THE SCHEDULE
Triton Invitational
Friday, April 24 • 10 a.m.
Triton Track & Field Stadium • La Jolla

Saturday, April 25 • 10 a.m.
Triton Track & Field Stadium • La Jolla
Live Results

The 2015 Triton Invitational features one of its largest fields at over 1500 athletes, including competition from all NCAA divisions, the NAIA, junior colleges, and the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). There will also be participants who do not represent a college or university, from club programs to members of the national team of Brazil, alongside other elite athletes, former Olympians and Olympic hopefuls.

Friday will consist of three women's throwing events, with the hammer throw at 10 a.m., the discus (invitational) at 2 p.m., and more discus (open) at 4 p.m. These events will primarily take place at the UCSD Throwing Field west of Triton Track & Field Stadium, with some flights of the open discus going on simultaneously inside the stadium. The men's and women's open pole vault sections are also on Friday, in the stadium beginning at 1 p.m. (women).

On Saturday, the rest of the field, jumping, and track events will take place. Throwing again kicks off the day at 10 a.m. with the men's hammer (west field). The women's Léon T. Roach III invitational pole vault starts off the jumping events in the south pit at 11 a.m., along with the men's long jump. The women's triple jump (southeast pit) commences at 5 p.m. to mark the end of the jumping events. The action on the track gets underway at 11 a.m. with the 4x100 relays, and ends with the men's 5000, which now has a later approximate start time of 7:10 p.m. due to the high volume of entries for the meet.

ADMISSION
Admission this Friday to the three women's throws events at the UCSD Throwing Field adjacent (west) to Triton Track & Field Stadium, and the open pole vault sections inside the stadium, is free. Admission on Saturday is $10 for adults, and $5 for seniors 65 and up, children 8 and older and visiting students with identification. The meet is free to attend for UCSD students with identification, and children 7 and younger. Parking on campus is free on Saturday, but parking is limited at the track facility. Spectators are encouraged to use the Hopkins Parking Structure behind RIMAC Arena. It is strongly recommended that spectators wishing to attend Friday's activity do purchase a parking permit, with pay stations located throughout the Hopkins structure. Please refer to the parking map located here.

LIVE RESULTS
Live results will be provided for the Triton Invitational on Saturday only, courtesy of Finished Results. Follow along here.

AMONG THE FIELD
One match-up to watch this weekend comes in the second of two flights in the men's invitational shot put (Saturday at 5 p.m.), which pits former Penn State standout Joe Kovacs (73'4") against 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Reese Hoffa (73'7.25").

A handful of UCSD track and field alums will be back on campus this weekend. Among them are Nick Howe, brother of current senior All-American Nash Howe and javelin school record-holder and two-time national champion, and his wife, Jackie Howe (née Jacqueline Rose), sister of another current senior in Keith Rose, and school record-holder in the 400 meters. The Howe brothers will compete against each other in the fourth and final flight of the javelin (Saturday at 2). Jackie Howe is entered in the second of eight heats of the 400 (Saturday at 12:15). Another former Triton national champion, current assistant coach Linda Rainwater, will participate in the invitational high jump (Saturday at 12). She holds the school mark in that event.

THE ROAD TO ALLENDALE
Several individual UCSD student-athletes and one relay have nabbed qualifying marks for the 2015 NCAA Championships in Allendale, Mich. For the third year in a row, Nash Howe is the lone automatic entrant among all Tritons. They are:

AUTOMATIC
Nash Howe (Javelin)

PROVISIONAL
Tareq Alwafai (5000)
Matt Bowen (Triple Jump)
Tanner Collins (5000)
Mario Flores (3000 Steeplechase)
Daniel Franz (3000 Steeplechase)
Dan Golubovic (Pole Vault, Decathlon)
Clint Rosser (Pole Vault)
Jared Senese (800)
Raymond Silver (High Jump)
Derek Van de Streek (Triple Jump)

Megan Benham (Pole Vault)
Veronica Bradley (Heptathlon)
Devon Brook (High Jump)
Chrissi Carr (Pole Vault)
Savanna Forry (High Jump)
Chantia Justice (Triple Jump)
Anneke Kakebeen (3000 Steeplechase)
Haley Libuit (Javelin)
Sabrina Pimentel (800)
Kristin Sato (Triple Jump)
Ellexi Snover (Javelin)
Women's 4x400 Relay

NATIONAL RANKINGS
The UCSD men are ranked No. 28 in the sixth installment of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national poll, with the women 31st. The Tritons are rated fifth and third, respectively, in the West Region. For full rankings, click here.

HOWE EARNS AUTOMATIC QUALIFIER
Nash Howe hit his automatic qualifier and won the javelin at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge with a season-best mark of 222'2" on his final toss. The two-time All-American and two-time California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) champion is the first Triton to punch a ticket to the 2015 NCAA Division II Championships held in May in Allendale, Mich. Howe currently ranks No. 4 in the javelin in Division II. His personal record remains as 229'3" as he continues to pursue the program standard held by older brother and former national champion Nick Howe, at 231'3".

BOWEN LEAPS AND BOUNDS AHEAD
Matt Bowen's personal-record triple jump of 50'4.5" in a first-place effort at home during the All-UC Championships on March 7 is currently the No. 2 mark in Division II, according to the TFRRS database. The freshman out of Fresno ranks No. 2 all-time at UCSD, behind only Ka Wai Ng (51'9"). With the strong provisional, Bowen is virtually assured of qualifying for May's NCAA Championships. The automatic qualifier stands, just like the school record, at 51'9".

KAKEBEEN LOWERS OWN MARK
UCSD's first school record for 2015 was turned in by Anneke Kakebeen at the All-UC Championships, as the senior distance runner shattered her own standard in the 3000 steeplechase by over 10 seconds in 11:03.84. It marks an NCAA provisional qualifier for Kakebeen, who has now broken UCSD's steeple record three times.

JUSTICE NAMED CCAA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Senior Chantia Justice was named the CCAA Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week for the week of March 30-April 5. The La Quinta product won the women's triple jump competition at the California Collegiate Invitational, hosted by UCSD, as she recorded an NCAA provisional-qualifying and season-best mark of 39'2.5". Justice helped the Tritons to a victory in the team competition as UCSD scored 267 points to come out on top against Long Beach State and CCAA rival Cal Poly Pomona.

TRITONS SWEEP CALIFORNIA COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL TITLES
The UCSD men's and women's track and field teams came away winners at the California Collegiate Invitational on Saturday, April 4 at Triton Track & Field Stadium. The Triton men scored 207 points for first, followed by Long Beach State at 161.83 and Cal Poly Pomona at 133.16. On the women's side, UCSD scored 267 points. Long Beach State came in second with 161.5 and Cal Poly Pomona third with 128.5. For a full recap, click here.

VAN DE STREEK SELECTED AS CCAA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Derek Van de Streek was named the CCAA Men's Track and Field Athlete of the Week for the week of March 23-29. The Tracy native won his flight and was fifth overall in the invitational triple jump on Saturday's final day at the Aztec Invitational, hosted by San Diego State University. His personal-best mark of 48'1.75" put him No. 5 all-time at UCSD, and gave him a first career NCAA provisional qualifier in the process. Van de Streek also ran a leg in the invitational 4X400 relay, helping his squad to a fourth-place finish with a time of 3:18.25.

SAN DIEGO COLLEGIATE CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS
The UCSD men's and women's track and field teams took first at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge on Saturday, March 14 at Triton Track & Field Stadium. The Triton men scored 212 points to win, with Navy coming in second at 172. The women's competition was much closer, but UCSD edged out San Diego State, 197-181, to take home the crown. For a full recap, click here.

BROOK HONORED WITH CCAA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK AWARD
Devon Brook was named the CCAA Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week for the week of March 9-15. Brook won the high jump competition and improved on her existing NCAA provisional mark at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge with a height of 5'7". She also took fifth in the javelin with a throw of 102'.

ALL-UC RUNNER-UPS
Both of the UCSD men's and women's track and field teams took second at the All-UC Championships. As a team, the women narrowly came behind UC Santa Barbara by nine, 169-160. On the men's side, UCSB edged the Tritons 168-151. For a full recap, click here.

UCSD DOMINATES AT POMONA PREVIEW
The Tritons took care of conference foes Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State L.A. and junior colleges Mt. SAC and San Bernardino Valley College at the Pomona Preview on Feb. 28. The Tritons took first place in a combined 21 events, 12 on the women's side and nine for the men. The UCSD men combined for 236.5 points, followed by Cal Poly Pomona (206.5) and Mt. SAC (134). The Triton women totaled 338.5 points, 130.5 more than CPP in second. For a full recap, click here.

TRITONS SWEEP SEASON'S FIRST CCAA AWARDS
Junior thrower Haley Libuit and freshman jumper Matt Bowen swept the 2015 season's first CCAA Athlete of the Week awards following their performances at the Soka Peace Invitational on Feb. 14. Bowen, in a remarkable college debut, moved right into the No. 2 slot in the all-time UCSD record book in the triple jump, with his winning distance of 49'11.25". Libuit was the top collegiate finisher (second overall) in the shot put with her toss of 40'4.75".

2014 CONFERENCE RUNNER-UP
On the women's side, UCSD is coming off of a fifth consecutive second-place showing, all behind Chico State, at the CCAA Championships. The Triton men finished runner-up in the conference as well, with Chico State becoming 11-time defending conference champion.

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UP NEXT - CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
UCSD will travel to San Francisco for the 2015 CCAA Championships at SF State's Cox Stadium, April 30-May 2.