CSUN Opens Big West Championship Competition

DAVIS, Calif.—CSUN opened the competition at the Big West Championship Friday at Woody Wilson Track.

MEN'S FINALS

Ahmed Mohamed recorded a best of 21-8 1/4 during the first three attempts in the long jump and was not able to move forward in the event.

MEN'S PRELIMINARIES

Chris Pitts ran :47.22 to finish second in the men's 400m to advance to the Saturday finals.
Zavion Harper qualified for the finals of the 110m hurdles by finishing eighth (:15.05).
In the 100m; Raphael Adedigba went :10.79 David Phillips, Jr. posted :10.81, Wyatt Wiggins, Jr. recorded a :10.83 Ramir Smith charted a :10.91 while Darrien Elzie ran :11.49. Unfortunately, no Matador advanced to the finals.
Wyatt Wiggins, Jr. runs :22.04 in the 200m prelims while Chris Allens ran :22.17. but both did not advance forward to the finals.
De Marq Jacque (:49.05), Eric Vivanco (:49.10), Jaylon Hartdige (:52.66) run well in the 400m but did not reach the finals.
The 800m saw Noah Contreras go 1:55.26, but he did not move into the finals.
In the 1500m, Daniel Rodriguez runs 4:05.51 but did not advance to the finals.
Chris Thompson and Isaiah Rucker both recorded a mark of 6-1 1/4 in the men's high jump but did make it past the opening three leaps.

WOMEN'S FINALS

Brianna Kelpis resets her career-best in the shot put (42-7) to finish sixth for the Matadors.
Raeshell Austin (17-2 3/4), Sameerah Evans (17-1 1/4), and Rionna Wallace (16-1 1/2) competed in the long jump but did not advance past the opening three attempts.

WOMEN'S PRELIMINARIES

Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck recorded a time of :13.81 in the 100m hurdles to finish second.
Ndjip-Nyemeck led three CSUN qualifiers in the 200m. She finished second (:24.29) while Arianna Alexander placed third (:24.48) with Kaliyah Poston coming in sixth (:24.80).
Alexander posted a :11.71 to finish second in the prelims of the 100m. Poston ran :12.03 to finish fifth. Both qualified for the finals in the event.
Ouanessa Nana posted a time of 2:24.89 in the 800m but did qualify for the final.
In the 1500m Leann Hamilton ran 5:13.28 while Elin Markarian went 5:27.08, but the pair did not advance to the finals.

TEAM STANDINGS

With seven of the 21 events scored, the CSUN women are 10th (8). The Matador men have yet to post a point.

UP NEXT

The Big West Championship continues on Saturday with the field events beginning at 9 a.m. while the track events begin at 1 p.m.

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