SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Rasha Badrani of the Cal State San Marcos women's track & field team will begin her pursuit of a national championship in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships on Thursday at 2:35 p.m. (PT) in Indianapolis, Indiana.
 

 
NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Badrani is the first CSUSM student-athlete to ever qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships.
• Badrani will enter with the fastest 400-meter dash time in Division II this season at 52.92 seconds - .29 faster than the second-fastest time. She recorded her time at Nevada's Wolf Pack Classic, breaking the facility record and her own school record in the process. Badrani's time was the eighth-fastest in Division II history.
• Badrani will run in the third of five heats as she goes up against 18 other entrants in the first round.
• Should Badrani's time be one of the eight fastest after all five heats are completed, she will race in the final on Saturday at 12:35 p.m. (PT).

THE OLSON FILE

• Head coach Torrey Olson begins his seventh 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.
• In 2024, CSUSM had a combined five individual CCAA Champions, 16 All-CCAA selections and five outdoor USTFCCCA All-West Region honorees.
• 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 for 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).