Sports

Della Molina wins first Track Athlete of the Week award

Nathan Chiochios, Sports Editor // March 26, 2025

Junior Della Molina runs through the 6k race course at the NCAA Division II Championship Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 in Sacramento.

Junior Della Molina earned a bronze medal in the 5000m at the Hornet Invitational at Sacramento State Saturday, earning her first CCAA/FloSports women’s track athlete of the week award.

The meet was made up of schools from all NCAA divisions, including division I schools like Sacramento State, Fresno State and UC Davis. Despite the increased competition, Molina was able to finish third in her heat of 38 runners, behind two UC Davis runners. She finished with a time of 16:32.76, only eight seconds behind her personal best. The full race results, along with the rest of the meet, can be found here.

Molina is coming off a successful cross country season that saw her finish as an All-American in the NCAA division II national championship. She also finished as an All-American in her first NCAA track & field championship last May.

Molina and the rest of the Track & Field team will be back in action Saturday at the Cal Poly Humboldt Invitational in Arcata. Meet information can be found here.

Nathan Chiochios can be reached at orionmanagingeditor@gmail.com

About the Contributors

Nathan Chiochios, Sports Editor

Nathan Chiochios is in his fourth year at Chico State as a journalism news major. He is from Mountain View, a town in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is his fourth semester on The Orion, and his second semester as sports editor. He has also interned at the Palo Alto Weekly. Chiochios looks forward to growing his journalism and writing skills. In his free time, he spends most of his time skateboarding and hanging out with friends and family.

Milca Elvira Chacon, News Editor

Milca Elvira Chacon is a fourth-year journalism major student at Chico State with a minor in broadcasting. It is her third semester in The Orion and she interned with Chico’s local newspaper, The Enterprise-Record. She has also worked with the university’s radio, KCSC. In addition, she has award-winning photojournalism work. Through multimedia she hopes to reach a variety of communities in Chico.