Track & Field’s Matias Reynaga Shatters 5K School Record at Wake Forest Invite

Thursday, April 16

Winston-Salem, NC

University of Georgia

Wake Forest Invitational

Track & Field’s Matias Reynaga Shatters 5K School Record at Wake Forest Invite

April 18, 2026 | Track & Field

GAINESVILLE, Fla. / WINSTON SALEM, N.C.— Georgia Track and Field concludes the final day at Wake Forest Invite with a school record and a handful of impressive performances. Bulldogs collect two event wins to start day one of the Tom Jones Memorial on Friday afternoon.

Wake Forest Invite
April 16-17
Final Results

Tom Jones Memorial
April 17-18
Live Results | Watch Day 2

Fast Facts

Freshman Celeste Robinson opened up competition for the Bulldogs with an event win in the collegiate second of the women's 200 meter dash after a 23.21 finish at Florida's Tom Jones Memorial.
Senior Brion Stephens kept the momentum going in the high jump securing the event win after clearing 2.18m/7-1.75, which is tied for No.5 in the current NCAA rankings.
Meanwhile in Winston-Salem, the Georgia distance squad wrapped two days of impressive performances. The success began late Thursday night with graduate transfer Will Aitken in the 3000m steeple chase. Aitken clocked an 8:59.93 finish, which ranks No. 9 in program history. Fellow graduate transfer, Yasna Petrova followed up that performance with a 34:54.16 in the women's 10K, which ranks No. 10 in program history.
Earlier tonight at the Wake Forest Invite, freshman Anastasia Nilsson kicked off day two with a 4:21.83 finish in the women's 1500m, which ranks No. 10 in UGA history.
The highlight of the meet came in the men's 5000m, where graduate transfer Matias Reynaga shattered the Georgia school record with a time of 13:32.16 while securing the event win. Reynaga led a deep Bulldogs distance group that placed four runners among the program's all-time top 10, including Oliver Smart (13:45.46, No. 4), Ryan Olree (13:47.77, No. 6), and Conner Rutherford (14:00.89, No. 10).

Competition resumes with Lisa Raye and Ava Kitchings in the women's 100m dash (collegiate) at 9:45 a.m. Men's events begin at 12:30 p.m. with the 110m hurdles invitational preliminaries featuring Le'Ezra Brown and Jayden Keys.

Broadcast coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. on SECN+.

Results and recaps from the Bulldogs' outdoor season will be found at georgiadogs.com. News and updates from Georgia's track & field and cross country teams are always located on X/Instagram at @UGATrack.

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