2024 Women's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Austin, Raeshell

Raeshell Austin
- Position:
- Sprints/Jumps
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Oxnard, CA
- High School:
- Oaks Christian HS
Bio
Raeshell Austin TFRRS Page
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Austin competed in two meets, both in the 400m ... ran a season-best time of 1:00.07 to finish 12th at the Steve Scott Invitational (4/27/24).
INDOOR: Competed in one meet on the season ... ran the 400m with a time of 1:01.46 at the Friday Night Axe 'Em Open (1/12/24).
CSUN - 2023 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Competed in one event, the season-opening UCSB Invitational ... ran a personal-best :12.85 in the 100m to finish eighth ... ran on the CSUN 4x400m relay that placed third (4:00.31).
INDOOR: Entered two events, the Spokane Indoor Challenge and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational ... ran the 400m in Spokane, going 1:01.08 ... ran the 200m at the Dr. King Invitational, posting a time of :26.61.
CSUN - 2022 (Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Ran the 200m six times, posting a best time of :25.78 at the adidas/Steve Scott Invitational ... competed in the 400m three times, recording a best of :58.02 at the UCSB Invitational ... entered the long jump three times, going a season best 17-4 at the UC Riverside Twilight Open ... placed 12th in the long jump at the Big West Championship (17-2 3/4).
INDOOR: Did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Oaks Christian High School … earned 2021 NSCAA Track and Field All-American and 2021 NSCAA Track and Field Super Far-West Region honors in the long jump ... finished second in the 400m at the 2021 CIFSS Division 4 Championship and 11th in the 2021 CIF State Championship … was sixth in the long jump at the 2021 CIFSS Division 4 finals … ran a prep best :57.14 in the 400m … other high school bests were :11.58 in the 100 yard dash, :12.58 in the 100m, :25.47 in the 200m, 17-10 3/4 in the long jump ... helped the Oaks Christian 4x100m and 4x400m win the 2021 CIFSS Division 4 titles … a member of the Oaks Christian 4x100m and 4x400m teams that won the 2019 CIFSS Division 4 title … a member of the OCHS 4x400m relay that finished seventh at the 2019 CIF State Championship … a member of the 4x100m and 4x400m relays that both finished second at the 2018 CIFSS Division 4 Championship.
PERSONAL
Son of Kenneth Austin and Tryna Howard … a Kinesiology-Exercise Science major...favorites include the Los Angeles Dodgers, the late Kobe Bryant, Morris Chestnut, Taraji P Henson, Power, The Cookout, Mexican Food, Mindless Behavior, Brent Faiyaz, and Amazon.com … chose CSUN because it was close to home … says greatest sports moment so far is winning CIF titles ... says the best thing about being an athlete is being fit … says the toughest thing about being an athlete are the tough workouts … the most famous person she has met is Brent Faiyaz … the person in history she would like to meet is Malcolm X … would like to switch places for one day with Brent Faiyaz … her greatest hero is her mom who she says does everything for her.
OUTDOOR CAREER BESTS
INDOOR CAREER BESTS
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Austin competed in two meets, both in the 400m ... ran a season-best time of 1:00.07 to finish 12th at the Steve Scott Invitational (4/27/24).
INDOOR: Competed in one meet on the season ... ran the 400m with a time of 1:01.46 at the Friday Night Axe 'Em Open (1/12/24).
CSUN - 2023 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Competed in one event, the season-opening UCSB Invitational ... ran a personal-best :12.85 in the 100m to finish eighth ... ran on the CSUN 4x400m relay that placed third (4:00.31).
INDOOR: Entered two events, the Spokane Indoor Challenge and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational ... ran the 400m in Spokane, going 1:01.08 ... ran the 200m at the Dr. King Invitational, posting a time of :26.61.
CSUN - 2022 (Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Ran the 200m six times, posting a best time of :25.78 at the adidas/Steve Scott Invitational ... competed in the 400m three times, recording a best of :58.02 at the UCSB Invitational ... entered the long jump three times, going a season best 17-4 at the UC Riverside Twilight Open ... placed 12th in the long jump at the Big West Championship (17-2 3/4).
INDOOR: Did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Oaks Christian High School … earned 2021 NSCAA Track and Field All-American and 2021 NSCAA Track and Field Super Far-West Region honors in the long jump ... finished second in the 400m at the 2021 CIFSS Division 4 Championship and 11th in the 2021 CIF State Championship … was sixth in the long jump at the 2021 CIFSS Division 4 finals … ran a prep best :57.14 in the 400m … other high school bests were :11.58 in the 100 yard dash, :12.58 in the 100m, :25.47 in the 200m, 17-10 3/4 in the long jump ... helped the Oaks Christian 4x100m and 4x400m win the 2021 CIFSS Division 4 titles … a member of the Oaks Christian 4x100m and 4x400m teams that won the 2019 CIFSS Division 4 title … a member of the OCHS 4x400m relay that finished seventh at the 2019 CIF State Championship … a member of the 4x100m and 4x400m relays that both finished second at the 2018 CIFSS Division 4 Championship.
PERSONAL
Son of Kenneth Austin and Tryna Howard … a Kinesiology-Exercise Science major...favorites include the Los Angeles Dodgers, the late Kobe Bryant, Morris Chestnut, Taraji P Henson, Power, The Cookout, Mexican Food, Mindless Behavior, Brent Faiyaz, and Amazon.com … chose CSUN because it was close to home … says greatest sports moment so far is winning CIF titles ... says the best thing about being an athlete is being fit … says the toughest thing about being an athlete are the tough workouts … the most famous person she has met is Brent Faiyaz … the person in history she would like to meet is Malcolm X … would like to switch places for one day with Brent Faiyaz … her greatest hero is her mom who she says does everything for her.
OUTDOOR CAREER BESTS
100m | 12.85 | UCSB Invitational | 3/10/23 |
200m | 25.78 | adidas/Steve Scott Invitational | 4/30/22 |
400m | 58.02 | UCSB Invitational | 3/11/22 |
Long Jump | 17-4 | UC Riverside Chris Rinne Twilight | 4/22/22 |
INDOOR CAREER BESTS
200m | 26.61 | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collegiate Invitational | 1/21/23 |
400m | 1:01.08 | UCSB Invitational | 1/14/23 |
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