CSUN Completes MPSF Indoor Track Championships

Saturday, February 29

Seattle, Wash.

All Day

California State University at Northridge

MPSF Championship

Photo by: Heidi Eligio

CSUN Completes MPSF Indoor Track Championships

2/29/2020 4:35:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

SEATTLE—The CSUN men's and women's track and field teams completed the MPSF Indoor Championships Saturday at the University of Washington.

ON THE MEN'S SIDE

Mathieu Tshani scored the lone points (6) of the meet for the Matadors as he finished third in the triple jump with a leap of 49-5. As a result, CSUN was 15th overall in the meet. BYU was the team champion (80).
De Marq Jaque finished 12th in the 400m by running a season-best time of :48.13. The performance was the sixth-quickest in school history. Eric Vivanco also turned in a season-best in the 400m, running :49.67 (27th). Andre Butt lowered his season-best in the 400m to :50.02 to place 29th. Jaylon Hartdige's :50.87 (32nd) was a season-best.
Michael Merchån ran 4:20.43 turned in the top result for the Matadors in the mile. He was 19th Freshman Noah Contreras lowered his season-best in the mile by over 13 seconds as he placed 28th in a time of 4:29.34. Freshman James Moore lowered his best time in the mile by five seconds. His 4:37.23 earned him 29th-place.

ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE

Brandy Williams advanced to the finals of the shot put when she recorded a toss of 48-6 3/4. That mark would end up being her best as she finished ninth overall in the event, the best placing by a CSUN women's competitor in the championships.
Taren Hayward placed 25th (35-3) in the triple jump. All four CSUN entries in the mile run turned in career-best times. Heidi Eligio ran 5:15.60, which was the top Matador time. Eligio would finish 43rd. Alyssa Segovia went 5:18.83 to place 46th. Alyssa Destasio ran 5:32.90 for her career-best time to come in 49th. Joy Bledsoe turned in her career-best, 5:56.01, to finish 50th.
Elizabeth Silengo lowered her season-best in the 800m by 11 seconds to run a 2:36.30 which put her 42nd. Madyson Houseman dropped her season-best in the 800 by eight seconds to 2:37.10 for 43rd. Julianna Navarro charted a season-best 2:49.15 (cutting 11 seconds off of her previous best) to finish 44th. Jamie Giammichele was 45th in the 800m (2:50.89).

ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH JUSTIN JOHNSON

"Mathieu Tshani put up a solid performance in the triple jump by finishing third. DeMarq Jaque led the way in the sprints with a life-time best :48.13 in the 400m which is also a top-10 CSUN performance. Heidi Eligio, Alyssa Segovia, and Alyssa Destasio all competed very well and finished the day with personal bests in the mile. We came into day two with a lot more focus and we competed well. I am happy with what our team has done throughout the indoor season but I am looking forward to the outdoor season."

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