California State University Northridge Athletics
5/16/2022 10:56:00 AM | General, Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
Each week in 2022, GoMatadors.com selects two Matadors as Student-Athletes of the Week. This week we highlight Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck of the Women's Track and Field team and Chris Pitts of the Men's Track and Field team.
Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck, Women's Track and Field
Ndjip-Nyemeck became the fourth consecutive Matador entry to win the Big West 100m hurdles title (dating back to the 2018 meet). The redshirt freshman won the race in a time of :13.36, which lowered her freshman school record and is the second-fastest time in school history.
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Ndjip-Nyemeck came back later in the day to finish second in the 200m with a season-best time of :23.91. Her performance is the fourth-fastest by a freshman in school history.
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Chris Pitts, Men's Track and Field
Pitts finished second in the 400m at the Big West Championship. In the Friday preliminaries, Pitts ran :47.22 to earn the second seed. In the Saturday finals, Pitts turned in a time of :47.19 taking the runner-up spot.
Pitts anchored the Matadors' 4x400m relay, which finished third after posting a mark of 3:13.49.
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Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck, Women's Track and Field
Ndjip-Nyemeck became the fourth consecutive Matador entry to win the Big West 100m hurdles title (dating back to the 2018 meet). The redshirt freshman won the race in a time of :13.36, which lowered her freshman school record and is the second-fastest time in school history.Â
Ndjip-Nyemeck came back later in the day to finish second in the 200m with a season-best time of :23.91. Her performance is the fourth-fastest by a freshman in school history.
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Chris Pitts, Men's Track and Field
Pitts finished second in the 400m at the Big West Championship. In the Friday preliminaries, Pitts ran :47.22 to earn the second seed. In the Saturday finals, Pitts turned in a time of :47.19 taking the runner-up spot.Pitts anchored the Matadors' 4x400m relay, which finished third after posting a mark of 3:13.49.
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Players Mentioned
/ Women's Track & Field
Sprints/Jumps
/ Men's Track & FieldWednesday, September 16
Thursday, September 03
Wednesday, August 26
Friday, February 13