SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego State track and field team won two races and logged another two all-time top-10 marks on the final day of three meets on Saturday.
At the Triton Invitational on the campus of UC San Diego, Charlize James won the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 13.53 seconds, followed up closely by Jada Pierre in second at 13.58. Mia Reid made it three Aztecs in the top-5 of the event which featured 44 hurdlers, clocking a time of 14.09.
SDSU’s other win came in the 4x100-meter relay as the team of Olivia Hicks, Shaquena Foote, Aji Mbye and Pierre beat out 15 other teams with a time of 44.64. San Diego State made it a perfect 2-for-2 in the 4x100 this season after also winning the Aztec Invitational last month.
Pavana Nagaraj, meanwhile, posted the ninth-best long jump in outdoor program history with a leap of 20 feet, 2 ½ inches (6.16m). It was the outdoor debut for Nagaraj in the long jump after posting a mark of 19-05.25 during the indoor campaign. She finished third out of 41 today.
Mbye and Foote finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the open 100, each with a time of 11.71, with Hicks taking ninth in 11.92. Anna Mager was fourth in the 400 hurdles in 1:00.72, Maya Gorman was seventh in the long jump in 18-10.00 (5.74m) and Takiyah Blue came in eighth in the 400 in 55.99.
At the Stanford Invitational, Sophia Wolf ran the 10th-fastest 800 in school history in 2:07.53, placing 15th out of 50 entrants. Lauren Harper was 25th in 2:08.89.
Also in the 800, but at the Mike Fanelli Classic in San Francisco, Tatum Zinkin led the Aztecs with a time of 2:13.13 to take 37th out of 171.
San Diego State returns to action at the Bryan Clay Invitational multi’s, April 10-11, in Azusa, California.
Triton Invitational
Day Two Results - April 5, 2025
Triton Track & Field Stadium - La Jolla, Calif.
No Team Scores
Individual/Relay Results
100 Meters (out of 71 entrants)
1. Mickayla Gardener (Central Arizona) - 11.51
4. Aji Mbye (San Diego State) - 11.71
5. Shaquena Foote (San Diego State) - 11.71
9. Olivia Hicks (San Diego State) - 11.92
20. Mikaela Warr (San Diego State) - 12.22
400 Meters (out of 46 entrants)
1. Kennedy Cook (Western Washington) - 54.09
8. Takiyah Blue (San Diego State) - 55.99
100-Meter Hurdles (out of 44 entrants)
1. Charlize James (San Diego State) - 13.53
2. Jada Pierre (San Diego State) - 13.58
5. Mia Reid (San Diego State) - 14.09
35. Pavana Nagaraj (San Diego State) - 16.16
400-Meter Hurdles (out of 25 entrants)
1. Robyn Castillo-Brown (Philippines) - 57.57
4. Anna Mager (San Diego State) - 1:00.72
4x100-Meter Relay (out of 16 teams)
1. San Diego State (Olivia Hicks, Shaquena Foote, Aji Mbye, Jada Pierre) - 44.64
Long Jump (out of 41 entrants)
1. Nicole Warwick (Unattached) - 20-08.00 (6.30m)
3. Pavana Nagaraj (San Diego State) - 20-02.50 (6.16m) (No. 9 all-time at SDSU)
7. Maya Gorman (San Diego State) - 18-10.00 (5.74m)
T19. Alyssa Alumbres (San Diego State) - 17-02.75 (5.25m)
Mike Fanelli Classic
Day Two Results - April 5, 2025
Cox Stadium - San Francisco, Calif.
No Team Scores
Individual/Relay Results
800 Meters (out of 171 entrants)
1. Petra Helebrantova (San Franciso) - 2:09.66
37. Tatum Zinkin (San Diego State) - 2:13.13
117. Sara Jones (San Diego State) - 2:21.84
Stanford Invitational
Day Two Results - April 5, 2025
Cobb Track and Angell Field - Stanford, Calif.
No Team Scores
Individual/Relay Results
800 Meters (out of 50 entrants)
1. Chloe Foerster (Washington) - 2:00.52
15. Sophia Wolf (San Diego State) - 2:07.53 (No. 10 all-time at SDSU)
25. Lauren Harper (San Diego State) - 2:08.89