Men's Track and Field Mar 19, 2019 Top-Tier Performances Secure Honors for Johnson, Bowen An impressive season debut for Chico State’s Jack Johnson and an automatic qualifying mark for UC San Diego’s Matt Bowen have earned the pair CCAA Track and Field Athlete of the Week for March 11-17, respectively. Johnson, a senior All-American from Carlsbad, opened his season at the Hornet Invitational in Sacramento and looks primed to return to the NCAA Championships field. He bested 25 competitors in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:02.04 to earn the event win and record the second-fastest steeplechase by an NCAA Division II athlete this season. The provisional mark was more than six seconds faster than former teammate and last year’s CCAA title-winner for the Wildcats Connor Fisher, and the closest collegiate competitor was another two ticks behind. Bowen became UC San Diego's first automatic qualifier for the 2019 NCAA Championships on Saturday, taking first place in the triple jump with a leap of 51 feet, 7.75 inches (15.74 meters) at Point Loma's Ross and Sharon Irwin Collegiate Scoring Meet. The senior from Fresno moved into second place in the program’s all-time list for the event, edging his previous best mark of 51’4.25” from last season. This weekend, Chico State returns to the capital for the Sacramento City College Jamie Nieto Invitational and UC San Diego competes at the Aztec Invitational hosted by San Diego State. Also nominated: Track - Alex Rios, Stanislaus State Shingirai Hlanguyo, Cal State LA Nate Hale, Cal State San Marcos Field - Tyler Arroyo, Chico State Ndoto Strong, Cal State San Marcos Port-Joie Tshiaba, Cal State LA 2019 CCAA Men’s Track & Field Weekly Awards Track Athlete of the Week Field Athlete of the Week Feb. 11-17 Nicholas Rack, UC San Diego Aria Sadeghi, UC San Diego Feb. 18-24 Josef Polk, UC San Diego Eric Bejaran, Stanislaus State Feb. 25-March 3 Nicholas Rack, UC San Diego Tyler Arroyo, Chico State March 4-10 Ruben Dominguez, Cal Poly Pomona Ndoto Strong, Cal State San Marcos March 11-17 Jack Johnson, Chico State Matt Bowen, UC San Diego