INDIANAPOLIS -- San Diego State had 10 athletes qualify for the NCAA Track & Field First Round, the NCAA announced Thursday morning.
The 10 Aztecs qualified for the preliminary championships by being a top-48 declared athletes in the west region. The top-12 finishers in each event at the west first round, which will take place on May 29 and May 31 in College Station, Texas, will then advance to the NCAA Final Championship meet, June 12 and June 14, in Eugene, Oregon.
Shaquena Foote enters next weekend ranked eighth in the west region in the 400 meters with a time of 51.42 seconds.
Jada Pierre, meanwhile, qualified in both the 100-meter hurdles, where she is ranked 14th in 13.12, and in the 100, where she is 41st in 11.43.
Both Foote and Pierre are also in the 4x100-relay pool, along with Olivia Hicks, Aji Mbye and Mikaela Warr. SDSU is ranked 16th in the west region in 44.29.
Pavana Nagaraj is San Diego State’s lone qualifier in a field event and is ranked 21st in the long jump at 20-09.00 (6.32 meters).
Lauren Harper (22nd, 2:05.00) and Sophia Wolf (39th, 2:06.67) both made it in the 800, while Charlize James (27th, 13.29) and Anna Mager (35th, 58.64) qualified in the 100 hurdles and 400 hurdles, respectively.
2025 NCAA West First Round
Thursday, May 29 and Saturday, May 31
College Station, Texas
SDSU Qualifiers
100 Meters
41. Jada Pierre - 11.43
400 Meters
8. Shaquena Foote - 51.42
800 Meters
22. Lauren Harper - 2:05.00
39. Sophia Wolf - 2:06.67
100-Meter Hurdles
14. Jada Pierre - 13.12
27. Charlize James - 13.29
400-Meter Hurdles
35. Anna Mager - 58.64
4x100-Meter Relay
16. Pool of Olivia Hicks, Shaquena Foote, Aji Mbye, Mikaela Warr and Jada Pierre - 44.29
Long Jump
21. Pavana Nagaraj - 20-09.00 (6.32m)
SDSU Qualifies 10 for NCAA Track & Field First Round
Aztecs to compete in College Station, Texas, next weekend in NCAA West Regional meet.
