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San Fernando Valley Sprinter Records Season Best in Run For Belize in Olympics
Dirks began her track career as a senior at Granada Hills Charter High School in 2010 after playing on its girls’ basketball team. She sought to be a walk-on at Cal State Northridge but was initially rejected by then-assistant coach Justin Johnson. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
Jacquil Constant: The Power of Haitian Collaboration
Jacquil Constant is a graduate of California State University Northridge, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Film Production. Jacquil has also received his Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Pan African Studies and Cinema Television & Arts. -- EurWeb
Congressman Schiff Honors Pasadena’s Mara Leong-Maguinez With Other ‘Remarkable’ Women of The District
Mara Leong-Maguinez obtained her BA in American Studies and Ethnicity from USC and a MPA from CSU Northridge, specializing in Nonprofit Management. Before joining RMHP, she was with Families Forward Learning Center in Pasadena for over seven years, was Director of Development at Downtown Women’s Center, and was Chief Development Officer at the Youth Policy Institute in Los Angeles. -- Pasadena Now
TD welcomes new superintendent
After returning to school to earn a master’s degree in Educational Leadership as well as an administration credential from CSU Northridge, Bernal served as a principal for five years, where she was once again encouraged to go further in her administrative career, and has spent the last 12 years in human resources, becoming a director and then assistant superintendent of her previous school district. -- Columbia Gorge News
San Fernando Valley Sprinter Makes Olympic Debut Despite Hardship
Cal State Northridge alumn Samantha Dirks will compete in the women's 400-meter sprint after overcoming a season of challenges. -- Calabasas Patch
Basketball "Samara" signed forward Stefan Hicks
Американец, форвард, рост 198 см, 29 лет. Выступал в чемпионате NCAA за команду Cal State Northridge (California State University, 2010/2015), в G-лиге за команду Fort Wayne Mad Ants (2015 - январь 2019 и ноябрь 2019 - март 2020), а также за команду Formosa Taishin Dreamers (Тайвань, 2020/2021). -- Volga News, Russia (in Russian)
Triple jump: Olympic final with Emmanuel Ihemeje, who grew up in Bergamo
Ihemeje è nato a Carrara il 9 ottobre del 1998 da genitori nigeriani, trasferitosi a soli 4 anni a Colognola (rione di Bergamo) e a 7 anni a Verdellino, ha iniziato l’attività in atletica a undici anni con l’Estrada di Treviglio e Caravaggio. Forgiato, incoraggiato e "coccolato" da quel gran tecnico che risponde al nome di Paolo Brambilla, Emmanuel ha cominciato a farsi notare nel 2017 quando agli Europei Under 20 di Grosseto si classifica al 6° posto del salto triplo. Nel 2017 si trasferisce in Francia al Creps di Reims dove c’è l’iridato del triplo, il suo idolo Teddy Tamgho, poi grazie alla borsa di studio ricevuta dalla California State University a Northridge si trasferisce negli Stati Uniti. Passa quindi alla Oregon University di Eugene dove quest’anno è letteralmente esploso vincendo in Arkansas la finale dei campionati NCAA indoor con 17,26 metri (quarta misura italiana di sempre al coperto). All’aperto il suo record è di 17,14 metri ottenuto sempre quest’anno a Eugene. Misure tra le migliori di sempre nel triplo italiano. -- Prima Bergamo, Italy (in Italian)
The Week in Women's Football: Man Utd poach Skinner; Finland update; UWS Championship
The Blue Heat had two Armenian internationals on their side—midfielder Nancy Avesyan (31) and defender Sydney Vermillion (33)—who both played at Cal State Northridge and grew up in the Los Angeles area, which has a large Armenian ex-pat community. Midfielder Iris Rabot is from France and played in Olympique Lyon's Academy and is now at James Madison University in Virginia. after starting at the University of Northwestern Ohio. Forward Cayla McFarlane is a Trinidad and Tobago full national team players and is at Harvard University. Forward Olufolasade Adamolekun plays at USC and internationally for Jamaica, after being called into U.S. national team camps as a youth. Blue Heat defender Lauren Sesselmann was a long-time Canadian national team player with 46 caps, winning a Bronze Medal in the 2012 Olympic Games Finals in London; she played at Purdue, FC Indiana in the WPSL and W-League as well as Sky Blue FC and the Atlanta Beat in the WPS (2009-2011) and FC Kansas City and the Houston Dash in the NWSL (2013-2015). Yujie Zhao will be a senior at Florida State University and played in the 2018 U-20 Women's World Cup in France for China. -- Tribal Football
San Fernando Valley sprinter running for Belize in Tokyo Olympics
Samantha Dirks will compete for her parents' homeland, whose government awarded her an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship in 2018 to help her train, Dirks competed at Granada Hills Charter High School and CSU Northridge. --Los Angeles Daily News
U.S. begins quest for baseball gold with 8-1 win over Israel
It was Ryan’s first appearance since the Tampa Bay Rays traded him and another minor leaguer to the Minnesota Twins for slugger Nelson Cruz on July 22 — the day the U.S. team arrived in Japan. Ryan, who played at Cal State Northridge for three seasons, had been with the Rays’ triple-A affiliate, posting a 3.63 ERA in 12 outings. -- Los Angeles Times