California State University Northridge Athletics

Photo by: Braden Villanueva
5/4/2022 3:00:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—The Big West Men's and Women's Track Championship begins this week with the multi-events at UC Davis. CSUN will enter Brianna Kelpis in the heptathlon that gets underway Friday at 12:30 p.m. with the 100m hurdles.
Day two of the heptathlon begins with the long jump on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. GoMatadors.com will have the live stats for both days of the competition. ESPN+ will stream a recap of the Big West Championship May 24.
Kelpis scored a career-best 4,175 points to place eighth at the 2021 Big West heptathlon. Her 2021 score is the sixth-best by a CSUN freshman in school history. This season, she has competed in one heptathlon, scoring 3,856 points at the UCSB meet on Mar. 9-10. Kelpis has reset her career bests in six of the seven events in the heptathlon this season as she prepared for the Big West Championship.
LAST TIME OUT
CSUN concluded the regular season at the adidas/Steve Scott Invitational on Apr. 29-30.
TOP PERFORMANCES
In the USTFCCCA West Regional poll, the CSUN men are 26th.
Individually, in the West Region
Chris Pitts is 43rd in the 400m (:46.42).
Individually in the Big West
WOMEN'S RANKINGS
Individually, in the West Region
Individually in the Big West
Day two of the heptathlon begins with the long jump on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. GoMatadors.com will have the live stats for both days of the competition. ESPN+ will stream a recap of the Big West Championship May 24.
Kelpis scored a career-best 4,175 points to place eighth at the 2021 Big West heptathlon. Her 2021 score is the sixth-best by a CSUN freshman in school history. This season, she has competed in one heptathlon, scoring 3,856 points at the UCSB meet on Mar. 9-10. Kelpis has reset her career bests in six of the seven events in the heptathlon this season as she prepared for the Big West Championship.
LAST TIME OUT
CSUN concluded the regular season at the adidas/Steve Scott Invitational on Apr. 29-30.
TOP PERFORMANCES
- The top men's performance was the 4x100m Relay of Omari Williams, Raphael Adedigba, Ramir Smith, and David Phillips, Jr., which finished second (:41.52).
- Arianna Alexander reset her season bests in the 100m (:11.59) and the 200m (:23.53) to place third and fifth, respectively, during the meet. As a result, she was named Big West Field Athlete of the Week.
In the USTFCCCA West Regional poll, the CSUN men are 26th.
Individually, in the West Region
Chris Pitts is 43rd in the 400m (:46.42).
Individually in the Big West
- Pitts is first in the 400m and 10th in the 200m (:21.50).
- David Phillips, Jr. is third in the 100m (:10.53) and sixth in the 200m (:21.28).
- Ahmed Mohamed is fifth in the triple jump (47-5 1/4).
- Isaiah Rucker is eighth in the high jump (6-6 3/4) and 10th in the triple jump (46-6 1/4).
- Zavion Harper is 10th in the 110m hurdles (:14.68).
- The 4x400m relay is third (3:10.75).
- The 4x100m relay is fifth (:41.15).
WOMEN'S RANKINGS
- In The USTFCCA West Regional Ranking CSUN is 31st.
Individually, in the West Region
- Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck is 26th in the 100m hurdles (:13.37)
Individually in the Big West
- Alexander is first in the 100m (:11.59) and first in the 200m (:23.93).
- Ndjip-Nyemeck is first in the 100m hurdles and fourth in the 200m (:24.07).
- The 4x100m relay is first (:45.75).
- Sameerah Evans is third in the triple jump (40-9).
- Kelpis is seventh in the javelin (135-3) and 13th in the heptathlon.
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