Bruins Head to Albuquerque for NCAA Indoor Championships
March 08, 2023 | Track & Field
LOS ANGELES โ UCLA Track and Field has qualified for five events at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by the University of New Mexico on Mar. 10-11. The meet will be held at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M., with prelims and finals on both days.
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Live results can be found here, and the indoor championships will be broadcast on ESPN+ each day.
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UCLA Student-Athletes in Competition
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Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck will get things started for the Bruins in the 60m hurdles. The redshirt-sophomore qualified with an 8.07. In eight races this indoor season, Ndjip-Nyemeck has run an indoor top-10 time in every 60m hurdle competition in which she has competed.
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Ronan McMahon-Staggs will close out Monday's competition running in the one-mile semifinal. The junior was the first Bruin to break the four-minute mark at an indoor meet, and he managed to do it in three consecutive races. McMahon-Staggs ran a 3:54.93 at the Arkansas Qualifier on Feb. 17, the fastest one-mile time in both indoor and outdoor competition for a Bruin.
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Both men's and women's 4x400m relay will compete late Saturday. The women's relay consists of Aly Conyers, Kate Jendrezak, Makenzy Pierre-Webster and Naomi Johnson; the relay team qualified with a 3:30.86. Rose Pittman, Maddy Doane and Yanla Ndjip-Ndjip Nyemeck will be alternates for the squad.
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The men's 4x400m relay comprises Myles Misener-Daley, Willington Wright, Antonie Nortje and Ismail Turner. The relay team ran an indoor school record 3:03.48 at the Don Kirby Invitational on Feb. 11 to qualify, and they broke the previous school record (3:05.03) set just three weeks before at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. invitational. Samuel Herenton, Eric Allen, Jr. and Cameron Reynolds will serve as alternates for the relay.
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Meet Schedule
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Friday, Mar. 10
Women's 60m Hurdle (Semifinal) โ 4:55 p.m.
Women's Distance Medley Relay (Final) โ 5:45 p.m.
Men's 1 Mile (Semifinal) โ 7 p.m.
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Saturday, Mar. 11
Women's 60m Hurdles (Final) - 4:40 p.m.
Women's 4x400m Relay (Final) โ 5:20 p.m.
Men's 1 Mile (Final) โ 7 p.m.
Men's 4x400m Relay (Final) โ 8:20 p.m.
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Live results can be found here, and the indoor championships will be broadcast on ESPN+ each day.
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UCLA Student-Athletes in Competition
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Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck will get things started for the Bruins in the 60m hurdles. The redshirt-sophomore qualified with an 8.07. In eight races this indoor season, Ndjip-Nyemeck has run an indoor top-10 time in every 60m hurdle competition in which she has competed.
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Ronan McMahon-Staggs will close out Monday's competition running in the one-mile semifinal. The junior was the first Bruin to break the four-minute mark at an indoor meet, and he managed to do it in three consecutive races. McMahon-Staggs ran a 3:54.93 at the Arkansas Qualifier on Feb. 17, the fastest one-mile time in both indoor and outdoor competition for a Bruin.
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Both men's and women's 4x400m relay will compete late Saturday. The women's relay consists of Aly Conyers, Kate Jendrezak, Makenzy Pierre-Webster and Naomi Johnson; the relay team qualified with a 3:30.86. Rose Pittman, Maddy Doane and Yanla Ndjip-Ndjip Nyemeck will be alternates for the squad.
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The men's 4x400m relay comprises Myles Misener-Daley, Willington Wright, Antonie Nortje and Ismail Turner. The relay team ran an indoor school record 3:03.48 at the Don Kirby Invitational on Feb. 11 to qualify, and they broke the previous school record (3:05.03) set just three weeks before at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. invitational. Samuel Herenton, Eric Allen, Jr. and Cameron Reynolds will serve as alternates for the relay.
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Meet Schedule
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Friday, Mar. 10
Women's 60m Hurdle (Semifinal) โ 4:55 p.m.
Women's Distance Medley Relay (Final) โ 5:45 p.m.
Men's 1 Mile (Semifinal) โ 7 p.m.
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Saturday, Mar. 11
Women's 60m Hurdles (Final) - 4:40 p.m.
Women's 4x400m Relay (Final) โ 5:20 p.m.
Men's 1 Mile (Final) โ 7 p.m.
Men's 4x400m Relay (Final) โ 8:20 p.m.
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