CSUN Track Enters MPSF Championships This Weekend

MPSF Championship Central

NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—The CSUN men's and women's track and field teams head to Seattle this weekend for the MPSF Indoor Championships. This will be the third time this season that the Matadors will run on the University of Washington track.

Field events on Friday are set to begin at 12 p.m. with the track events are set to get underway at 4:30 p.m. The meet concludes Saturday with the field events beginning at 10:30 a.m. Running events will start at 11 a.m.

Twenty-two track and field programs participate in MPSF Championships. The group is comprised of members of the Big West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conferences, and includes all 12 Pac-12 indoor track and field programs. In 2018, UC Davis and San Francisco both joined up for the first time, bringing the total to 15 men's teams and 22 women's teams, the largest the meet has ever been.

Entering this weekend, the Matadors are ranked in their respective events. On the men's side Michael Merchan is fourth in the 800m (1:50.94). Daniel Swarbrick (60-0 1/2) and Erick Loomis (60-0 1/4) are eighth and ninth respectively in the weight throw. Clint Meyer is 10th in the shot put (59-3 1/4) Meyer is the lone Matador men's competitor who is among the top 75 on the NCAA performance list heading into the weekend as well.

The CSUN distance medley relay will carry the seventh seed into the MPSF's (10:09.42) while the 4x400m relay has the 10th quickest time (3:21.40) entering the weekend.

The CSUN women have performances that will earn the Matadors impressive seeds going into the meet. Courtney Robinson turned in the eighth fastest time (:8.39) among MPSF athletes in the 60m hurdles during the regular season. Robinson's time is the lone Matador performance on the NCAA performance list (64th as 75 are ranked). Sydney Moslery has the 14th quickest time (8:63) in the MPSF in the event.

CSUN should vie for points in the triple jump as the Matadors have four of the top 30 MPSF leaps in the event during the regular season with Ty Wallace coming in at 17th (38-5 1/2). The shot put is another event in which CSUN should contend with the Matadors posting three of the top 14 tosses during the season. Brandy Williams charted the eighth best throw (49-7 1/4) in the regular season.

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CSUN Track Enters MPSF Championships This Weekend

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Erick Loomis

Michael Merchån

Clint Meyer

Courtney Robinson

Daniel Swarbrick

Ty Wallace

Brandy Williams