2024 Women's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Divecchio, Sakura

Sakura Divecchio
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Alhambra, CA
- High School:
- Alhambra HS
Bio
Sakura Divecchio TFRRS Page (TF)
CSUN - 2025 (Senior)
OUTDOOR: Divecchio competed in five total meets on the season ... set a personal best in the 1500m with her time of 4:51.06 to place 23rd at the Big West Outdoor Championships (5/16/25) ... also recorded a personal record in the 5000m by running at 19:13.52 for a 37th place finish at the Big West Championships (5/17/25) ... established a PR in the 800m of 2:21.24 to take seventh at the Steve Scott Invitational (5/3/25) ... ran at 5:09.58 in the mile run to take 15th at the Steve Scott Invitational (5/2/25) ... earned a spot on the Big West All-Academic Team.Â
INDOOR: Competed in two meets ... set a personal best in the 3000m with a time of 11:29.82 to place 14th at the Wolf Pack Classic (2/8/25) ... helped CSUN to a fourth place finish in the distance medley relay at 12:54.0 at the Wolf Pack Classic (2/7/25) ... earned MPSF All-Academic Team accolades.Â
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Divecchio competed in three meets on the season ... set a PR in the 5000m with a time of 19:36.50 at the Steve Scott Invitational (4/26/24) ... made season debut in the 3000m where she ran at 11:36.23 at the Trojan Invite (3/23/24).
INDOOR: Did not compete in any meets.
PRIOR TO CSUN
Competed two seasons at East Los Angeles College from 2022-23 ... earned East Los Angeles College’s first All-South Coast Conference honor (second-team) since 2015 when she finished ninth at the 2022 SCC Championships in cross country … placed 37th at the 2022 CCCAA SoCal Cross Country Championships in a career-best time of 19:45.6 … qualified for the 2022 CCCAA State Cross Country Championships, finishing 62nd overall ... qualified for the 2021 CCCAA SoCal Southern Cross Country Regionals as an individual and finished 75th … placed 32nd at the 2021 South Coast Conference Championships ... finished second in the 1500m and seventh in the 800m at the 2022 South Coast Conference Track and Field Championships … named team MVP in both cross country and track in 2022 … earned team Coaches’ award in 2023.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Alhambra High School … her team won the Almont League Championship in 2019 and 2021… finished second in the Almont League Championships as a senior… qualified for the 2019 CIF-SS Division Prelims … prep-best in the three-mile was 21:06.6 … won the 800m, finished second in the 1600m, and helped AHS win the 4x400m at the Almont League Finals as a senior … won the 2019 Almont League Finals in the 800m in a prep-best time of 2:33.76 … named 2019 track and field team MVP… her prep-best in the 1600m was 5:48.79 and 14:38.74 in the 3200m… A CSF Life Member.
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PERSONAL
Daughter of Jim and Fujiko Divecchio … favorites include Psych, Castle, Sherlock, Inception, and Pasta with Garlic Bread… chose CSUN for its excellent accounting program and to continue running on a team… says her greatest sports moment so far is earning ELAC’s first All-South Coast Conference honors in seven years during the 2022 cross country season … says the best thing about being an athlete is the sense of accomplishment that she gets from performing the way she trained so hard for … says the toughest thing about being an athlete is handling a busy academic and athletic schedule that can be physically and mentally draining … says her greatest hero was her junior college coach, Milton Browne, who made her realize that she had more potential than she had ever imagined, he believed in her, and got her through countless struggles on her path to CSUN and she will always be grateful and diligently he works as a coach and mentor.
OUTDOOR CAREER BESTS (CSUN)
INDOOR CAREER BESTS (CSUN)
CSUN - 2025 (Senior)
OUTDOOR: Divecchio competed in five total meets on the season ... set a personal best in the 1500m with her time of 4:51.06 to place 23rd at the Big West Outdoor Championships (5/16/25) ... also recorded a personal record in the 5000m by running at 19:13.52 for a 37th place finish at the Big West Championships (5/17/25) ... established a PR in the 800m of 2:21.24 to take seventh at the Steve Scott Invitational (5/3/25) ... ran at 5:09.58 in the mile run to take 15th at the Steve Scott Invitational (5/2/25) ... earned a spot on the Big West All-Academic Team.Â
INDOOR: Competed in two meets ... set a personal best in the 3000m with a time of 11:29.82 to place 14th at the Wolf Pack Classic (2/8/25) ... helped CSUN to a fourth place finish in the distance medley relay at 12:54.0 at the Wolf Pack Classic (2/7/25) ... earned MPSF All-Academic Team accolades.Â
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Divecchio competed in three meets on the season ... set a PR in the 5000m with a time of 19:36.50 at the Steve Scott Invitational (4/26/24) ... made season debut in the 3000m where she ran at 11:36.23 at the Trojan Invite (3/23/24).
INDOOR: Did not compete in any meets.
PRIOR TO CSUN
Competed two seasons at East Los Angeles College from 2022-23 ... earned East Los Angeles College’s first All-South Coast Conference honor (second-team) since 2015 when she finished ninth at the 2022 SCC Championships in cross country … placed 37th at the 2022 CCCAA SoCal Cross Country Championships in a career-best time of 19:45.6 … qualified for the 2022 CCCAA State Cross Country Championships, finishing 62nd overall ... qualified for the 2021 CCCAA SoCal Southern Cross Country Regionals as an individual and finished 75th … placed 32nd at the 2021 South Coast Conference Championships ... finished second in the 1500m and seventh in the 800m at the 2022 South Coast Conference Track and Field Championships … named team MVP in both cross country and track in 2022 … earned team Coaches’ award in 2023.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Alhambra High School … her team won the Almont League Championship in 2019 and 2021… finished second in the Almont League Championships as a senior… qualified for the 2019 CIF-SS Division Prelims … prep-best in the three-mile was 21:06.6 … won the 800m, finished second in the 1600m, and helped AHS win the 4x400m at the Almont League Finals as a senior … won the 2019 Almont League Finals in the 800m in a prep-best time of 2:33.76 … named 2019 track and field team MVP… her prep-best in the 1600m was 5:48.79 and 14:38.74 in the 3200m… A CSF Life Member.
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PERSONAL
Daughter of Jim and Fujiko Divecchio … favorites include Psych, Castle, Sherlock, Inception, and Pasta with Garlic Bread… chose CSUN for its excellent accounting program and to continue running on a team… says her greatest sports moment so far is earning ELAC’s first All-South Coast Conference honors in seven years during the 2022 cross country season … says the best thing about being an athlete is the sense of accomplishment that she gets from performing the way she trained so hard for … says the toughest thing about being an athlete is handling a busy academic and athletic schedule that can be physically and mentally draining … says her greatest hero was her junior college coach, Milton Browne, who made her realize that she had more potential than she had ever imagined, he believed in her, and got her through countless struggles on her path to CSUN and she will always be grateful and diligently he works as a coach and mentor.
OUTDOOR CAREER BESTS (CSUN)
800m | 2:21.24 | Steve Scott Invitational | 5/3/25 |
1500m | 4:51.06 | Big West Championships | 5/16/25 |
Mile | 5:09.58 | Steve Scott Invitational | 5/2/25 |
3000m | 11:36.23 | Trojan Invite | 3/23/24 |
5000m | 19:13.52 | Big West Championships | 5/17/25 |
INDOOR CAREER BESTS (CSUN)
3000m | 11:29.82 | Wolf Pack Classic | 2/8/25 |
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