SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State women's track and field returns to New Mexico for their third meet of the indoor season as they compete in the New Mexico Collegiate Classic on Friday and Saturday.
SDSU will send 14 student-athletes to compete in the sprints and jumps with an entry for the 4x400m relay race as well. In total, the Aztecs have 26 total entries for the two-day meet.
Competition begins with long jump on Friday at 9 a.m. in the field events and the unseeded 200m dash at 2:30 p.m. on the track. Saturday starts with the unseeded 60m hurdles at 9:15 a.m. on the track and the triple jump representing the lone field event for the Aztecs.
Both days will be streamed live on Flo Track with a paid subscription, or for free via live results.
Aztec Tidbits
• Shaquena Foote and Aji Mbye are set for the second meet of the season after earning Mountain West weekly honors last time they competed in New Mexico. Foote was the MW Women's Track Athlete of the Week while Mbye was the MW Women's Freshman Athlete of the Week.
• Through two meets of indoor season, the Aztecs have recorded 14 program top ten marks including two school records in the 400m and 3,000m.
• Shaquena Foote broke SDSU's 20-year-old school record in the 400m with a time of 53.50, finishing second overall and first among all collegiate competitors at the Dr. Martin Luther King Invitational. She also ran the third fastest 200m in program history at 23.47 to win the event.
• Competing in her first collegiate indoor 3,000m run, Jessica Kain set the program record with a time of 9:32.77 on Friday of the UW Invite. The next day, she ran the sixth fastest 800m in program history at 2:10.61.
• Charlize James ranks number two on SDSU's all-time list for the 60m hurdles. She recorded a PR of 8.34 in her prelim at the MLK Invitational to qualify for the final where she bested herself with an 8.23. She finished second overall and first among collegiate competitors.
• Hannah Waller competed in two events at the season opener. On the track, she won the 60m preliminary to qualify for the final with the second fastest time (7.26) in program history. She also moved into number three all-time in long jump with a mark of 20-2.5 reaching the finals again.
• Amber Elias had a career effort in the UW Invite 5,000m, crossing the line in 18:21.69. It is the second fastest indoor 5k in program history and sets a senior class record.
• The pair of Vanessa Cabello and Eva Rethmeier also made 3,000m history in Seattle. Cabello ran a PR of 9:51.56 while Rethmeier ran a 10:04.03 to move into three and four on the all-time list.
• Alex Lomeli cross the line in 2:11.69 in her 800m race. A personal best, it also ranks as the eighth fastest time in SDSU indoor history.
• Newcomer Xiamara Young posted the eighth best triple jump mark in SDSU indoor history in her Aztec debut. Her jump of 40-11 led the field until Premier Elite's Sela Pastrana's final attempt, forcing Young to take second overall (top collegiate finisher).
• The freshmen duo of Lidia Major and Jordan Leveque made history in their collegiate debuts. Major finished 12th overall in the 600m with a time of 1:37.23, the eighth-fastest time in program history. Leveque posted a mark of 3.82m (12-6.25) in pole vault becoming just the 21st different Aztec to clear the bar at that height.
• Aji Mbye, competing in her first ever collegiate meet in the season opener, won her heat and finished third overall in both the 60m (7.50) and 200m (24.29) unseeded races. Both times are best by a freshman in the Mountain West this season.
• Foote (200m, 400m), Waller (60m), James (60mH), and Callahan (pole vault) currently lead the Mountain West in their respective events. In total, 17 Aztecs rank in the top 10 of the MW, 11 rank in the top 25 of the west region, and six rank in the top 50 of the NCAA.
This Week's Entries
60m Dash: Shaquena Foote, Olivia Hicks, Charlize James, Aji Mbye, Jada Moore, Jada Pierre
200m Dash: Olivia Hicks, Aji Mbye, Jada Moore
400m Dash: Shaquena Foote, Rhea Hoyte, Lidia Major
60m Hurdles: Sameerah Evans, Charlize James, Jada Pierre
4x400m Relay: Rhea Hoyte, Hannah Waller, Shaquena Foote, Lidia Major, Aji Mbye
High Jump: Maya Gorman, Thaila Wilson
Long Jump: Giselle Galles, Maya Gorman, Hannah Waller, Thaila Wilson, Xiamara Young
Triple Jump: Sameerah Evans, Xiamara Young
Track and Field Set for New Mexico Collegiate Classic
