First Place Finishes for CSUN Men and Women Highlight Long Beach Intercollegiate

Thursday, April 18

Long Beach, Calif.

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California State University at Northridge

Pacific Coast Intercollegiate

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First Place Finishes for CSUN Men and Women Highlight Long Beach Intercollegiate

4/18/2019 7:52:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

LONG BEACH, Calif. - The CSUN men's and women's track and field teams grabbed five first place finishes and set seven personal records at the Long Beach Intercollegiate hosted by Long Beach State on Thursday.

THE OVERVIEW

Both Matador squads had two first-place finishes.
Freshman Immanuela Aliu (who entered the day ranked second in the Big West, 67th in West Region) set a new personal best by winning the 200m in a time of :23.81. Aliu also scored a new personal best and a second place finish in the 100m with a time of :11.65.
The CSUN women grabbed their second first place finish in the women's 400m hurdles when De'Andreah Young won in a time of :58.90. Young is ranked first in the Big West and 16th in the West Region for the 400m hurdles with a time of 59.35
In the 4x400 relay, the CSUN quartet of Young, Sydney Mosley, Lena Kandissounon and Brianna Gilchrist set a new personal best with a time of 3:40.09 which earned the team a second-place showing.
On the men's side, junior Matthew Arnold scored CSUN's third first place finish of the day when he won the triple jump with a leap of 14.82m. Arnold is ranked ninth in the Big West, and 30th in the West Region in the event. Freshman Mathieu Tshani followed right behind in second with a distance of 14.55m.
Clint Meyer who is currently ranked first in the Big West and 18th in the West Region in shot put at 18.90, scored a first place finish with a distance of 18.84m.He is currently second all time in school history
Parker Caston Jr set CSUN's best 400m performance of the 2019 outdoor campaign by winning the race in a time of :47.87. That time is good enough for seventh in the Big West.
Bashiru Abdullahi finished second in the 110m hurdles, while setting a personal best by running :13.87, the third quickest showing in school history. Abdullahi is ranked first in the Big West for the event, and 11th in the West Region. Antonio Garcia placed fifth in a personal best of :14.08.

MEN'S NOTABLE FINISHES
Men's Shot Put - 1st Place - Clint Meyer (18.84m)
Men's Triple Jump - 1st Place - Matthew Arnold (14.82m), 2nd Place - Mathieu Tshani (14.55m) - 4th Place - Ahmed Mohamed (14.44m)
400m Dash - 1st Place - Parker Caston Jr. (47.87) -Best CSUN 400 time in 2019
110m Hurdles - 2nd Place - Bashiru Abdullahi (13.87) - New P.R 5th Place - Antonio Garcia (14.08) New P.R
800m Run - 4th Place - Mario Ramirez (1:52.93)
4x100m Relay - 5th Place - West, Caston, Abdulahi and Williams (41.47) (New P.R.

WOMEN'S NOTABLE FINISHES
200m Dash - 1st Place - Immanuela Aliu (23.81) - New P.R.
400m Hurdles - 1st Place - De'Andreah Young (58.90)
100m -2nd Place Immanuela Aliu (11.65) - New P.R. 5th Place - Sydney Mosley (11.98)
Triple Jump - 3rd Place - Ty Wallace (12.34m) -
100m Hurdles - 5th Place - Sydney Mosley (13.38)
400m Dash - 3rd Place - Lena Kandissounon (54.11), 6th Place - Brianna Gilchrist 55.75 - New P.R.
4x400 Relay - 2nd Place - Young, Mosley, Kandissounon, Gilchrist (3:40.09) New P.R.

ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH LAWRENCE JOHNSON
"Today was a pretty productive day for us across the board. We excelled on the track and in the field. Immanuela Aliu led the women's team with two outstanding individual performances in the 100m and 200m dashes. Our women's 4x400m lowered our seasonal best by almost two seconds. Our men's team had a great start to today's competition by lowering their seasonal bests in the 4x100m relay. We got better as a team today. I am looking forward to preparing for our next challenge in Arizona."

UP NEXT:
CSUN will run next in Tucson for the Desert Heat Classic hosted by the University of Arizona on Saturday, Apr. 27.