CSUN Sets Two School Records on Final Day of MPSF Championships

SPOKANE, Wash.---CSUN Track & Field wrapped up the 2025 MPSF Championships on Saturday with another individual title victory at the Podium. The CSUN men's team finished in fifth place with 81 points while the women's team was ninth at 29.5 points.

CSUN claimed its third consecutive 400m men's individual title with junior Tibyasa Matovu taking home the crown and setting a new school indoor record in the process. The Matador 4x400m team also broke a school record at the event, taking second place overall.

MEN'S PERFORMANCES
Matovu broke CSUN's indoor 400m record first set by Clinton Lane in 1998. He won the event with a PR time of 46.80, scoring CSUN 10 team points. CSUN previously won the MPSF 400m men's title in 2023 with Logan Davis and in 2024 with David Phillips, Jr.

Also in the 400m, Walter Pierce was sixth with a PR of 47.68 to post the sixth-best time in school history and three team points. Gabe Martinez just missed scoring, finishing ninth at 47.90.

CSUN's 4x400m relay team of Martinez, Luke DaVanon, Pierce and Matovu broke the school record set earlier this season. The quartet ran at 3:11.70 to finish second in the event, scoring eight team points.

Mars also scored eight team points in the 60m finals where he finished second at a season-best time of 6.65. Daniel Harper also scored, running at 6.81 for one team point.

In the triple jump, Jay Louison-Roe was fourth at 14.72m (48-3.5) to collect five team points for CSUN. Joey Nations finished 10th in the event with mark of 13.38m (43-10.75).

CSUN earned spots five through nine in the shot put with Elijah Ignacio leading the way with a toss of 16.09m (52-9.5) for four team points. Guillermo Lopez was sixth at 15.96m (52-4.5) for three team points followed by Santiago Cerda in seventh with a PR of 15.80m (51-10) for two team points and Francisco Isiordia in eighth at 15.64m (51-3.75) for one team point. Tui Edwin was right behind in ninth place with a PR of 15.34m (50-4).

In distance races, Elijah Stenberg made his CSUN debut, placing 16th in the mile run at 4:21.16. Camilo Torres was also 23rd in the 3000m at 8:43.72 while Thomas Achten was 24th at 8:47.39.

Washington State won the team title with 162 points followed by Long Beach State (124 points), Portland (121 points), Cal State Fullerton (105 points), CSUN (81 points) and UC Riverside (42 points).

WOMEN'S PERFORMANCES
Jasmine Haskell scored four team points for CSUN in the 400m, running at 55.74 to finish fifth overall.

In the high jump, Alba Moreno Paredes was tied for sixth with a leap of 1.65m (5-5), collecting 2.5 team points. Ashleigh Porter followed in 13th place at 1.60m (5-3).

Katherine Shipp-Davis took seventh place in the shot put with a toss of 13.73m (45-0.5) for two team points. Three others cracked the top 20 as Treasure Brown finished in 15th place at 13.00m (42-8), Amani Britton placed 18th at 12.75m (41-10) and Jocelyn Hoggard finished 19th at 12.53m (41-1.5).

Camryn Harris scored a team point in the triple jump, recording a mark of 11.59m (38-0.25) to finish eighth. Kaliyah Poston also picked up a team point in the 60m finals where she was eighth with a time of 7.65.

In the 3000m, Savannah Ganter set a PR with a time of 10:29.23 to finish 33rd overall.

Oregon State took home the team title at 128.5 points. The rest of the field included Washington State (102.5 points), Long Beach State (100 points), Hawai'i (70.5 points), UC Davis (60.5 points), UC Irvine (53.5 points), UC Riverside (53 points), Cal State Fullerton (32 points), CSUN (29.5 points), Portland (20 points), San Francisco (eight points), Pepperdine (three points) and Saint Mary's (two points).

ACCORDING TO COACH JUSTIN JOHNSON
"We had some great performances this weekend. We put a lot of people in scoring positions in almost every event. We may have fallen short in some places, but we shined bright in several areas as well. We have a group of resilient men and women that don't use excuses when things don't go well. We learn and move forward. I'm proud of what we accomplished this weekend, but I know there's a lot more to come."

UP NEXT
CSUN's Trey Knight, who won the weight throw on Friday at the MPSF Championships, has qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in Viriginia Beach, Va. from March 13-15. As a team, the Matadors will also set their sights on the outdoor season, which begins on March 7 at the Beach Opener, hosted by Long Beach State.

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CSUN Sets Two School Records on Final Day of MPSF Championships

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Achten

Amani Britton

Treasure Brown

Santiago Cerda

Luke DaVanon

Logan Davis

Tui Edwin

Savannah Ganter

Daniel Harper

Camryn Harris

Jasmine Haskell

Jocelyn Hoggard

Elijah Ignacio

Francisco Isiordia

Trey Knight

Guillermo Lopez

Jay Louison-Roe

Gabe Martinez

Tibyasa Matovu

Alba Moreno Paredes

Joey Nations

David Phillips, Jr.

Walter Pierce

Ashleigh Porter

Kaliyah Poston

Katherine Shipp-Davis

Elijah Stenberg

Camilo Torres