic (4/2). 

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021
Set a personal best mark in the shot put (47' 11"), good for fourth place overall at the Matador Invite (4/23) ... Placed fourth in the shot put with a toss of 47'1" at the Triton Quadrangular (4/10) ... Came in sixth place in the shot put (45' 9") at the Chris Rinne Twilight (4/2). 

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020
Finished eighth in the shot put with a toss of 40' 8.25" at the Mangrum Invite (2/8).

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Saugus High School ... Helped team to a Foothill League Track and Field Championship in 2016 ... Placed third in shot put at the Foothill League Championships ... Personal best marks in shot put (53' 11") and discus (141') ... Also played football for the Centurions receiving multiple accolades.

PERSONAL
Born March 2 in Panorama City ... Parents are Wes and Mia Tripp ... Has an older brother Blake ... Computer science major at Sixth College ... Intends on becoming a software engineer at a major company and have a minor career in strongman ... Most memorable track and field moment is placing third at the league finals on the last throw during his freshman year of high school ... Favorite UC San Diego moment is the 2020 Blue-Gold Alumni Meet ... Hobbies include video games, baseball, and lifting weights ... Roots for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Lakers and the Pittsburgh Steelers ... Corey Seager is his favorite athlete ... Lists Monsters Inc. as his favorite movie ... Listens to Five Finger Death Punch, Lamb of God, Post Malone, and Panic! at the Disco ... Loves sushi ... Most people do not know he played baseball for 10 years ... Uses Snapchat.