Women's Track and Field

UC San Diego Duo Takes Home Weekly Track & Field Awards


Continuing the strong spring for the UC San Diego women’s track & field team, Tritons Claudia Cox and Esther Nofodji have earned CCAA Track & Field Athlete of the Week for March 25-31, respectively.

Cox, a junior from Greenville, N.C., can now boast her fourth weekly award of the season, including current back-to-back honors. The hurdler took first in the 400 meter hurdles with a provisional qualifying time of 59.28 seconds  at the California Collegiate Open, hosted by UC San Diego on Saturday. Cox also placed second in the 100 meter hurdles in 14.52, and anchored the second-place finishing 4x400 meter Triton relay team.

Nofodji, a thrower from San Diego, was among the standouts for the Titons at their home meet. The senior posted a strong provisional-qualifying mark in the discus with a best toss of 160 feet, 11 inches (49.05 meters) that ranks second all-time in program history and will most likely qualify for the NCAA Championships. She took first in the event at the UC San Diego-hosted California Collegiate Open en route to her first weekly CCAA award.

Next up for the Tritons is a pair of meets, as student-athletes are scheduled to compete at the Sun Angel Invitational in Tempe, Ariz., and the Pomona Pitzer Invitational over the weekend.
.
Also nominated:
Track -
Nicole Anthony, Chico State
Valexsia Droughn, Cal State LA
Jax Heckers, Cal State San Marcos
Casey Monoszlay, Cal Poly Pomona
Jazmine Smith, San Francisco State
Field -
Devanique Brown, San Francisco State
Hannah Stueve, Cal Poly Pomona
Brailee VandenBoom, Humboldt State
 
2019 CCAA Women’s Track & Field Weekly Awards
Track Athlete of the Week Field Athlete of the Week
Feb. 11-17 Claudia Cox, UC San Diego Victoria Soto, Cal State San Bernardino
Feb. 18-24 Valexsia Droughn, Cal State LA Breanna Lowther, Stanislaus State
Feb. 25-March 3 Claudia Cox, UC San Diego Petrice Beattie, Stanislaus State
March 4-10 Angelina Ronquillo, Cal State East Bay Natalie Caraway, UC San Diego
March 11-17 Nicole Anthony, Chico State Gabby Eshiet, UC San Diego
March 18-24 Claudia Cox, UC San Diego Courtney Massengale, San Francisco State
March 25-31 Claudia Cox, UC San Diego Esther Nofodji, UC San Diego