Photo by: Braden Villanueva
A Pair of School Records Fall For CSUN at Willie Williams Classic
3/19/2022 5:31:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
TUCSON, Ariz.—A pair of CSUN school Track and Field records fell on Saturday as the Matadors completed their stay at the University of Arizona's Willie Williams Classic.
TOP MEN'S PERFORMANCES
MEN (*CSUN Personal Best)
ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH JUSTIN JOHNSON
"We continue to get better every week, and this week was no different. We had multiple personal records to go along with Chris' school record in the 400 and Yanla's freshman record in the 100m hurdles. We have a lot more room for improvement, but I'm happy where we are as a team."
UP NEXT
The Matadors are off until Apr. 1-2 when the programs will host the CSUN Invitational.
~#UniteTheValley~
TOP MEN'S PERFORMANCES
- Chris Pitts broke the school record in the men's 400m. Pitts recorded a time of :46.42, surpassing the old mark of :46.80 that Clinton Lane set in 1999. Pitts finished second in the event.
- The 4x400m relay of Eric Vivanco, Jaylon Hartdige, De Marq Jaque, and Pitts ran 3:10.75 to finish second. The time is the sixth-fastest in school history.
- Sameerah Evans won the triple jump with a leap of 40-9. Evans took the title by going almost eight inches farther than second-place Jazmine Scott of Grand Canyon.
- Arianna Alexander took home top honors in the 100m when she ran a time of :11.79.
- Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck ran :13.37 to finish second in the women's 100m hurdles. Her time is the second quickest in school history and broke Jackie Washington's 42-year old school freshman record (:13.63) in the event.
MEN (*CSUN Personal Best)
- Ahmed Mohamed, 5th, Triple Jump, 47-5 ¼.
- David Phillips, Jr., 6th, 100m, :10.60*.
- Raphael Adedigba, 10th, 100m, :10.73*.
- Zavion Harper, 10th, 110m Hurdles, :15.38
- Vivanco, 11th, 400m, :48.14*.
- Jaque, 12th, 400m, :48.46.
- Christopher Thompson, 12th, Triple Jump, 43-8 ½*.
- Christopher Allen, 22nd, 100m, :10.95.
- Hartdige, 23rd, 400m, :49.87*.
- Cory Ricketts, 27th, 800, 2:00.53.
- Alec Froning, 29th, 400m, :50.49*.
- Darrien Elize, 33rd, 100m, :11.36.
- Dawoud Mishal, 38th, 400m, :52.54.
- Quinn Hettich, 40th, 800m, 2:03.67.
- The 4x100m team of Alexander, Ndjip-Nyemeck, Poston, Raeshell Austin finished fourth in 46.07.
- Kaliyah Poston, 5th, 100m, :12.13*.
- Kyrasani Mitchell, 14th, Discus, 128-4.
- Katherine Shipp-Davis, 19th, Discus, 119-2*.
- Brianna Kelpis, 19th, 100m hurdles, :15.17
- Rionna Wallace, 21st, 400m, 1:02.20*.
ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH JUSTIN JOHNSON
"We continue to get better every week, and this week was no different. We had multiple personal records to go along with Chris' school record in the 400 and Yanla's freshman record in the 100m hurdles. We have a lot more room for improvement, but I'm happy where we are as a team."
UP NEXT
The Matadors are off until Apr. 1-2 when the programs will host the CSUN Invitational.
~#UniteTheValley~
Players Mentioned
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