SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men's and women's track & field teams will return to action this weekend at UC San Diego's Triton Invitational on Friday & Saturday at Triton Track & Field Stadium in La Jolla.
 
LAST MEETS

• The Cougars last competed the weekend of March 22 and 23 as they hosted the Mangrum Invitational while traveling the next day to UCLA's Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational and USC's Trojan Invitational.
• The men's team concluded the weekend with 11 top-10 program marks and an NCAA provisional by Nick Melanese in the 1500-meter run.
• The women's team had 10 top-10 program marks including two school-record performances by Lilly McGraw and Trinity Barr while posting three NCAA provisionals by Barr, Charlotte Allison and Rasha Badrani.

TRITON INVITATIONAL

• This will be the 31st iteration of the Triton Invitational.
• This will be the Cougars' eighth consecutive season competing in the Triton Invitational and 20th overall since first competing in 2000.
• The meet will begin at 9:30 a.m. on both Friday and Saturday.
• Last season, the women's team tallied five top-10 program marks and an NCAA provisional while the men's team had one top-10 program time and an NCAA provisional.

THE OLSON FILE

• Head coach Torrey Olson begins his sixth season at the helm of the men's and women's track & field programs after taking over in the summer of 2018.
• In 2019, Olson's men's and women's squads tallied three individual CCAA Championships for outdoor competition while the men's team earned five USTFCCCA All-West Region selections.
• In 2022, Olson guided both teams to a combined three individual CCAA Championships, 13 All-CCAA selections and five outdoor and three indoor USTFCCCA All-West Region honors.
• In 2023, the Cougars earned a combined five individual CCAA Championships, 19 All-CCAA selections, six outdoor and three indoor USTFCCCA All-West Region honorees under Olson's leadership.
• Olson came to CSUSM after spending three seasons as the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at the Academy of Art University where his teams earned 50-plus All-American honors.
• Olson served as the head cross country coach the previous three years at Academy of Art.
• In addition to the Academy of Art, Olson has also worked with the University of San Francisco and Pomona-Pitzer College.
• A graduate of Pomona College in 2009, Olson also holds an MFA from St. Mary's College (2012).