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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
9 months
SCHEDULE IS OUT AND WE RACE THIS WEEK! #GoHighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
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It’s Official! UCR x @Nike x @BSNSports
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@UCR_trackfield
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5 years
JOHN OBER IS YOUR BIG WEST JAVELIN CHAMPION!!!
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9 years
Vesta Bell is YOUR WEIGHT THROW NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!!! #incredible
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@UCR_trackfield
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Headed to Prelims! 🤞s🆙️
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@UCR_trackfield
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6 years
Your Big West Conference Champion @wesliealyssa #bigwest #backtoback
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@UCR_trackfield
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8 years
Congratulations to Highlanders Coach Daniel Newell and his wife, Rachel, on the birth of their first beautiful child, Hazel Green!!!!
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8 years
Jumper @izzy_jizzy just came into the track office, she got a 96 on her Chem 1C midterm. That's putting the STUDENT in student-athlete. 👏🏾👏🏾
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@UCR_trackfield
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5 years
And we’re off to Sacramento for the NCAA Regionals! R’s up! 🤞Let’s get it! #GoHighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
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Congratulations @NBtruthteller @The1nOnlyCelene Your beautiful baby girl was worth the wait! Welcome to the world, to our newest Highlander, Marianna Celene Browne!!
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@UCR_trackfield
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8 years
Nick Abboud runs 8.34 in his 60m hurdle prelim, breaking the school record and qualifying for tomorrow's semifinal. #AttaBoyNick
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@UCR_trackfield
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7 years
TAYLER FLEMING to NATIONALS!!! Finishes 12th overall....
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@UCR_trackfield
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2 years
Jacoby Madise wins his 1st collegiate race at 6.90 in his 60m preliminary. That’ll be #4 on the all-time list.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
5 years
THE MENS 4x400m RELAY was GAME today!!!! The ran their hearts out and SMASHED the school record with a 3:08.96!!!! Unofficial splits : 48.54 - Quinn 46.43- Justin 47.43 - Jose 46.39 - Tanner That time has gotten to regionals in the past so we’ll see....
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@UCR_trackfield
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5 years
Hana Johnson DOES pass Lauren Reid on the triple jump all time list in round 5 - 12.03m or 39-05.50. Video for your viewing pleasure....
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UCR Track and Field/XC
5 years
🚨🚨School Record Alert🚨🚨 Tanner Anderson just blew away the competition and destroyed the 800m indoor school record. A decisive 1:50.42 bomb was just dropped #thatswhatsup #gohighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
5 years
Quinn FOR THE WIN!!! 400m HURDLE CHAMPION and now #2 in UCR history!
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
Another one! #GoHighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
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9 years
Camille Deadwiler new 100m lifetime best of 11.80 and a new UCR school record! @asap_milly116
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
3 years
Linda Perez wowed in the 10k this weekend, finishing 2nd overall with a time of 33:50.14, breaking her school record by 45s - the fastest time the Big West has seen in 10 years. This puts her at 1st in the Big West and is a NCAA 1st round qualifier. #GoHighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
5 years
Missed Didi’s SCHOOL RECORD Heptathlon this weekend? We have you covered. 5️⃣1️⃣5️⃣7️⃣pts 100H: 14.49, HJ: 1.59m, SP: 11.27m, 200m: 24.96, LJ: 5.88m, JT: 33.33m, 800m: 2:31.01 (not shown) #GoHighlanders #BWCTF
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@UCR_trackfield
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8 years
UCR signee @justin_eipp w/ his team's State Championship trophy.
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@UCR_trackfield
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6 years
Tayler Fleming is WOMEN’S LONG CHAMPION at 6.19m or 20-03ish, this is Tayler’s 2nd championship in the last 3 years @HurdleTurtlee
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
8 years
Carl Nahigian is your Big West shot put CHAMPION at 59-05.50 - a new lifetime best!
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
3 years
After almost 2 full years - we are excited to remind you all that indoor season is here and it is MEET WEEK! We will be off to Flagstaff tomorrow to compete at NAU on Friday.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
8 years
Chris Capotosto in his 2nd 110m hurdle race at the 42" height drops his lifetime best from 16.85 to 15.96. Great job Cap!
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
Our women came into this meet with 35 points on paper. But meets aren’t contested on paper. They finished with 63 total and nearly doubled that. Big step ups across the board. Linda Perez 18 BIG ONES!
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
4 years
After a full 12 months - we are happy to report it is MEET WEEK for some of our distance crew and Shiloh in the ring. This friday at @FullertonTFXC & the Ben Brown Invitational is coming right up. @CoachHansenUCR @coachcfuller - yes we said MEET WEEK! 🗣
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
3 years
We had some highlights today but this was by far THE HIGHLIGHT. JT Ober III IS BACK and took the conference lead and punched his ticket to NCAA Prelims with this throw. A new modern javelin record for our program as well.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
Well, the men had a day. 🙌🏾🔥
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
Your @BigWestSports Women's Track Athlete of the Week! #GoHighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
Linda Perez is The Big West Women’s Freshman of the Year!! Perez won (35:23.31) the 10k and was the runner-up (16:45.93) in the 5000 at the conference meet. The Highlander rookie qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the 10k with a season-best time of 33:50.14. #GoHighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
8 years
Keisha May runs a season best 800m, 2:16.48 - tactically very solid.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
6 years
These 2 ladies have been teammates for 5 years. They won their final #bigwest championships within 5 mines of each other. We're so proud of these ladies! On to the NCAA West Championships!
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@UCR_trackfield
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Kailie Grimes wins her UCR debut. She opens her career with a nice 4:55.10 1500. She was followed closely by Sam Poliakon in second.
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@UCR_trackfield
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7 years
Peter Manu SHATTERS the men’s 60m school record and gets the win - 8.05!!!!
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
7 years
Today is #nationalsigningday for our sport. Here’s a live look at our staff as the NLI’s come pouring back in.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
8 years
Justin Parker has done it! New 400m school record and indoor lifetime best - 48.39.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
3 years
HOT SAUCE & Holy 10k! These young ladies continue to amaze. 33:50.14 for Linda Perez and 34:03.95 for Collette Lowengrub. NEW SCHOOL RECORD, NEW LIFETIME BESTS AND NCAA 1st round qualifiers. Currently 1 and 2 in the Big West. ⁦ @zjnewsom ⁩ ⁦ @UCR_Athletics ⁩ ⁦
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@UCR_trackfield
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4 years
29:13.31 Arman Irani just 🔨🔨 smashed his PR by over 3 minutes. He's catapulted to 3rd all time at UCR!
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
7 years
Didi Amarasekara’s LJ mark of 5.87m (19’3) was a 💥NEW SCHOOL RECORD💥 Her mark just eclipsed Jorden O’Neal’s previous record set in 2016.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
6 years
Jumpers doing what they do yesterday. Having fun & jumping far! #longjump #highjump #RsUp #Risde #UCRjumpsqud
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
6 years
THE MEN’S 4x400m relay runs 3:11.81 for the win at the UCI Steve Scott and #4 in school history. Both Parker and Anderson right near 47.0 on their carries.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
3 years
Uh-oh - 800m guys out here running, RUNNING - both Mateo and Andrew drop lifetime best and debut on the UCR all-time list. Mateo Joseph - 1:50:50 Andrew Jackson - 1:50.60 Now #4 and #5 on the all-time list. @NBtruthteller
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@UCR_trackfield
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Destiny Mitchell runs 7.77 and Kayla Williams 7.88 in their 1st 60m races. Converts to 7.81 & 7.92. Mitchell now #5 all time @ UCR. KW #10
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@UCR_trackfield
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5 years
📢 We have an announcement! 📢 Welcome to the Family and Welcome Home @isaacicortes Isaac is a Great Oak HS graduate from Temecula & a grad transfer coming to us from Stanford. We're thrilled to bring back this…
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@UCR_trackfield
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5 years
MEANWHILE at the Occidental Invitational - Ethan Van Setten competing unattached popped a new lifetime best in the 800m of 1:50.58!!!!
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@UCR_trackfield
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5 years
KENADY JACKSON pops OFF a school record in the women’s 200m - 23.92!!!! Good for 4th overall.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
5 years
Please welcome another Highlander signee. This time in the throws events and another big time prospect for ⁦ @coachcfuller ⁩ 👀👀👀 #catchacompliment
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@UCR_trackfield
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6 years
Introducing our
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@UCR_trackfield
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5 years
Welcome recent signee Andrew Jackson to the Highlander family! If you remember our cryptic tweet about “mid” things - he is a middle distance athlete and has range through all the sprint events. #brightkidbrightfuture #catchacompliment
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@UCR_trackfield
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🚨 NEW UCR RECORD 🚨 Linda Perez shattered the previous UCR 10k record with her time of 34:35.78 at the Bob Larsen Distance Invitational at UCLA, winning the event. #GoHighlanders @UCR_Athletics
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@UCR_trackfield
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8 years
Matthew Reyes gets on the lifetime best train - 49.59 in the men's 400m.
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@UCR_trackfield
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1 year
Relay champs. 🏆 #GoHighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
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5 years
Kenady Jackson hits a new 200m lifetime best and wins her preliminary in 24.08. She is already #2 in school history and will hold that spot.
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@UCR_trackfield
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8 years
Carl FREAKING Nahigian - THERE's MORE - 61-06.50 on round 4 in the men's shot put.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
7 years
Soooooo....winter GPA totals have been tallied. We had a total of 6 men make Dean’s List. That’s decent - BUT the women produced FIFTEEN Dean’s List recipients. Proving once again women are smarter than men. #numbersdontlie #dontshootthemessenger
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
7 years
The women had a total of 11 women on the Dean’s Honor List and it was spread throughout most all event groups. But KATHRYN HAMMAR achieved a perfect 4.0 as an Electrical Engineering major and deserves her own spotlight - CONGRATULATIONS @kathrynhammar !!!!
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
6 years
Dilini Amarasekara Wins Big West Women's Field Player of the Week #GoHighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
7 years
This just in - we had 4 walk-on athletes score at the Big West meet today. Those are non scholarship people doing it because they love it.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
3 years
One of the best in the state is staying home. Blue and gold looks good on you, Ray! #GoHighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
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7 years
Seline Schinke finishes her 1st Heptathlon with 4066 pts. Her javelin is #6 in UCR history.
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@UCR_trackfield
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6 years
We unveiled our new Top 3 Wall out at the Track shed. A summer project put together @coachcfuller , thank you for the time and effort to honor our past.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
The youngsters had themselves a day last weekend at MPSF. Our program is building momentum and outdoor season is going to be fun. Expect more of this from them and the others. Loading….. @zjnewsom @CoachFatimat @CoachFremd49 @NBtruthteller @saniyahstarkss @TheRayBow
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
Mens squad executed their race plan and took 2nd in the Gold race. 🤞🏾
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@UCR_trackfield
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3 years
Making noise. 🗣 #GoHighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
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7 years
Mt SAC 800 is hot! Heinrich rips an evenly split 1:50.70. He's just hoped Carlos Lopez for 3rd all time.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
3 years
Andrew Jackson and JT Ober III named Big West Conference Track and Field Athlete of the Week, respectively. #GoHighlanders @UCR_Athletics
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
Our XC heads out today to Notre Dame via Chicago. The prestigious Joe Piane Invitational is coming up on Friday afternoon. 1st out of state meet for XC since before the vid. We are EXCITED. @zjnewsom
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
5 years
Congratulations to recent alum Jasmine Thomas for graduating the police academy for w/ the city of Pasadena! Good luck to Jasmine as she gets started in her probationary training.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
Season comes to a close for Collette and Linda P. Tremendous progress this year with ⁦ @zjnewsom ⁩ - they’ll be back again. Collette ran the best “race” of her year. Both are freshman with 3 more years. Stay tuned….
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@UCR_trackfield
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5 years
Tanner ANDERSON 47.74 to win the men’s 400m and erase Justin Parker from the school record books at that distance. It will adjust to 47.95 officially.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
6 years
🖊 Signed! Welcome to the Highlander Family Deondre Ruth!! Deondre is from Heritage HS (formerly of Oceanside HS). He was a state finalist as a junior in the Triple Jump, & is among top-5 returning CA jumpers in his class. #Gohighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
Women finish the Gold race in 5th, very solid for a group’s 1st trip to Notre Dame.
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@UCR_trackfield
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7 years
Some of our graduating seniors at the SAG celebration this morning.
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@UCR_trackfield
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4 years
Arman Irani drops another 5k 🔥 bomb - 14:03.66, a new lifetime best and moves from 9th to 4th on the UCR all-time list behind only Alvarez, Totten & C. Assuma. Congratulations to him and @CoachHansenUCR !
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
9 years
Michael Kojin is the NEW UCR 200m SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER - 21.28 here the ASU Baldy Castillo Inv. @MikkyDogD #CantStopWontStop
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
9 years
Tayler Fleming scores 5127 pts in her 1st heptathlon ever and breaks Littleton's school record. Harper new lifetime best of 4502 pts
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
What a day for mens group & ⁦ @zjnewsom ⁩ - tied for 2nd best BW XC finish in program history and 1st time we’ve been 3rd or higher since 2014. Shoutout to Aiden Davis’s 8th place all-conference finish. For the women - Collette Lowengrub secured her 1st all-conf @ 10th place
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
6 years
Big West Qualifiers Today: - Quinn Williams - 110H - Didi Amarasekara- LJ - Ondrej Rapp & Ricky Wright - LJ - Hana Johnson - TJ - Anthony Reyes - TJ - John Ober - Javelin - Jordan Davis - Shot Put - Natalie Mitchell - Shot Put - Lastly all 4 of our relays
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
3 years
We are here in Sacramento with this crew for the 1st full distance XC meet of the year. Details below…..
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@ucdavisxctf
UC Davis XC/T&F
3 years
Race day finally arrives tomorrow for our Cross Country team! Join us at Wildhorse Golf Course in Davis for the 2nd Annual Stump Invitational! Women: 8:45am Men: 9:30am 📊 :
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
6 years
It is confirmed that our men’s and women’s XC teams will once again achieve academic all american team status. It’ll be official next month but we’ve done the math. Congrats to @CoachHansenUCR and the XC teams!
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
6 years
We received word today from his brother that longtime UCR Head Coach Chris Rinne has passed away after a recent fall. He had a decorated coaching career and impacted the lives of hundreds of student-athletes. His legacy lives on and he will be missed. Details to follow...
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
5 years
John Ober will finish in 6th in his 1st USATF U20 Meet. That’s the 2nd highest USA Junior finish in the UCR Division 1 era.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
Great run by Collette Lowengrub, highest regional finish in sometime and an unofficial school record. She finished 10th at Big West and today she was 3rd woman to cross finish line from the conference. ⁦ @zjnewsom
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
5 years
The guys are starting a new trend...put your H’s up! H for HIGHLANDERS. @UCR_Athletics
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
3 years
Joshua Lee (most improved on the team so far) runs his 1st 60mH race, clocking 8.40 good for 3rd in his heat. He will debut 4th on the all-time list with an altitude adjusted 8.44A
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
5 years
To catch you up on the last few events - Brian Nnoli moved 7th on the all-time indoor TJ list PG is now #6 AT in wTJ, Kate Chanon jumped an indoor lifetime best just above 36’ The men’s 4x400m relay won the event with Ayale, EVA, J. Cruz and Anderson
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
5 years
@bmartrun came to speak to the team this morning - what a treat!
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
8 years
Sean Williams dips under!! 10.92!!! Atta fella - long time coming but it happened today.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
5 years
Dear Athletes - with all of you starting a new “online” quarter. Know that your coaches and athletic staff are here to support, uplift and encourage you. It’s an adjustment and you’ll get through it just fine. Reach out to us when you need our help or just want to visit.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
3 years
Kienan Donovan finishes strong in the shot put, 3rd round throw of 14.04m. That’s a new lifetime best with the 16# of 46-00.75 and slides him into #10 on the all-time list.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
7 years
We had a total of 7 athletes qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary Round - Bocancea, Eshiet, Fleming, Harris, Mauldin, Nahigian and Pearce.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
2 years
How about this - Dauda Gbujama has been practicing all of one month - picked the javelin recently and today threw 44.85m or 147-01 in his 1st collegiate competition. 🤓
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
3 years
The Distance Women had a tremendous showing at the Ben Brown Invite in the 5000m, with Collette Lowengrub placing 4th overall with a time of 16:30.66. Carolinh Calvert and Linda Perez finished shortly behind her in 6th and 7th, w/ times of 16:33.81 and 16:38.62. #GoHighlanders
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
7 years
Blake Gelinas runs an all-time lifetime best in the 200m - 22.31, in his 1st 200m in a Highlander jersey.
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@UCR_trackfield
UCR Track and Field/XC
8 years
Matthew Reyes breaks the 50 sec barrier for the 1st time - 49.93!!
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