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UC San Diego

2027 Triton Track & Field Roster

Christopher Cappello

  • Position Hurdles
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • High School Rancho Bernardo HS
  • Major Business Economics
  • College Seventh

Biography

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2026
Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (Highest Honors) ... Competed in eight meets as a sophomore hurdler… Recorded four top-5 event finishes (three in the 110m hurdles, one in the 4x400 relay)… Placed third in the 110m hurdles (14.77, wind 2.1) and ran on the fifth-place 4x400 relay (3:26.53) at the 2026 RCC invitational on Mar. 6… Placed third in the 110m hurdles (14.86) at the 47th Annual Aztec Invite on Apr. 10… Ran a season-fast 14.59 in the 110m hurdles preliminaries at the Big West Championships on May 16.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2025
Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (Highest Honors) ... Competed in seven meets ... Qualified for The Big West Championships in the 110m hurdles ... Finished with season bests of 14.80 in the 110m hurdles and 56.74 in the 400m hurdles.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2024 graduate of Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego ... 4x Scholar-Athlete ... Team MVP as a senior ... New Balance Outdoor All-American in 2022 ... Was on the varsity team all four years ... 2x All-League Second Team ... Team won three Division 1 championships and three league championships ... Personal bests of 14.64s in 110mH, 40.06s in 300mH and 59.84s in 400mH ... Also played three years of football.

PERSONAL
Born: July 5, 2006
Major: Business Economics
College: Seventh
Most memorable track & field moment: Not provided
Career plans: Become an attorney specializing in life sciences and pharmaceutical company mergers and acquisitions, with an interest in public service
Hobbies: Bodysurfing, listening to underground female R&B artists, and talking
Favorite athlete: Grant Holloway
Favorite movie: Black Panther
Listens to: Drake, Thee Sacred Souls, Twin Diplomacy, Etta James, and Dua Lipa
Favorite food: Chicken Katsu Don
Did you know? He has worked at a law firm for a year and a half, completing law clerk-level work while pursuing his undergraduate degree. He hopes to attend law school on the East Coast.

Historical Player Information

  • 2025Freshman

    Hurdles
    6'2"
  • 2026Sophomore

    Hurdles
    6'2"
  • 2027Junior

    Hurdles
    6'2"

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