SAN DIEGO – San Diego State track and field continues the outdoor season at nearby Point Loma Nazarene University on Saturday. It will be the Aztecs' second meet, but with a limited number of entries to begin the outdoor slate.
Six student-athletes, four pole vaulters and two throwers, are scheduled to compete. Keira Bennett will participate in both the hammer and javelin throws, while Thaila Wilson joins her in the javelin. Sydney Ash, Jordan Leveque, Lily Mulligan and Kayla Tassara will all compete in pole vault. The vaulters are also entered into the 4x100m relay race as well.
Wilson is the only returner of the group while Bennett is set to make her SDSU debut on Saturday. All four pole vaulters competed during the indoor season but will be making their first outdoor appearances in the Scarlet and Black.
The javelin will begin at 9 a.m. while the hammer will follow the men's hammer that also starts at 9 a.m. The 4x100m relay will be at noon and the pole vault begins at 1 p.m.
Xiamara Young is an All-American
• Indoor season officially ended last weekend with Xiamara Young competing in triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
• With a jump of 13.26m (43-6), she finished ninth place earning Second-Team All-America honors. The placement is the highest since 2014 and she is the 19th different Aztec to earn indoor all-America honors.
Last Time Out
• San Diego State opened their outdoor season last weekend at the AstroAI Distance Classic as part of the Ben Brown Invite hosted by Cal State Fullerton. All 15 Aztec distance runners were in action competing across four events.
• The 1,500m runners highlighted the action with four finishing in the top ten of the event. Jessica Kain was second overall (first among college runners), Alex Lomeli was fourth overall (second among college runners), Isabella Fauria was ninth overall and Samantha Wood was tenth in her SDSU debut.
• Kain also finished fourth overall (second among college runners) in the 800m just behind Tatum Zinkin's third place finish, and first among college runners.
Aztec Tidbits
• Head coach Shelia Burrell is in her 15th year leading the Aztec track and field program. This is her 14th outdoor season with 2020 being cancelled. In that time, she has led the team to six Mountain West Championships and won six MW Coach of the Year awards.
• The roster consists of 22 returning student-athletes and 17 newcomers. Of the newcomers, nine are freshmen. Combined, the returners have 23 marks in the program's all-time outdoor records.
• SDSU has won two of the last three Mountain West Outdoor Championships, four of the last six, and six total under head coach Shelia Burrell. They have finished first or second each of the last seven years and finished top three each of the last 10.
• San Diego State returns six Mountain West champions, led by three-time defending 100m and 4x100m winner Jada Moore. In total, she has seven outdoor event titles which ranks fourth most in program history.
• The Aztecs had 14 qualifiers for the NCAA West Preliminaries for 16 total entries. Two would go on to reach the NCAA Championships including returnee Jenna Fee Feyerabend in the heptathlon.
This Week's Entries
Sydney Ash – Pole Vault
Keira Bennett – Hammer Throw, Javelin Throw
Jordan Leveque – Pole Vault
Lily Mulligan – Pole Vault
Kayla Tassara – Pole Vault
Thaila Wilson – Javelin Throw
Ash, Leveque, Mulligan, Tassara – 4x100m Relay
Track and Field Stays Local Competing at PLNU
