SAN DIEGO – Junior Rasha Badrani of the Cal State San Marcos women's track & field team was named a Star of the Month for March 2025 by the San Diego Sports Association.
Badrani won the NCAA Division II National Championship in the 400-meter dash at the 2025 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships by tying her program record of 52.92 seconds. She became the first NCAA National Champion in program history and is the second overall CSUSM student-athlete to win one. Badrani was subsequently named the NCAA Division II West Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year and a first-team All-American by the USTFCCCA.
She then began outdoor competition with two NCAA provisionals in the 400-meter dash and the 400-meter hurdles at the Mangrum Invitational and broke her own school record in the 400-meter dash at 54.67 seconds. Badrani was subsequently named the FloCollege/CCAA Track Athlete of the Week.
Badrani currently ranks third nationally in the 400-meter hurdles and sixth in the 400-meter dash.
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- CSUSM to Compete in Five Meets Over Three DaysThe Cal State San Marcos men's and women's track & field program will compete in five meets in three days as it takes part in the Pacific Coast Invitational, the ULV Leopard Invitational, the Bryan Clay Invitational, the Mt. SAC Relays and the Beach Invitational on Thursday through Saturday.
- Badrani Earns Second Consecutive FloCollege/CCAA Track Athlete of the Week HonorCal State San Marcos' Rasha Badrani was voted the FloCollege/CCAA Women's Track Athlete of the Week for the second consecutive week.
- Badrani Breaks Two School Records at Triton InvitationalThe Cal State San Marcos women's track & field team saw Rasha Badrani break two school records with a couple of NCAA provisional times at UC San Diego's Triton Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
- CSUSM Set for Triton InvitationalThe Cal State San Marcos men's and women's track & field teams will take part in the two-day Triton Invitational at UC San Diego on Friday and Saturday in La Jolla.
- Badrani, Johnson Named CSUSM Student-Athletes of the MonthRasha Badrani of women's track & field and Dre Johnson of men's track & field have been named the Cal State San Marcos Student-Athletes of the Month for March 2025.
- Badrani Named FloCollege/CCAA Track Athlete of the WeekCal State San Marcos' Rasha Badrani has been selected as the FloCollege/CCAA Women's Track Athlete of the Week for the week of Mar. 24-30.
