Cekarri Nixon
Cekarri Nixon

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Sacramento, Calif.

High School:
St. Francis HS '11

Height:
5-6

Event:
Sprints


04/19/2013

Aggies Excel Down South, Win at Woody Wilson

UC Davis track and field teams perform well at two different meets, one of them at home

04/13/2013

School Record Helps UC Davis Women Take Third at Mondo

UC Davis women win 4x100, 4x100 and 100 while men go 1-2 in pole vault and finish fifth

04/06/2013

Trio of UC Davis Records Fall at Arizona State

Aggie women break 100, 200 and 800 marks while top-10 charts get big alterations

04/04/2013

Valley of the Sun Welcomes Aggie Track Teams

UC Davis to send 20 athletes to meet featuring Olympians and national champions

03/30/2013

UC Davis Finishes at Stanford Invitational

Landen finishes second in 800 B sections

2012: Placed 6th in 400 (56.79) at Big West Conference Championships, hitting team season-best 55.04 in prelim... Moved into 3rd in school history... Added 9th in 200 (24.89), plus 3rd-place showings as part of each relay at conference... Ranks 8th on school's 200 list... Went 24.42 at Sac State Open, although with aid of +5.2 wind... First broke 25-second barrier with 24.91 at Woody Wilson Classic... Attended Arizona State in the fall before transferring to UC Davis.

ST. FRANCIS HS '11: Competed at CIF state championships all four years, including three as an individual... Placed 8th in 200 (24.85) as a sophomore for best state finish... Finished 22nd and 14th in 200 as a junior and senior, respectively... Sac-Joaquin Section Masters runner-up in both 200 and 400 in 2011... Prep PRs were 12.03 in 100, 24.34 in 200, the latter of which would have been the UC Davis record at the time.

PERSONAL: Born in Sacramento, Calif.... Majoring in political science... Mother, Cesley Nixon, graduated from UC Davis in 1983... Career highlight was finishing 8th at CIF state meet... Prerace ritual is to eat a spoonful of honey.