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Chico State Men's T&F Athlete Adam Nikssarian.

Adam Nikssarian

  • Award
    Wildcat Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/8/2013
  • Sport
    Men's Track & Field
  • Bio
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Despite his impressive locks, it can be easy to miss Adam Nikssarian in the shadows of his NCAA Championship caliber teammates. But the junior from Castro Valley enjoyed his moment in the sun in the final event of last week’s Mustang Invitational – the 1,500 meters. 

Nikssarian needed to cover the four-lapper in a personal-best time of 4:37 for an NCAA Provisional Qualifying Mark, or to run an even faster 4:31 to eclipse the 6,300-point threshold.

He did even better. The transfer from San Francisco City College cruised to an easy win in the event, crossing the line in 4:28.50. By adding those 754 points to his total, Nikssarian set a decathlon personal best of 6,319 points, which is the 13th highest total in NCAA Division II this year. He also earned Wildcat of the Week honors.

Nikssarian notched PRs in two other events as well – the high jump (with a leap of 5-feet-11.5) and pole vault (with a jump of 12-feet-9.5).

Nikssarian finished third in the 17-man competition behind only teammates Theodore Elsenbaumer (who boasts the fourth-highest decathlon score in Division II this year) and J P Smith, the defending NCAA Champion in the event.


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3/25/2020 Kevin Warren Men's Basketball
3/11/2020 Andrew Renteria Baseball
3/11/2020 Allysa Ashburn Women's Track & Field
3/3/2020 Reilani Peleti Softball
3/3/2020 Alex Robie Men's Track & Field
2/25/2020 Malik Duffy Men's Basketball
2/25/2020 Maddy Wong Women's Basketball
2/18/2020 Bailey Jones Women's Basketball
2/18/2020 Kristian Scott Baseball
2/11/2020 Braeden Gowdy Baseball
2/11/2020 Kristin Worley Softball
2/4/2020 Alani Nguyen Softball
2/4/2020 Eddie Zavala Baseball
1/28/2020 Haley Ison Women's Basketball
1/28/2020 Malik Duffy Men's Basketball
1/21/2020 Mikaila Wegenke Women's Basketball
1/21/2020 Amari Stroud Men's Basketball
1/14/2020 Calvin Geraci Men's Basketball
1/14/2020 Shay Stark Women's Basketball
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