MORAGA, Calif. — History occurred on the track at San Francisco State this past weekend, as a pair of Saint Mary's records fell at the West Coast Last Chance. Running in both of those record breaking races was senior Jaden DeSouza, who now owns 11 Saint Mary's Program Records and her third Shamrock Office Student Athlete of the Week award this year. 

Jaden competed in four events at the West Coast Last Chance meet, winning three of those, and placing second in the fourth. Her second place finish came in the shot put, demonstrating her versatility, and her non-record breaking win came in her specialty event, the 400m hurdles. That said, DeSouza individually broke the program 400m dash record with a time of 55.40, a full second faster than the previous program record, held by former teammate Luz Mercado. DeSouza also ran the first leg of the 4x400m relay, leading the Gaels to a program record time of 3:52.89, breaking a two year old program record. DeSouza has the 50th fastest 400m hurdle time in the west region. The top-48 are selected to regionals, placing DeSouza squarely on the bubble, depending on if any runners opt out of the 400 hurdles to compete in another event. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Zane Jackson (MTRK), Eddie Madrial (BSB), 1V8+ Boat (ROW)

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