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Matadors Track & Field Travels to UCLA For Two Meets This Week
3/22/2023 10:38:00 AM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
NORTHRIDGE, Calif.— The CSUN men's and women's track and field teams head to UCLA for a pair of meets this week. Friday's Bob Larsen Distance Carnival has running events beginning at 5 p.m. The field events (hammer and javelin) start at noon.
CSUN is entered in the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational on Saturday. The field events begin at 11:30 a.m., with the running events starting at 1 p.m.
Cal State Fullerton, Cal State LA, CSUN, LMU, Long Beach State, Pepperdine, UC Irvine, UCLA, and Westmont are scheduled to compete.
TOP HONOR
Logan Davis was selected Big West Track Athlete of the week by a vote of the league's 11 coaches on Mar. 21.
Davis ran the third fastest 400m performance by a CSUN freshman (:47.59) to win the 400m at the Fresno State Bulldog Classic on Mar. 18. His time is the 28th quickest in the West Region. Davis also placed third in the 200m (:21.74) at the Bulldog Classic.
THE LAST TIME OUT
CSUN recorded seven individual victories at the Fresno State Bulldog Classic on Mar. 18 at Veteran's Memorial Stadium.
David Phillips, Jr. won two events. First, he was the 100m winner after running :10.79. Then, he led a 1-2-3-4-5 Matadors finish in the 200m by posting a :21.29 performance.
Davis ran the third fastest 400m performance by a CSUN freshman to win the 400m in a time of :47.59. His time should place Davis in the top 25 of the West Region by the time the weekend ends. Davis also placed third in the 200m (:21.74).
Zavion Harper recorded a personal best of :14.65 to win the 110m hurdles. He won the race by over a second.
Joey Nations won the high jump by going 5-11 1/4. Nationals also placed third in the long jump (22-2 1/4).
Arianna Alexander was victorious in the 100m, running :11.91 to take the race. She also entered the 200m, finishing eighth (:25.37).
Charne-Lee Olkers won the 100m hurdles in a CSUN personal best time of :14.01. Olkers returned to run in the 200m, where she was the top Matadors' finisher as she came in sixth in a personal best :25.14.
CSUN IN THE BIG WEST TOP 10
MEN
100m David Phillips, Jr. 9th, 10.73
200m David Phillips, Jr. 2nd, 21.29
200m James Crawford 3rd, 21.56
200m Logan Davis 6th, 21.74
200m Ramir Smith 10th, 21.96
400m Logan Davis 2nd, 47.59 (28th, West Region)
400m De Marq Jaque 4th, 47.82
400m Luke DaVanon 8th, 48.76
400m Xavier Bradford 10th, 49.23
800m Noah Contreras 2nd, 1:50.30 (11th, West Region)
800m Balmore Montes 7th, 1:53.77
4x100m Relay 5th, 41.44 (16th, West Region)
4x400m Relay 2nd, 3:12.60 (21st, West Region)
110m Hurdles Zavion Harper 5th, 14.65
Long Jump Dillon Peters 10th, 22-10 1/2
Triple Jump Bryson Williams 8th, 45-9 1/4
Tzu-Ting Chan 9th, 45-0 ¼
Shot Put Guillermo Lopez 7th, 52-9 1/2
Discus Elijah Ignacio 7th, 164-0
Hammer Joseph Alpranti 7th, 183-9
CSUN IN THE BIG WEST TOP 10
WOMEN
100m Arianna Alexander 7th, 11.91
200m Arianna Alexander 7th, 24.85
1500m Nicole Contreras 8th, 4:34.49
100m Charne-Lee Olkers 3rd, 14:01 (45th, West Region)
Shot Put Emily Hutchinson 6th, 44-9 1/2
Discus Katherine Shipp-Davis 6th, 157-7
Heptathlon Brianna Kelpis 3rd, 4413 (5th, West Region)
CSUN is entered in the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational on Saturday. The field events begin at 11:30 a.m., with the running events starting at 1 p.m.
Cal State Fullerton, Cal State LA, CSUN, LMU, Long Beach State, Pepperdine, UC Irvine, UCLA, and Westmont are scheduled to compete.
TOP HONOR
Logan Davis was selected Big West Track Athlete of the week by a vote of the league's 11 coaches on Mar. 21.
Davis ran the third fastest 400m performance by a CSUN freshman (:47.59) to win the 400m at the Fresno State Bulldog Classic on Mar. 18. His time is the 28th quickest in the West Region. Davis also placed third in the 200m (:21.74) at the Bulldog Classic.
THE LAST TIME OUT
CSUN recorded seven individual victories at the Fresno State Bulldog Classic on Mar. 18 at Veteran's Memorial Stadium.
David Phillips, Jr. won two events. First, he was the 100m winner after running :10.79. Then, he led a 1-2-3-4-5 Matadors finish in the 200m by posting a :21.29 performance.
Davis ran the third fastest 400m performance by a CSUN freshman to win the 400m in a time of :47.59. His time should place Davis in the top 25 of the West Region by the time the weekend ends. Davis also placed third in the 200m (:21.74).
Zavion Harper recorded a personal best of :14.65 to win the 110m hurdles. He won the race by over a second.
Joey Nations won the high jump by going 5-11 1/4. Nationals also placed third in the long jump (22-2 1/4).
Arianna Alexander was victorious in the 100m, running :11.91 to take the race. She also entered the 200m, finishing eighth (:25.37).
Charne-Lee Olkers won the 100m hurdles in a CSUN personal best time of :14.01. Olkers returned to run in the 200m, where she was the top Matadors' finisher as she came in sixth in a personal best :25.14.
CSUN IN THE BIG WEST TOP 10
MEN
100m David Phillips, Jr. 9th, 10.73
200m David Phillips, Jr. 2nd, 21.29
200m James Crawford 3rd, 21.56
200m Logan Davis 6th, 21.74
200m Ramir Smith 10th, 21.96
400m Logan Davis 2nd, 47.59 (28th, West Region)
400m De Marq Jaque 4th, 47.82
400m Luke DaVanon 8th, 48.76
400m Xavier Bradford 10th, 49.23
800m Noah Contreras 2nd, 1:50.30 (11th, West Region)
800m Balmore Montes 7th, 1:53.77
4x100m Relay 5th, 41.44 (16th, West Region)
4x400m Relay 2nd, 3:12.60 (21st, West Region)
110m Hurdles Zavion Harper 5th, 14.65
Long Jump Dillon Peters 10th, 22-10 1/2
Triple Jump Bryson Williams 8th, 45-9 1/4
Tzu-Ting Chan 9th, 45-0 ¼
Shot Put Guillermo Lopez 7th, 52-9 1/2
Discus Elijah Ignacio 7th, 164-0
Hammer Joseph Alpranti 7th, 183-9
CSUN IN THE BIG WEST TOP 10
WOMEN
100m Arianna Alexander 7th, 11.91
200m Arianna Alexander 7th, 24.85
1500m Nicole Contreras 8th, 4:34.49
100m Charne-Lee Olkers 3rd, 14:01 (45th, West Region)
Shot Put Emily Hutchinson 6th, 44-9 1/2
Discus Katherine Shipp-Davis 6th, 157-7
Heptathlon Brianna Kelpis 3rd, 4413 (5th, West Region)
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