Chelsea Aninyei

  • Award
    Field Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/28/2026
  • Sport
    Track & Field
  • School
    UC Riverside
  • Year
  • Position
    Jumps
  • Hometown
    Bellflower, Calif.
  • High School
    Mayfair High School
  • UC Riverside's Chelsea Aninyei swept the long jump and triple jump events at the Chris Rinne Invitational to collect the Big West Women's Field Athlete of the Week accolade. It is Aninyei's third career weekly honor, having won it once earlier this season and once last year.

  • The redshirt junior won the triple jump with a distance of 42'7"/12.98m.The mark leads The Big West by .20m and ranks seventh in the West Region and 38th nationally.

  • Aninyei won the long jump competition at the Chris Rinne Invitational for the second straight year with a mark of 19'4.75"/5.91m.