2024 UCLA CROSS COUNTRY
2024 QUICK FACTS
Location Los Angeles, CA
Athletic Dept. Address 325 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90095
Athletics Phone (310) 825-8699
Ticket Office (310) UCLA-WIN
Cross Country Office Phone (310) 794-6443
Interim Chancellor Darnell Hunt
Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond
Assoc. Athletic Director (Cross Country) Gavin Crew
Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Michael Teitell
Enrollment 45,742
Founded 1919
Colors Blue and Gold
Nickname Bruins
Conference Big 10
National Affiliation NCAA Division I
The Sherie L. and Donald G. Morrison
Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Joanna Hayes
Assistant Coach Andrew Ferris
2023 Final National Ranking NR (Men) NR (Women)
2023 NCAA Championships Finish N/A (Men) N/A (Women)
2023 Pac-12 Championships Finish 8th (Men) 7th (Women)
All-Time Conference Championships 2 (Men in 1980, 1981)
All-Time West Regional Championships 3 (Men in 1980, 1981; Women in 1986)
Credits: The 2024 UCLA Cross Country media guide was written and edited by Corey Mueller of the UCLA Athletic Communications Office. Primary photography by Don Liebig (ASUCLA Photography), Jesus Ramirez (UCLA Athletics), Elijah Carr (UCLA Athletics), Jan Kim Lim (UCLA Athletics), and Ross Turteltaub (UCLA Athletics).
MEDIA INFORMATION
Cross Country Contact: Andrew Wagner
Phone: (818) 437-3160
Fax: 310-825-8664
E-mail: awagner@athletics.ucla.edu
Address: 325 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90095
Note: Student-athletes have been instructed not to grant any interview requests that have not been set up through the UCLA Athletic Communications Office.
THE 2023 BRUINS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
POSTSEASON HISTORY
NCAA
UCLA
2023 MEET SUMMARIES
Meet Recaps
Date
Friday, Aug. 30
Friday, Sept. 27
Friday, Oct. 11
Friday, Nov. 1
Friday, Nov. 15
Saturday, Nov. 23
Meet
2024 UCLA CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE
Location
Dual Meet vs. UC Riverside Big Bear, Calif.
Gans Creek Classic Columbia, Mo.
Bill Dellinger Invitational Eugene, Ore.
Big Ten Championships Champaign, Ill.
NCAA West Regional Colfax, Wash.
NCAA Championships Madison, Wis.
6-4 / So. Le
6-2 / So. Saratoga, Calif.
5-8 / So. Saugus, Calif.
5-7 / Fr. Newbury Park, Calif.
Fr. San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
6-1 / Fr. Santa Barbara, Calif.
5-7 / Fr. Rescue, Calif.
6-5 / Jr. Palos
5-9 / So.
/ Gr.
6-0 / So.
5-9 / Gr.
Tristan AMELL
Vésinet, France
Aaron CANTU
Harrison DANCE
Dev DOSHI
Andrew FERRIS Assistant Coach - Distance
Mark CORTES
Temecula, Calif.
Patrick CURULLA
6-0 / Sr. Livermore, Calif.
Conor GIBSON
Verdes, Calif.
Ramses CORTES
Temecula, Calif.
Angus HARRINGTON
6-5
London, United Kingdom
Jack ROSENCRANS Gr. Glen Head, N.Y.
Joanna HAYES The Sherie L. and Donald G. Morrison UCLA Director of Track & Field/Cross Country
Everett CAPELLE
Joshua CHU
Andreas DYBDAHL
Michael MIRELES
Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Ajani SALCIDO
6-0 / Sr. Rocklin, Calif.
5-4
Fr.
/ Jr.
5-3 / Fr. Portland, Ore.
5-8 / Sr.
5-11 / Gr. Adeleide, South Australia, Australia
/ So.
/ Jr.
Kaho CICHON 5-4
Huntington Beach, Calif.
Audrey ALLEN
/ Sr. Orinda, Calif.
Olivia FROODY Fr. Aliso Viejo, Calif.
Georgia Jeanneret 5-6 / Fr. Newport Beach, Calif.
Joanna HAYES The Sherie L. and Donald G. Morrison UCLA Director of Track & Field/Cross Country
Carly CORSINITA
Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Ailish HAWKINS 5-7
Newbury Park, Calif.
Quinci LOTT 5-2 /
Dana Point, Calif.
Andrew FERRIS Assistant Coach - Distance
Mia KANE
5-4 / Sr. Portland, Ore.
Ella McGILLIS
Annika SALZ 5-6
San Diego, Calif.
Rose PITTMAN
Emie BERGER Fr. Mettman, Germany
MEN’S ROSTER
Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous School)
Tristan Amell 6-4 So. Le Vésinet, France (Santa Monica HS)
Aaron Cantu 5-8 So. Saugus, Calif. (Newbury Park)
Everett Capelle - Fr. San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (St. Margaret’s Episcopal School)
Joshua Chu 5-7 Fr. Rescue, Calif. (Ponderosa HS)
Mark Cortes 5-9 So. Temecula, California (Great Oak)
Ramses Cortes 6-0 So. Temecula, California (Great Oak)
Patrick Curulla 6-0 Sr. Livermore, Calif. (De La Salle HS)
Harrison Dance 6-1 Jr. Saratoga, Calif. (Saratoga)
Dev Doshi 5-7 Fr. Newbury Park, Calif. (Newbury Park HS)
Andreas Dybdahl 6-1 Fr. Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara High)
Conor Gibson 6-1 Jr. Torrance, Calif. (West Torrance)
Angus Harrington 6-5 Gr. London, United Kingdom (Trinity School / University of Cambridge)
Michael Mireles 5-9 Sr. Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Thousand Oaks)
Jack Rosencrans - Gr. Glen Head, N.Y. (North Shore High School / Pomona College)
Ajani Salcido 6-0 Sr. Rocklin, Calif. (Jesuit HS)
WOMEN’S ROSTER
Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous School)
Audrey Allen 5-4 Sr. Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte)
Emie Berger - Fr. Mettman, Germany
Kaho Cichon 5-4 Jr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Fountain Vallley)
Carly Corsinita 5-3 Sr. Mission Viejo, Calif. (Capistrano Valley)
Olivia Froody - Fr. Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Aliso Niguel HS)
Ailish Hawkins 5-7 So. Newbury Park, Calif. (Newbury Park)
Georgia Jeanneret 5-6 Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. (JSerra Catholic HS)
Mia Kane 5-4 Sr. Portland, Ore. (Lincoln)
Quinci Lott 5-2 Fr. Dana Point, Calif. (Dana Hills)
Ella McGillis 5-3 Fr. Portland, Ore. (Central Catholic)
Rose Pittman 5-11 Gr. Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (St. Peter’s Girls School)
Annika Salz 5-6 Jr. San Diego, Calif. (Torrey Pines)
COACHING STAFF
Joanna Hayes ........ The Sherie L. and Donald G. Morrison Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Andrew Ferris Assistant Coach Michael Phillippy Director of Operations
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Joanna HAYES
The
Sherie L. and Donald G.
Morrison Director of Track & Field and Cross Country 1st Season at UCLA
UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame member and Olympic gold medalist Joanna Hayes returned to UCLA as the new The Sherie L. and Donald G. Morrison UCLA Director of Track & Field/Cross Country on June 17, 2024. Hayes previously served as an assistant coach for the Bruins from 2014-16 and for USC from 2017-24.
“I am honored to return to UCLA as the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country. This opportunity represents a full circle moment for me, and I am grateful to Martin Jarmond for trusting me to lead this esteemed program and uphold its strong legacy,” said Hayes. “As Director, I am committed to guiding this program with values rooted in respect, passion, discipline, family, and community engagement. I am ready to embark on this journey, as it brings me back to the joy and excitement I felt 30 years ago on signing day when I first became a Bruin. I’m ready to win some championships alongside our dedicated alumni, staff, student-athletes, and the Bruin fans and supporters!”
A six-time All-American at UCLA from 1996-99, Hayes won seven Pac-10 titles and the 1999 NCAA outdoor title in the 400m hurdles. She led UCLA to three-straight Pac-10 team titles and two-straight NCAA runner-up finishes, and her Bruin teams went 39-0 in dual meets in her career. At the Pac-10 level, Hayes won three-straight 100m hurdles titles from 1996-98 and twostraight 400m hurdles crowns from 1996-97. In 2004, she won Olympic gold, breaking a 16-year Olympic record with a winning time of 12.37 in the 100m hurdles. Also that year, she won the 2004 Jesse Owens Award as USA Track & Field’s outstanding female athlete and finished as the No. 1-ranked 100m hurdler in the world. Additionally, she won gold in the 400m hurdles at the 2003 Pan American Games.
In her previous coaching stint at UCLA, Hayes was an assistant sprints, hurdles and relays coach. In her first season in 2014, she coached Brea Buchanan and Trinity Wilson to the NCAA finals in the 100m hurdles. Hayes also guided the women’s 4x100m relay team to the NCAA Championship meets in 2015 and 2016.
“I am excited to bring Joanna back home to UCLA,” remarked the Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond. “Her credentials as an Olympic gold medalist, NCAA Champion, Hall of Fame athlete and awardwinning coach speak for itself. Her passion, energy and vision for UCLA track and field make her the right choice to lead this program.”
“Winning has been in Joanna’s DNA, from her high school athletic days, to becoming a champion student-athlete at UCLA and an Olympic gold medalist, to her successful coaching career,” said UCLA Athletics Hall of Famer Jeanette Bolden. “She is now bringing that winning DNA to the men’s and women’s program at UCLA. I could not be happier for Joanna and her family.”
At USC, Hayes earned USTFCCCA West Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors four times, most recently being selected for the 2024 outdoor season with the women after her hurdlers scored 16 of the Trojans’ 25 points at the NCAA Championships, where USC finished 10th. She was the 2023 and 2024 indoor men’s assistant of the year, coaching a pair of Trojans to the top two times in the nation in the 60m hurdles during the 2023 indoor campaign. Her first award came in 2018, when two USC hurdlers won Pac-12 titles and four of her 100m hurdlers advanced to the NCAA Championships.
Hayes’ athletes have been among the most successful at USC during her time with the team. Anna Cockrell won (three?) NCAA and (three?) Pac-12 titles and went on to compete at the Olympics. Jasmine Jones was the 2024
Pac-12 Women’s Track Athlete of the Year and won a pair of NCAA titles in 2024, taking the outdoor 400m hurdles title with a school and meet record, and winning the indoor 60m title. Hayes was a volunteer assistant coach in 2021 when the Trojans won the NCAA Women’s Outdoor title.
Olympians Sydney McLaughlin and Rai Benjamin are among the elite athletes Hayes has trained. McLaughlin is the current world record holder in the 400m hurdles, and Benjamin ranks No. 2 in the world and No. 1 in the USA. Benjamin won his first individual gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, capturing the top mark in the 400m hurdles at the summer games.
Hayes, who graduated from UCLA in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Eric Thomas, and daughters, Zoe and Aly.
Andrew FERRIS
Assistant Coach, Cross Country 2nd Season at UCLA
Andrew Ferris joined the UCLA track & field and cross country coaching staff on October 5, 2023, as announced by UCLA Athletics. Ferris enters his second campaign with the Bruins to start the 2024-25 school year.
During 2023-24, Ferris was responsible for guiding the cross country team and distance runners on the track for the 800m through 10,000m events. In his first season with UCLA track & field, he helped junior Mia Kane capture the Pac-12 individual title in the 3,000m steeplechase. With Ferris’ guidance, senior Michael Mireles finished as the Conference runner-up in men’s 5,000m race. The Bruins also claimed eight marks on UCLA’s all-time top 10 lists in indoor and outdoor distance events.
Ferris boasts 14 All-Americans and 21 champions under his supervision in his NCAA coaching career. He also coaches Maël Gouyette, who will represent France in the men’s 1500m at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Prior to his arrival in Westwood, Ferris served as an assistant coach at Iona University from 2021-23. He coached three All-Americans and saw four school records with the Gaels. Ferris also coached at Wake Forest University from 2017-21. He helped Deacons earn All-America honors eight times, set eight program records and claim four ACC event titles.
He mentored Robert Heppenstall en route to five All-America finishes at Wake Forest, as he won three league titles in the 800m before signing a pro contract with the District Track Club in 2019. Heppenstall also set four program records under Ferris in the indoor and outdoor 800m, the indoor 1000m and outdoor 1500m.
In cross country, Ferris helped the Wake Forest men’s program post top-five finishes in back-to-back years (2018-19) for the first time since 2000-01, when there were only nine programs in the ACC. In his first season with the Deacon men’s cross country team (2017), the men improved from eighth to sixth at the conference meet, the highest finish since 2010. Freshman Mitchell Day earned All-ACC honors after finishing 13th to become the program’s first-ever male ACC Freshman of the Year honoree and first All-Conference recipient since 2005.
Other All-ACC honorees under Ferris include Archie Wallis (2019-20) and Johanna Schulz (2019-20), while Aaron Las Heras won a European U-20 title in the 5000m in 2019.
Off the track, the men’s program won the Dean’s Cup for highest team GPA three straight years from 2017-19.
Prior to his stint in Winston-Salem, Ferris worked as the Head Coach at Emmanuel College where he coached multiple state and national medalists, including two Australian Steeplechase Champions, two Australian Champion teams, 38 Australian Junior Championship qualifiers and an Oceania Women’s Champion.
Ferris has progressed to a level three coaching qualification, one of the highest accreditations offered in Australia. He was also an Apprenticeship Coach at the Altis World Athletics Center, an elite athlete and coach training organization that improves performances of both athletes and coaches. He also has Level 1 Strength and Conditioning certification through ASCA.
Ferris attended the Ipswich Grammar School where he graduated in 2001. From there, he achieved a Bachelor of Health Science in 2009 from Griffith University in South East Queensland, Australia.
Michael Phillippy
Director of Operations
1st Season at UCLA
2024 (Track & Field)
Tristan AMELL
6-5 / Sophomore
Le Vésinet, France
Santa Monica HS
2024 (Track & Field)
Aaron CANTU
5-8 / Sophomore Saugus, Calif.
Newbury Park HS
Competed in three indoor and four outdoor meets, running the 800m and 1500m races… Posted a season-best 1:52.54 at the Rafer Johnson-Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational, winning the event at the home meet… Finished 24th in the 1500m at the Pac-12 Championships.
2023 (Cross Country)
Competed in one meet during his freshman season … Was the fourth scorer for the Bruins at the LMU South Bay Twilight, running a 25:23.5 in the 8K race for 14th place …
High School
Attended Coudersport High School, College Bridge Academy, Stanford Online High School and Santa Monica High School in his pre-college years… Ran Cross Country and Track & Field… Was a Millrose Games Mile Qualifier… Also an All-American at New Balance Nationals (Outdoors) in the distance medley relay and mile… All-American at New Balance Indoors in the 4x Mile… Qualified for Nike Cross Nationals… Earned a Bronze Medal at the New Jersey state championships in the 1600m… CIF qualifier in the 4x400m, 800m, 1600m and 3200m events… Earned silver at CIF states in the 4x400m relay… Named New Jersey’s “Sophomore of the Year”…
Personal
Born in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, to parents Grace and Chris… Describes his greatest thrill as “kicking with 300m to go. It’s just as satisfying every time”… Lists Kobe Bryant as the famous athlete he most admires… Outside of running, says he “absolutely loves everything about rock climbing”… A fun fact, he used to be one of Canada’s top-ranked chess players… Chose to attend UCLA because it is a perfect combination of athletic, academic, and social experience… Majoring in European Language & Transcultural Studies, and wants to be a founder in his career.
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2023 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
High School
Attended Newbury Park High School where he ran cross country and track & field... Twotime Team Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) Champion with Newbury Park... Placed 21st in the state at the 2022 CIF State Cross Country Championships, running 15:39.9 as a scoring runner for his team.
Personal
Born in Valencia, Calif., to parents Elena and Marlon... Has three brothers, Alexander, Andrew and Adrian... Lists Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods and Lionel Messi as the famous athletes he most admires... A fun fact, he had to drive one hour every day to attend his high school... Some personal hobbies of his include playing basketball, pickleball, soccer, finding new music, and attending festivals... Describes his greatest athletic thrill as anchoring his team to the NXN championship during the 2022 season... Decided to attend UCLA “because of its renowned athletic programs and facilities, offering opportunities for top-level competition along with a strong academic reputation that provides a well-rounded college experience”... Plans to major in biology with a career objective to become a sports medical physician.
Everett CAPELLE
- / Fr.
San Juan Capistrano, Calif. St. Margaret’s Episcopal School
HIGH SCHOOL
Joshua CHU
5-7 / Freshman Rescue, Calif. Ponderosa HS
Attended Ponderosa High School, competing in track & field and cross country for all four of his pre-collegiate years… Also played basketball for two years, running point guard for Ponderosa… Earned Footlocker XC Honorary All-American and was the Footlocker West Regional Champion… A three-time FVL XC League Champion… A two-time CIF SJS Cross Country Section champion, six-time FVL track league champion, three-time FVL XC League MVP, FVL Track & Field MVP, and CIF SJS 3200m Champion … Placed fourth in California in the 3200m… Was a Nike Outdoor Nationals 5k All-American, placing fourth… Competed at the Footlocker West Regional, Footlocker Nationals, Nike Indoor Nationals, New Balance Indoor Nationals, and Nike Outdoor Nationals outside of his high school competitions…
PERSONAL
Born to parents Tracy and David Chu… Has one younger brother, Nathan… Lists Kobe Bryant & Jakob Ingebrigsten as athletes he admires, saying “both have achieved great things by working extremely hard and I admire their mentalities”… Says his greatest athletic thrill was “winning the Footlocker West Regional. I went in believing I could do it & breaking the tape for the first time with the huge crowd was a moment I will never forget”… His hobbies and interests include running, art, coffee, biking and hiking… A fun fact about Josh is that he can solve a Rubik’s cube and used to go to competitions for solving them… Chose UCLA because, “I love the diversity of LA and the history of greatness that stems from the university. I really like the coaches and staff as well and believe this is the best place to succeed”… His aunt, Canny, also attended UCLA… Plans to major in computational and systems biology with the objective of working as a cardiologist or cardiothoracic surgeon.
2024 (Track & Field)
Mark CORTES
5-9 / Sophomore
Temecula, Calif.
Great Oak HS
Did not compete during the indoor season… Ran three races during the outdoor campaign… Placed fifth in the 3000m race at the USC Dual Meet in which the Bruins claimed spots one through five… Ran the 5000m event at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival.
2023 (Cross Country)
Competed in three races during his freshman season … Made his UCLA debut at the Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Invitational… Competed at the Pac-12 Championships, running a 26:29.4 for 75th place … Placed 177th at the NCAA West Regionals with a 33:17.4 in the 10k race …
High School
Attended Great Oak High School, running cross country and track and field all four years during his time there... Lettered four times each in both sports... Earned individual honors (All-CIF, All-League) during his high school career, and contributed to Great Oak’s Division I California State Championship...
Personal Best Marks: 800m - 1:56; 1500m - 3:57; 3 mile - 14:31; 5000m - 15:23
Personal
Born in Riverside, Calif., to parents Frank and Florina... Has two older siblings, Isaac and Fatima, and a twin brother Ramses who also runs for UCLA... Decided to attend UCLA for “the amazing campus life and prestigious academic history”... Describes his greatest athletic thrill as “looking at the timer and knowing you’re hitting your pace, while feeling comfortable at the same time”... Lists Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal and Lionel Messi as famous athletes he admires... Outside of running, his hobbies include soccer, basketball, spike ball, ping pong and watching movies... A fun fact about Mark, he can name all the countries of the world on a blank map... His major is undeclared.
2024 (Track & Field) Did not compete for the Bruins.
2023 (Cross Country)
Ramses CORTES
6-0 / Sophomore Temecula, Calif.
Great Oak HS
Ran two races in his freshman season … Made his UCLA debut at the LMU South Bay Twilight, running a 26:27.1 in the 8k race for a 32nd place finish …
High School
Attended Great Oak High School, running varsity cross country and track & field all four years there... Earned second-team all-state in cross country in 2022... Helped Great Oak win the 2022 CIF Division I State Cross Country Championship, running 15:32.7 to place 16th in the state... Was his high school’s top-finisher at the 2021 state championship meet when the team earned state runner-up...
Personal Best Marks: 1600m - 4:14; 3200m - 9:04; 5000m - 15:05
Personal
Born in Riverside, Calif., to parents Frank and Florina... Has an older brother, Isaac, and older sister, Fatima... His twin brother Mark also runs for the Bruins... Decided to attend UCLA because it “seemed like the perfect combination of athletics and academics ina beautiful area with lots to do”... Describes his greatest athletic thrill as “winning championships and reflecting on the accumulation of hard work throught the seasona, all for that one moment”... Says Ashton Eaton is the athlete he most admires... Also interested in basketball, football, spikeball, hiking, and says he is a “big fan of roller costers”... Majoring in physiological science with a career objective of becoming an anesthesiologist or pediatrician.
2024 (Track & Field)
Patrick CURULLA
6-0 / Senior Livermore, Calif. De La Salle HS
Competed in the 3000m and 5000m events during indoors… Also ran the 3000m, 5000m and 10k events in the outdoor campaign… Ran a season-best 8:55.64 to claim second in the 3000m even at the annual USC dual meet… Honors: Pac-12 2024 Winter Honor Roll..
2023 (Cross Country)
Scored in all three appearances in his junior campaign … Ran a 24:22.3 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational for 26th place overall, making him the fastest Bruin runner on the day … Also scored at the NCAA West Regionals, where he finished 118th with a 10k time of 31:37.4 …
2023 (Track & Field)
Ran two races during the outdoor track and field season… Placed fourth in the 3000m race at the USC Dual Meet, running a season-best 8:48.45 in the event… Captured third place in the 5000m race at the Chris Rinne Twilight, crossing in 15:06.75.
2022 (Cross Country)
Appeared in two meets for the Bruins… Ran a season-best 24:36.6 in the 8000m race at the Bill Dellinger Invite; UCLA claimed a third-place team finish at the Oregon-hosted meet.
2021 (Cross Country)
Competed in three meets as a true freshman this past cross country season … Made his UCLA debut at the Mammoth Tri-Meet, where he finished 10th overall with a 5k time of 17:19.0 … Finished in 36th place at the Highlander Invitational as the Bruins’ third runner, clocking a time of 24:49.3 on the 8k course … Made his postseason debut at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 52nd overall with a time of 25:51.1.
High School
2019 CIF North Coast Section Champion in cross country … Ran 14:55.2 on the three-mile course to win the section title as a junior in 2019 … Posted top-12 finishes in each of his eight cross country races in 2019 and went on to finish eighth at the 2019 CIF State Meet, clocking a time of 15:15.0 on the 5k course … Most recently, picked up six individual or relay victories in his senior track season, including an undefeated stretch in the 1600m … Won all four of his 1600m races in 2021, including a victory at the Tri-Valley Track Championships, which saw him post a personal-best time of 4:17.54 … Finished fifth in the 3200m at the Dublin Social Distance Fiesta, securing a personal-best time of 9:10.18 … Curulla competed in four races in a shortened spring cross country season in 2021 and earned victories at three meets … Posted a personal-best three-mile time of 14:46.2 for a victory at the Tri-Valley Cross Country Meet of Champions.
Personal
Born in Fremont, Calif., to parents Sharon and Rick Curulla … Has an older sister, Christine, and a younger brother, Brennan … Decided to attend UCLA because, “UCLA’s world-renowned academics and athletics paired with a beautiful campus in a vibrant city offered a once-ina-lifetime opportunity that I could not pass up” … Majoring in Business Economics at UCLA … Admires Damian Lillard, Kobe Bryant, and Darren Waller … Says he will always cherish the accomplishment of winning NCS as a team and individual his junior year, a dream his team had been working towards for three years … Enjoys hiking barbecuing, and playing any and all sports.
2024 (Track & Field)
Harrison DANCE
6-2 / Junior Saratoga, Calif. Saratoga HS
Made his only indoor appearance at the University of Washington Invitational in Late January, running 4:10.72 in the mile… Ran three races during the outdoor season… Placed third in both the 3000m and 3000m steeplechase at the annual rivalry dual meet against USC… Also competed in the 1500m event at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival.
2023 (Cross Country)
Toed the line in all five races in his sophomore season … Was the third scorer for the Bruins in four of these appearances … UCLA’s top scorer at the Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Invitational… Making his season debut at the LMU South Bay Twilight, he placed 9th overall with an 8k time of 25:16.0 … Made his postseason debut at the Pac-12 Championships, he ran a 24:37.4 for 44th place in the conference … Wrapped up the season at the NCAA West Regionals, finishing 107th and scoring third for UCLA …
2023 (Track & Field)
Competed in three 1500m races during the outdoor track and field season… Recorded his season-best in the event at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival on March 24 in Drake Stadium, running a 3:52.40… Placed fifth in the event at the USC Dual Meet.
2022 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
HIGH SCHOOL
5-7 / Freshman
Newbury Park, Calif. Newbury Park HS
Attended Newbury Park High School… Was a four-year varsity letter athlete in track and cross country… Helped Newbury Park to cross country team national titles in 2021 and 2022… Won team state championships in 2021 and 2022 as well… A three-time CIF AllState Runner (2021, 2022, 2023)… Named the 2024 CIF Southern Section Athlete of the Year… Was the Marmonte League Runner of the Year and individual champion in 2023… Four-time Marmonte League Team Champions (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)…
PERSONAL
From Newbury Park, Calif., where his parents Satyen and Sejal reside… Has a younger sister, Rayna… Lists Tom Brady as an athlete he admires… Says his greatest athletic thrill was winning the cross country national championships in back-to-back years… His hobbies and interests include “living life to the fullest”… Chose UCLA “for its prestige in athletics and academics”… Plans to major in business economics, with the career objective of becoming an entrepreneur and “building something with a lasting legacy.”
HIGH SCHOOL
Andreas DYBDAHL
6-1 / Freshman
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Santa Barbara High
2024 (Track & Field)
Conor GIBSON
6-0 / Junior
San Rafael, Calif.
San Rafael HS
Attended Santa Barbara High School, where he competed in cross country and track & field for all four years… Was a two-time CIF State Champion in the 1600m… Also was the CIF Finals Champion in Cross Country… Helped Santa Barbara to a Division II Team State Championship title…
PERSONAL
Born to parents Sven and Amanda… Has two younger siblings, sister Sienna and brother Kristian… Lists his greatest athletic thrill as “winning the California State Championships for the first time”… Admires Jakob Ingebrigtsen… His hobbies and interests include skiing, traveling and going to the beach… A fun fact about Andreas, “I’m half New Zealand and half Norwegian but I was born in Singapore and lived there for six years”… Chose UCLA because “I see a very promising future for the UCLA Cross Country and Track and Field team with the help of Coach Ferris. I want to be a part of the rise and return of UCLA running. It’s also a great combination of academics and athletics”… Planning to major in Business Economics with a career objective of becoming an investment banker.
Ran two races during the indoor season… Claimed first at the Ken Shannon Invite, running 14:22.93 in the 5000m event at the University of Washington-hosted meet… Did not compete during the outdoor season.
2023 (Cross Country)
Competed in three races in his sophomore season, scoring for the Bruins in all of his appearances … Made his postseason debut at the Pac-12 Championships in October, scoring for UCLA with a 8k time of 25:33.8 … Was the second-fastest Bruin on the day at the NCAA West Regionals, placing 89th overall …
2023 (Track & Field)
Ran three races for the Bruins during the outdoor track and field season… Ran a season-best time in the 1500m race at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival, posting a 4:04.19… His 15:00.95 in the 5000m event at the Bryan Clay Invitational was the third-fastest time by a Bruin this season.
2022 (Cross Country)
Appeared in three races for the Bruins in 2022… Ran a season-best 24:45.9 in the 8000m Highlander Invite, helping score for the Bruins… Placed 42nd at Highlander en route to a sixth-place team finish.
High School
Attended West Torrance... 3 Years Cross Country, 3 Years Track … 2022 Cross Country All-CIF & All-State Team... 2022 Cross Country State Individual Runner-up and 2022 Cross Country State Team Champion... Daily Breeze Cross Country Runner of the Year … 3 miles - 14:19 @ Woodbridge Invitational, 5k - 15:12 @ 2022 CA State Finals, 3200 - 8:57 @ Arcadia Invitational, 1600 - 4:20, 800 - 2:00 … played volleyball freshman year of high school.
Personal
Born in Torrance, Calif., to parents Tom and Patti... Has a fraternal twin, Evan, who runs for Embry Riddle University in Prescott, Arizona... Why UCLA: The beautiful campus, the great academic opportunities, and the awesome guys on the team... Thrill: Winning the California State Cross Country Championship with my team during my senior year... Admires: Grant Fisher, Cooper Teare, Morgan McDonald, and Ollie Hoare... Enjoys: Going to the beach, surfing, snowboarding, and traveling... Major: Business Economics... Career Objective: Investment Banking.
2024 (Track & Field)
Angus HARRINGTON
6-5 / Graduate Student
London, England, United Kingdom
Trinity School
University of Cambridge
Ran three indoor 800m races in his Bruin debut… Jumped up to third on UCLA’s all-time indoor top 10 list in February, placing second (1:47.86) at the Boston College Eagle Invite… The top 800m runner during the outdoor campaign, recorded UCLA’s top six marks of the season… Ran his season-best mark (1:47.94) at the NCAA west prelims in Arkansas… Placed 15th in the west… Also ran a 1500m and anchored a 4x400m relay during the season… Threw javelin at the USC Dual Meet, placing third with his mark (50.19m, 164-08).
2023 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
Prior to UCLA...
University of Cambridge
Attended Cambridge from 2019-2023... Highlights of his accomplishments include capturing the 2023 British Universities 800m Champion title and being a two-time Oxford vs. Cambridge 800m champion... Earned Cambridge University Full Blue, the highest honor bestowed upon a Cambridge athlete...
Represented his country as the England Senior Representative at 2023 Loughborough International in May...
Personal Best Marks: 800m - 1:46.98; 400m - 48.32; Javelin - 54.98m
Personal
Born in London, England, United Kingdom, to parents Rod and Isobel... Is “pretty passionate about a lot of sports”... Supports Arsenal Football Club, but also enjoys watching and playing cricket, basketball and tennis... Lists Reece Prescod and Giannis Antetokounmpo as the famous athletes he most admires... Outside of sport, enjoys going to the movies... Decided to attend UCLA after completing his undergraduate degree in the UK because “I always wanted to be a student-athlete at a D1 NCAA school to push myself as an athlete. UCLA is famous for track and field, it is a top-ranked academic university and the weather is a lot nicer than England so it was the dream place to have the chance to attend”... Studying to earn his Masters of Financial Engineering with a career objective of becoming a trader.
2024 (Track & Field)
Michael MIRELES
5-9 / Graduate Student
Thousand Oaks, Calif. Thousand Oaks HS
Broke four minutes in the indoor mile at the University of Washington Invitational… His 3:58.95 mark ranks second all-time in UCLA’s indoor record book… Also competed in the 3000m event, recording a season-best 8:00.44 at the Boston College Eagle Elite in February… Went on to run six races during the outdoor campaign… Competed in the 1500m, 3000m and 5000m, capturing the top mark in each of those events for the Bruins… Placed first in the 1500m against USC, running a season-best 3:47.01 against the Trojans… Crossed in 8:45.72 for a first-place finish in the 3000m race at the USC Dual Meet… Ran a season-best 13:49.30 in the 5000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational… His mark landed eighth on UCLA’s all-time top 10 in the 5k event… Had a podium finish in the 5k at the Pac-12 Championships, claiming second… Placed 20th in the west region at the Arkansas-hosted NCAA meet.
2023 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2023 (Track & Field)
Ran three indoor races for UCLA, all in the 3000m event… Cracked the indoor all-time top 10 list in the event, improving on his time in each race… Won his heat in the Husky Invite, running an 8:02.35… Ranks third all time in the indoor 3000m event with his 7:54.82 (Ken Shannon Last Chance, Feb. 24)… Ran one outdoor race at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival… Finished the 1500m race in 3:50.75 for 10th at the meet.
2022 (Cross Country)
The Bruins’ top or second-best runner in four of his five appearances in 2022… Alongside Peter Herold and Ronan McMahon-Staggs, finished in the top 10 runners at the Bill Dellinger Invite (Herold – 23:49.8, 5th; McMahon-Staggs – 23:54.5, 8th; Mireles – 23:54.9, 9th)…
The Bruins placed third as a team at Bill Dellinger… Ran a season-best 23:35.5 at the Pac-12 Championships to finish 22nd in the Conference… UCLA’s second scorer at the NCAA West Regional Championships, placed 30th in the west region by running a 29:09.4 in the 10,000-meter meet.
2022 (Track & Field)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2021 (Track & Field)
Did not compete for the Bruins in track this season.
2020 (Cross Country)
Competed in three meets as a true freshman … Won the men’s 8k on his debut at the Arizona Invitational, going 25:15.3 for the victory … Finished seventh overall at the Dave Murray Invite, clocking an 8k time of 24:50.3 … Capped his season with a 50th-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships, going 24:52.8 on the 8k course.
High School
1600m PR: 4:20.26 … 3200m PR: 9:07.77 … Qualified for the 2019 NXN Nike Cross Nationals and finished 25th overall with a 5k time of 15:36.6 … Took third place at the 2019 CIF Southern Section Cross Country Finals and fourth at the State Meet … Finished second in his lone 1600m race of the 2020 season, crossing with a personal-best time of 4:20.26 at the Thousand Oaks Invite … Finished fourth at the 2019 CIF-SS Division 2 Finals in the 3200m (9:22.50) … Went on to finish eighth at the SS Masters Meet with a huge PR of 9:07.77.
High School
Jack ROSENCRANS
- / Graduate Student
Glen Head, N.Y.
North Shore High School / Pomona College
Attended North Shore High School. He was a 15x Nassau County Champion, 4x All-State, 2x All Long Island, 22x All-County. He was also Mathematics Student of the Month (March 2017), Technology Student of the Month (May 2017), Social Studies Student of the Month (October 2018). Member of: Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society, Language Honor Society, Science Honor Society, and National Honor Society. Scholar Athlete Award (Class of 2019). Long Island Science Congress Most Distinguished Categorial Project -BiologyAnimal & Plant (2019)
2024 (Track & Field)
Ajani SALCIDO
6-0 / Senior Rocklin, Calif.
Jesuit HS
Did not compete for the Bruins during the indoor season… Ran three races during the outdoor campaign, all in the 1500m event… Recorded a season-best mark (3:54.19) at the USC Dual Meet, claiming third behind two Bruin teammates.
2023 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2023 (Track & Field)
Ran one indoor meet for UCLA track and field… Placed 10th at the Dr. Sander Invite, running an indoor mile in 4:15.01.
2022 (Cross Country)
Appeared in four meets for UCLA during the 2022 campaign… Ran a season-best 24:19.9 at the Highlander Invite… Placed 22nd at the meet hosted by UC Riverside in mid-October… Scored for the Bruins at the Pac-12 Championships, running a 24:35.5… Finished 46th in the Conference, one place behind teammate Jai Dawson in the meet.
2022 (Track & Field)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2021 (Cross Country)
Made two appearances for the Bruin men in cross country this past season … Opened his season at the Highlander Invitational, where he finished 59th overall with a time of 25:09.2 … Also competed at the Pac-12 Championships, where was 62nd overall with an 8k time of 26:53.5.
2021 (Track & Field)
Competed in four meets in his first track season with the Bruins … Made his season debut at the Anteater Distance Twilight, where he finished second overall in the 1500m with a time of 3:59.00 … Toed the line in the 5000m at the West Coast Classic, finishing 18th overall with a time of 14:35.13 … Doubled in the Bruins’ dual meet against USC, taking the win in the 3000m (8:32.66) and fifth in the 1500m (3:47.98).
2020 (Cross Country)
Competed in three cross country meets as a true freshman … Made his UCLA debut at the Arizona Invitational, where he finished fifth overall with an 8k time of 25:31.3 … Returned to Tucson for the Dave Murray Invite, finishing eighth overall with a time of 24:54.3 to help the Bruin men to a team victory … Ran 23:40.7 on the 8k course at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing as UCLA’s top runner in 28th place.
High School
800m PR: 1:58.12 … 1500m PR: 4:05.89 … 1600m PR: 4:14.67 … 3200m PR: 9:30.34 … Four-year letterwinner in cross country and three-year letterwinner in track at Loyola HS … Two-time Mission/Sunshine League Champion (2018-19) in cross country … Notched three XC victories his senior season, including the CIF-SS Prelims … Went on to finish fifth at the Southern Section Finals and ninth at the CIF State Meet … Won both of his 1600m appearances in a shortened 2020 outdoor season … Finished fifth (4:16.09) in the 1600m at the 2019 Southern Section Division 1 Finals and went on to take seventh (4:14.17) at the CIF-SS Masters Meet … Picked up a pair of victories in the 3200m in 2019, winning at the Alemany, Loyola, Notre Dame Tri-Meet (9:41.02) and the California Relays (9:32.40).
Personal
Born to parents Tony and Debbie Stone … Has one older sister, Mia … Admires Olympic Champion Matthew Centrowitz and the late Steve Prefontaine … Enjoys watching sports and playing Fifa with friends … Lists setting a new school record in the 4x800m (7:40.67) and becoming an All-American for the first time at New Balance Nationals Outdoor as his greatest athletic thrills … Decided to attend UCLA because “when I first visited the campus, I knew right when I got there that it would be a place where I could grow in both the classroom and on the track/cross country course. They take care of their athletes so well and I knew that the UCLA community is something I want to be a part of for the rest of my life.” … Plans to major in Biology at UCLA and has aspirations to work in Physical Therapy.
2024 (Track & Field)
Audrey ALLEN
5-4 / Senior Orinda, Calif. Miramonte
Did not compete with the Bruins … Honors: Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2023 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2023 (Track & Field)
Made her sole appearance of the 2023 indoor season at the Ken Shannon Invite… Ran a 17:29.30 in the 5000m event… Competed in one race during the outdoor season at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival… Finished the outdoor 5000m race in 17:11.74, the fourthfastest time for the Bruins during the season.
2022 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2022 (Track & Field)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2021 (Cross Country)
Competed in four meets as a true freshman this past cross country season … Made her UCLA debut at the Dellinger Invitational, where she finished as the Bruins’ top runner in 46th place overall (21:02.1) … Made her postseason debut at the Pac-12 Championships, scoring for the Bruins with a 52nd-place finish and a 6k time of 22:27.3 … Capped her year at NCAA West Regionals, going 21:39.5 for 90th place overall.
High School
Becomes a Bruin an impressive four years at Miramonte High School, where she picked up a 20th-place finish at the State Meet in 2018 and a seventh-place showing in 2019 … Junior cross country season saw her win 11 of the 12 meets in which she raced, including the Asics Clovis Cross Country Invite, where she posted a 5k PR of 17:49.2 … Also secured a victory at the 2019 NCS Section Meet, clocking a three-mile time of 17:27.2 … 2021 track season saw Allen notch personal-best times in the 1600m (4:58.48) and 3200m (10:26.06) … Also boasts relay experience, running legs on Miramonte’s 4x400m and DMR squads this past season … As a sophomore in 2019, she picked up six individual victories across the 1600m and 3200m.
Personal
Born in Berkeley, Calif., to parents Jefferson and Seanna Allen … Has an older sister, Emery … Plans to major in Business Economics at UCLA … Chose UCLA because, “…I wanted to challenge myself athletically and academically, I wanted to be a Division I athlete, and will have the opportunity to compete at a very high level while receiving an incredible education” … Says racing the 3200m at the Arcadia Invitational as a senior was her greatest athletic thrill … She PRed by 17 seconds down to 10:26.06 to break a 38-year-old school record that was set the same year her dad graduated from Miramonte … Admires elite track athletes Emma Coburn, Karissa Schweizer, Allyson Felix, and Sydney McLaughlin … Has a food account on Instagram that shows off plant-based recipes that she creates … Has six cats.
Emie BERGER
- / Freshman
Mettman, Germany
2024 (Track & Field)
Kaho CICHON
5-4 / Junior
Huntington Beach, Calif.
Fountain Valley HS
Competed in three meets during the outdoor season … Ran three races in the 800m and two races in the 1500m … Competed in the 4x400m relay at the Stanford Invitational … Posted a season-best 2:12.88 in the 800m at the Bryan Clay Invitational in April … Honors: Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2023 (Cross Country)
Competed in five races in her 2023 (Cross Country) campaign … Had a top finish of secondplace at the LMU South Bay Twilight, where her 21:06.6 in the 6000-meter race made her the second-fastest Bruin on the day … Was the third scorer for UCLA at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, finishing 37th (6000m, 21:16.5) … Ran a season-best 20:56.10 at the Pac-12 Championships in October … Placed 120th at the NCAA West Regionals, running a 21:31.2 …
2023 (Track & Field)
Ran a 4:54.19 in the only indoor mile she competed in at the Dr. Sander Invite… Competed in four outdoor meets… Ran three 800m races and two 1500m races during her freshman campaign… Posted season-bests in both the 800m (2:10.66) and the 1500m (4:32.19) at the Bryan Clay Invitational in mid-April.
2022 (Cross Country)
A top-three finisher for the Bruins in two of her four meets… She placed 65th at the WeisCrockett Invitational (22:00.2), the second-fastest Bruin at the meet… Ran a 20:25.9 at the NCAA West Regional Championships in November to be the number three scorer for UCLA, placing 60th in the West.
High School: Fountain Valley (4 years)
Cross Country (4 years, Varsity letter 4 years), Track & Field years, (Varsity letter 4 years)
1. FVHS Varsity Track Most Valuable Person 6/2019
2. FVHS Varsity Cross Country Most Valuable Person, 12/2019
3. Surf League Most Valuable Runner (cross country), 12/2019
4. FVHS Varsity Cross Country Most Valuable Person, 5/2021
5. Surf League Most Valuable Runner (cross country), 2020-2021
6. FVHS Varsity Track Most Valuable Person, 6/2021
7. Surf League Most Valuable Runner (track and field), 6/2021
8. FVHS Varsity Cross Country 4-year Varsity Letterman (2018-2021)
9. Orange County 2021 Female Athlete of the meet Distance Runner, 4/2021
10. OC Register athlete of the week, 5/2021
11. OC Register Girls track and field Dream Team, 6/2021
12. CIF Division 1 Champion girls 800m, 6/2021
13. FVHS 800m school record 2:08, 6/2021
14. FVHS 3 mile record, 16:57, 11/2021
800m 2:08 … 1600m 4:57 … 400m 58.89 … 3 mile 16:57
Personal
Born in Tokyo Japan to parents Patrick and Miwako... Has an older sister, Simmone, one younger brother, Shane, and two younger sisters, Cheryl and Lisa... Decided to attend UCLA because “when I visited, I fell in love with the team & the campus. The team is so genuine and constantly radiates positive energy. UCLA feels like home and being a part of this team feels like family”... Describes her greatest athletic thrill as “being able to give my all in races for my team, coaches, & myself”... Admires Eluid Kipchoge and Sydney McLaughlin... Enjoys trying new foods, running, traveling, nature, boba, & hanging out with friends... Hopes to run representing Japan someday in the Olympics or World Championships... Majoring in Business Economics.
2024 (Track & Field)
Carly CORSINITA
5-3 / Senior Mission Viejo, Calif. Capistrano Valley HS University of Oregon
Toed the line twice during the indoor season … Posted a 17:43.88 in the 5000m at the UW Invitational to finish 22nd …
Ran in three races during the outdoor track and field season … Placed third in the 3000m at the UCLA vs. USC Dual Meet (10:03.78) ... Honors: Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2023 (Cross Country)
Competed in two races during the 2023 (Cross Country) campaign … Placed 10th at the LMU South Bay Twilight, running a season-best 21:48.6 …
2023 (Track & Field)
Ran in three meets for the Bruins during the outdoor track and field season… Placed fourth in the 3000m event at the USC Dual Meet, crossing in 9:57.54.
2022 (Cross Country)
Competed in two races during the 2022 campaign… Placed 11th at the Mammoth Dual Meet, crossing the line in 10:21.5 for the 3000m race… Ran a 21:20.2 at the Highlander Invite on Oct. 15, when the Bruins placed third as a team.
Prior to UCLA...
Attended the University of Oregon … Competed in the 5k at the West Coast Classic and Oregon XC Open during her freshman year.
High School
A four year letter winner at Capistrano Valley in Cross Country and Track and Field … Had three top-20 finishes at the CIF State Cross Country Championships including a career-high seventh as a junior in 2018 … made debut at the Foot Locker National Championships with a 34th-place showing in 2019 … was seventh at the Foot Locker regional meet … two-time South Coast League champion in cross country (2016, 2019) … at the 2019 CIF State Track and Field Championships, finished 18th in the 3,200 meters … runner-up at the CIF-SS Division 2 meet … established prep bests of 4:58.98 (1600m) and 10:29.63 (3200m).
Personal
Born in Newport Beach, CA to parents Juliet Corsinita, Patrick Corsinita … Has a brother, Luke … Chose UCLA “Because I felt it was the best combination of academic and athletic opportunity in an outstanding location, and it had a remarkable sense of community on the team” … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as when she ran a massive 5K PR at Footlocker West, and unexpectedly qualifying for Footlocker Nationals … Admires Emma Coburn, Jonathan Quick, Kai Lenny … Enjoys surfing, videography, skiing, backpacking, watching LA Kings hockey … Major is Political Science with the objective of going into Sports Marketing.
Olivia FOODY
- / Freshman
Aliso Viejo, Calif.
Aliso Niguel HS
2024 (Track & Field)
Ailish HAWKINS
5-7 / Freshman
Newbury Park, Calif.
Newbury Park HS
Competed in four outdoor meets in her freshman season … Placed 11th in her UCLA debut in the 1500m at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival (4:46.60) … Ran a season-best 10:42.00 in the 3000m steeplechase at the UCLA vs. USC Dual Meet, finishing second … Made her postseason debut at the Pac-12 Championships … Posted an 11:34.29 in the 3000m steeplechase to place seventh in the Conference meet …
2023 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
High School
Attended Newbury Park High School where she ran cross country and track and field all four years... Earned four varsity letters in both sports... At the Mt. SAC Relays in 2022, she ran the opening of the 4x1600m relay, recording a time of 4:53.42 before handing off the baton... The relay team finished in 19:52.88, setting a new national high school record mark in the event...
Personal best marks: 3200m - 10:31; Mile - 4:55; 800m - 2:19
Personal
Born in Thousand Oaks, Calif., to parents Steve and Nessa... Has two older siblings, Cian and Fiona... Decided to attend UCLA because it was a “great opportunity athletically and academically”... Plans to major in BioChemistry... Lists Athing Mu as the famous athlete she most admires... Says her greatest athletic thrill to date was the 4x mile relay race in which her team broke the national high school record.
High School
Georgia JEANNERET
5-6 / Freshman
Newport Beach, Calif.
JSerra Catholic HS
Attended JSerra Catholic High School, running track and cross country all four years... Arrives in Westwood as a two-time JSerra High School Female Athlete of the Year (2023, 2024) and the 2024 Trinity League Female Athlete of the Year... Won four Trinity League team titles with her cross country team and two Orange County Team Championships... JSerra won three CIF Team Championships and three California State Team Championships during her time... She was part of the two-time Nike Cross Nationals Team Qualifier squad... Captured four individual titles in the Trinity League, winning both the 800m and 1600m events twice... Ran in the three-time Trinity League Champion 4x400m relay team... Part of the relay team that holds the All-Time Orange County record... Also won four CIF event titles, two in the 800m and two in the 4x400m relay... Recorded three podium finishes in the 800m at the California State meet... Helped JSerra to three Trinity League Team Championships, three Orange County Team Championships and two CIF Team Championships... Two-time track national champion, she claimed the indoor national title with the 4x800m relay and the outdoor mixed 4x400m championship... Honors: Four-time All-American for the 4x800m relay, two-time All-American in the distance medley, an All-American Freshman in the 1600m, All-American for the indoor 800m.
Personal Best Marks:
400m - 57.43; 800m - 2:07.26; 1600m - 4:53.98; 3200m - 10:53.47; 3 Mile17:20.10
Personal
Born in Torrance, Calif., to parents Amy and Brad... has an older sister, Avery... Lists Juliette Whittaker as an athlete she admires... Describes her greatest athletic thrill as winning indoor nationals for the 4x800m and outdoor nationals for the mixed 4x400m relay... Her hobbies and interests include going to the beach, napping at the beach and being with friends... A fun fact, Georgia has lived in Guam and Hawaii... Chose UCLA because “the athletics and academics are highly competitive and demanding. The school is also beautiful”... Currently undecided on her major.
2024 (Track & Field)
KANE
5-4 / Senior Portland, Ore. Lincoln HS
Competed in three meets during the indoor season … Posted a 9:15.16 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational, the fourth fastest 3000m time in UCLA indoor history … Appeared in five outdoor meets… Had the top UCLA marks in the 3000m, 5000m, and 3000m steeplechase … Opened the outdoor season with an event victory in the 3000m steeplechase at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival … Her mark of 10:04.61 ranks second in UCLA’s outdoor record books … Top scorer in two events for the Bruins at the USC Dual Meet … Ran a 10:19.81 to become UCLA’s first Pac-12 Conference champion in the 3000m steeplechase … Finished 23rd in the region at the NCAA West First Rounds … Honors: Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll for the indoor track & field season.
2023 (Cross Country)
Competed in all five meets in her 2023 (Cross Country) campaign … Was UCLA’s top runner in four of these appearances … Placed first overall at the LMU South Bay Twilight in September and was also the Bruins’ top runner on the day (6000m, 20:57.7) … She placed 31st (20:20.4) at the Pac-12 Championships to be the top scorer for the Bruins … Capped the season at the NCAA West Regionals, running a 20:43.2 for a 62nd place finish …
2023 (Track & Field)
Cracked the indoor all-time top 10 list in the 3000m event… Ran a 9:32.52 at the Dr. Sander Invite to place fourth in the meet, earning 10th all-time for the Bruins… Competed in four outdoor meets during the spring season… Claimed first at the USC Dual Meet, running a 9:45.76 in the 3000m event… Had the top three times for UCLA in the 5000m race… Her 16:19.02 sits at eighth all-time in UCLA outdoor track and field history; she placed fourth at the Bryan Clay Invitational with the mark… The Bruins’ top 5000m runner at the Pac-12 Championships, placing 15th in the Conference (16:43.29).
2022 (Cross Country)
UCLA’s second-fastest runner in three of her four appearances during the 2022 campaign… Ran a season-best 20:23.4 at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 45th in the Conference with the result… Helped the Bruins defeat UCSD in the Mammoth dual meet, running a 9:57.9 in the 3000m competition.
2022 (Track & Field)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2021 (Cross Country)
Toed the line in five races as a true freshman this past season … Made her UCLA debut at the Mammoth Tri-Meet, where she finished fifth overall with a 4k time of 15:57.0 … Finished in 15th place at the Highlander Invitational in Riverside, going 21:08.6 on the 6k course to finish as the Bruins’ top runner on the day … Made her postseason debut at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing in 50th place and scoring as the Bruins’ second runner … Capped her year at NCAA West Regionals, where she crossed with a 6k time of 22:47.8 for 166th place.
High School
Arrives in Westwood with a pair of top-20 OSAA 6A State Meet performances for Lincoln HS in Oregon … Most recent cross country season in 2019 saw her secure seven top-10 finishes ahead of a 19th-place showing at the State Meet … Went on to compete at the NXR Northwest Regional Championships, crossing with a 5k time of 18:23.8 … Also competed at NXN in 2019, finishing 97th overall with a time of 19:21.1 on the 5k course … Earned five top-three finishes during the 2018 cross country season, including a third-place finish at the Portland Interscholastic League Championships … Went on to finish 10th at State that year and advanced to NXR Northwest Regionals for the first time … Has experience running collegiate track distances from her high school training in Oregon, boasting PRs of 4:38.92m in the 1500m and 10:07.32 in the 3000m.
Personal
Born in Portland, Ore. … Has a younger sister, Sarah, and a younger brother, Benjamin … Something that people might not know is that she is Australian … Admires Damian Lillard and Allyson Felix … Decided to attend UCLA “not only because the academics are fantastic, but the athletic program is so historic and something so surreal to be a part of. To represent UCLA is an absolute dream and I am so honored to wear the same four letters as so many outstanding athletes.” … Lists greatest athletic thrill as competing at NXR and her coaching telling her if she got the girls in the next group, the team was going to NXN … Says she remembers feeling so inspired and ready to give everything she had for the team … Loves to ski, hike, swim, go camping, go to the beach, and hang out with friends and family.
HIGH SCHOOL
LOTT
5-2 / Freshman
Dana Point, Calif.
Dana Hills
Attended Dana Hills High School, where she competed in both cross country and track for four years… Lettered three times in each sport… Helped Dana Hills secure two League Champion titles (2021, 2022) and two CIF-SS Championships (2022, 2023)… Named First Team All-CIF Southern Section, First Team All-County and First Team All-League…
PERSONAL
Born in Dana Point, Calif., to parents Kandi and Cutler… Has an older brother, Liam, and younger sister, Colbi… Lists Sydney McLaughlin and Allie Ostrander as athletes she admires… Says her greatest athletic thrill was “breaking 5 minutes in the 1600, or winning CIF Finals with my team my senior year. Both moments were a testament to my hard work and I proved to myself what I was capable of”… Her hobbies include hiking, baking and cooking, sewing, scrapbooking and reading… When asked why UCLA, she said “I decided to attend UCLA because of its prestige in both academics and athletics. To me, there is no other college that has the same level of academics and athletics while being in best place ever — Southern California!”… Plans to major in psychobiology.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ella McGILLIS
5-3 / Freshman
Portland,
Ore.
Central Catholic
Attended Central Catholic High School… Ran cross country and track & field for all four years, earning eight letters across the two sports… Was the 2021 district meet champion in the 800m… A school record holder in the 3000m track event and cross country 5000m race… Three-time district meet champion in cross country (202123)… 2022 state cross country meet runner-up, earning first team all-state… Two-time Second Team All-State (2021, 2023)… 2022 district meet champion in the 1500m and 3000m events… Was the district meet champion in the 800m and 1500m in both 2023 and 2024… 2021 All-State Honorable Mention (1500m), 2022 All-State Honorable Mention (3000m), 2023 All-State Honorable Mention (800m, 1500m), 2024 All-State Honorable Mention (800m), 2024 First Team All-State (4x400m)… 2024 Track and Field Mount Hood Conference Runner of the Year… Ran at the Nike Cross Regionals twice (2022, 2023) and Nike Outdoor Nationals in 2023… Named to the All-Region team after placing 10th at the 2022 Nike Cross Regionals.
PERSONAL
Born to parents Robyn and Jeff… Has a younger brother, Nate… Lists Courtney Frerichs and Elle Purrier as athletes she admires… Her greatest athletic thrill “was my last race of high school at Oregon track state. My teammates and I were in the 4x400 seeded in the slower heat. We ran for each other and we really just came together. We were then announced as 2nd overall in the 4x400. It was the most surprising but rewarding race and even better that it was shared with my 3 other teammates”… Her hobbies include being outdoors and swimming at cool spots, watching reality television, and trying new restaurants… Chose UCLA because “I felt that it was the school that would push me out of my comfort zone so I can continue to grow. It challenges me in all aspects from athletics to academic with so many connections because of the LA area. Of course, it’s also amazing sunny weather”… Plans to major in Business Economics with a career objective of working in marketing or PR.
2024 (Track & Field)
Rose PITTMAN
5-11 / Graduate Student
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
St. Peter’s Girls School
Ran three races in the 800m during the indoor season … Opened the indoor season with a fourth-place finish at the UW Invitational, running the third-fastest 800m time in UCLA indoor history … Appeared in six outdoor meets … Competed in the 800m, 1500m, and 4x400m relay events … Won the 1500m event at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival to begin the outdoor season (4:23.79) … Ran a 2:03.63 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, the third fastest 800m time in UCLA outdoor history … Top scorer for the Bruins at the USC Dual Meet … Posted a fifth-place finish in the Conference at the Pac-12 Championships (2:05.40) … Finished 13th in the region at the NCAA West First Rounds … Honors: Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll for the indoor track & field season.
2023 (Cross Country)
Ran in two meets in her senior campaign … Finished 82nd with a 21:55.2 at the Pac-12 Championships …
2023 (Track & Field)
Ran eight races during the indoor campaign… Opened the season winning her 400m heat at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational (56.39)… Ran the third leg in the first-place 4x400m relay team at the Dr. MLK Jr. Invite… Competed in three 800m races during the indoor season… Jumped up to fourth on the indoor all-time top 10 list at the David Hemery Invite In February, running a 2:05.80… Also ran the third leg of UCLA’s Distance Medley Relay at the Boston meet… That DMR group ran a 10:54.49, UCLA’s new school record… Pittman and the relay team went on to claim fourth at the NCAA indoor national championships…
Ran seven races during the 2023 outdoor season, all in the 800m… Opened the season with a second-place finish at the Rafer Johnson-Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational, trailing teammate Mia Barnett in the Race… Steadily improved her time throughout the season, claiming the top seven spots on UCLA’s performance list… Finished 11th in the Conference, running a 2:07.08 at the Pac-12 Championships… Decided 11 was her lucky number, finishing in 11th during both rounds of the NCAA West Regional meet to qualify for outdoor nationals… Ran a personal-best 2:03.77 in the national meet, placing 16th in the NCAA… Jumped up to third all-time for the Bruins with the mark; only the third Bruin in history to run sub-2:04 (Tiffany Burgess – 2002; Lena Nilsson – 2002)… Honors: Indoor First Team All-American (Distance Medley Relay), Outdoor Second Team All-American (800m).
2022 (Track & Field)
Cracked into UCLA’s all-time top 10 list in the 800m race after running a 2:05.12 to win the event at the annual USC Dual meet... Also claimed victory at the West Coast Relays in the 800m... Ran the anchor leg of the 4x400m relay that took home gold at the West Coast Relays.
2021 (Track & Field)
Did not compete for the Bruins in 2021 … Did compete back home in Australia and recorded a 2:04.63 performance in the 800m in April.
High School
400m PR: 54.69 … 800m PR: 2:05.14 (U-18 State women’s record holder) … Attended St. Peter’s Girls School in Adelaide, Australia … Won the 400m and 800m at the 2020 Open Women’s State Championships … Won the 400m competition at the Australian All Schools Championships in 2017 … Won the 800m at Australian All Schools Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018 … At the Australian U-18 Championships, took second in the 400m and third in the 800m.
Personal
Born in Adelaide, Australia to parents David and Sophie Pittman … Has a brother, Darcy, and a sister, Dimity … Visited the United States in 2016 and fell in love with UCLA and Drake Stadium … Notes, “After my recruitment trip, I loved the dynamic of the track team and how prestigious the college was for its academics and athletics”. … Lists one of her greatest athletic thrills as racing in one of the boys races at a state competition, and ultimately winning and running a personal-best time … Admires sprinter Allyson Felix … Enjoys cooking, spending time with friends and family, and taking her dogs for beach walks … Something interesting about her is that she has never seen snow.
Annika SALZ
5-6 / Junior San Diego, Calif. Torrey Pines HS
2024 (Track & Field)
Competed in two indoor meets for the Bruins … Recorded a 10:13.11 in the 3000m at the Husky Classic … Ran an 18:02.80 in the 5000m at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational.
Appeared in three races during the outdoor campaign in the 3000m, 5000m, and 10,000m events … Placed second in the 10,000m at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival after posting a mark of 37:01.44 … Honors: Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll for the indoor track & field season.
2023 (Cross Country)
Toed the line twice for UCLA in her sophomore season … Made her postseason debut at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 87th with a 22:17.0 in the 6000-meter race …
2023 (Track & Field)
Ran one race for UCLA during the outdoor track and field season… Posted a 17:57.19 at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival in the 5000m event.
2022 (Cross Country)
Appeared in two meets for the Bruins: the Mammoth UCLA-UCSD Dual Meet and the Highlander Invite… Scored for the Bruins at the Highlander meet, running a 21:12.6 in the mid-October competition… Placed 34th overall and fourth on the Bruin squad.
High School
Ran Cross Country and Track at Torrey Pines High School, lettering in both all four years... 2021 CIF SDS Xc Team Champion, All-League Avocado West all four years for XC, All CIF 2021 for XC.
4:57 - 1600, 10:35 - 3200, 16:35 - 3 mile
Personal
Born in San Diego, Calif. to Lisa and Don... Has an older brother, Nick... Decided to attend UCLA because it was an encouraging and competitive environment both academically and athletically, with extremely talented peers and teammates... Says her biggest athletic thrill was “winning the Arcadia Invitational 4x1600 my junior year, the first large invite after COVID”... Admires Molly Seidel, Emma Coburn, Justin Herbert... Enjoys baking, reading, watching movies, cross-country skiing... Intends to major in mathematics and linguistics with the objective of becoming a math professor.
LMU South Bay Twilight - Sept. 1
Los Angeles, Calif. - UCLA Cross Country completed the season-opening competition at the 2023 LMU South Bay Twilight late Friday evening at Wilson Park with a women’s first-place team finish and a second-place team finish on the men’s side. The Bruins started the night of races with a dominant performance in the women’s 6k race; Mia Kane (20:57.7), Kaho Cichon (21:06.6) and Brooke Johnston (21:10.8) finished one-two-three to claim all spots on the podium. Dylan Wilbur (24:36.0) crossed second in his race as the top finisher for the Bruin men.
TEXAS A&M ARTURO BARRIOS INVITEOct. 13
College Stateion, Texas - UCLA Cross Country completed its slate of regular season meets at the Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Invitational. Sophomore Harrison Dance crossed the line first in the men’s race, finishing his 8000 meters in 24:01.4 (33rd). Junior Mateo Bianchi trailed just five seconds behind to cross 39th in the race; the men’s team placed 17th in a field of 39 entries. Mia Kane was UCLA’s top finisher for the third-consecutive race, placing 14th in a field of 387 competitors. The junior distance runner crossed in 20:04.6, her season-best in the 6000-meter race. Angelina Shandro (20:22.8) and Chloe Browne (20.25.2) joined Kane in the top 35 finishers, outpacing more than 90 percent of the field.
MEN’S 8k - Team 17th
Finish Name
33 Harrison Dance 24:01.4
39 Mateo Bianchi 24:06.7
77 Dylan Wilbur 24:30.5
136 Conor Gibson 24:55.2
159 Chris Chavez 25:07.5
171 Mark Cortes 25:10.6 190 Jai Dawson
240 Aaron Cantu
WOMEN’S 6k - Team 2nd
33 Angelina Shandro
35 Chloe Browne
Hailey Golmon
BILL DELLINGER INVITATIONAL - Sept. 22
Springfield, Ore. - UCLA Cross Country completed its day of competition at the 2023 Bill Dellinger Invitational hosted by the University of Oregon with a sixth-place finish on the women’s side and a team ninth for the men’s squad. The men got things started in the 8k race, and the Bruins were off and running. Patrick Curulla finished as UCLA’s top scorer, placing 26th in the race (24:22.3). UCLA women’s cross country was up next in the 6k race. Mia Kane (20:41.7) improved on her time from the LMU South Bay Twilight and finished as UCLA’s top runner for the second-consecutive meet.
MEN’S 8k
Pac-12 Championships - Oct. 27
University Place, Wash. - UCLA Cross Country completed competition at the 2023 Pac-12 Cross Country Championships early Friday afternoon. The Bruin men placed eighth in the Conference, and the women came away with a team-seventh place. Junior Mateo Bianchi led the way for the Bruin men, finishing 47th in the Conference after crossing the line in 24:23.9. The junior recorded his third-consecutive race as a top-two scorer for UCLA. The women’s team had all five scorers cross in the top 50 runners in the race, which took place at Chambers Creek Regional Park for the 2023 Conference meet.
MEN’S 8k - Team 8th
Finish Name
47 Mateo Bianchi 24:23.9
53 Dylan Wilbur 24:34.9
55 Harrison Dance 24:46.9
70 Conor Gibson 25:33.8
71 Jai Dawson 25:36.9
WOMEN’S 6k - Team 7th
Finish Name
31
40
43 Angelina Shandro
45 Hailey Golmon 20:42.9
47 Brooke Johnston 20:45.4
NCAA WEST REGIONALS - Nov. 10
Sacramento, Calif. - UCLA Cross Country wrapped up competition at the NCAA Division I West Regionals hosted by Sacramento State University late Friday morning, with the women competing in the 6,000-meter race and the men in the 10,000-meter race. The women finished 12th in a field of 37 teams finishing with 357 points. The men placed 20th, finishing with 508 points.
The Bruin women began the day at 10 a.m. at the Arcade Creek Cross Country Course at Haggin Oaks Golf Course. Freshman Brooke Johnston led the way for UCLA, finishing 53rd overall with a season-best mark of 20:38.3. Junior Mia Kane finished with a 20:43.2, placing 62nd. The men kicked off their 10K race at 11 a.m. PT. Junior Mateo Bianchi was UCLA’s top runner, finishing 63rd with a 30:36.5. Next to finish were sophomores Conor Gibson (89th, 31:08.2) and Harrison Dance (107th, 31:24.5), MEN’S 10k - Team 20th
WOMEN’S 6k - Team 12th
WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHES (15)*
Year Finish Coach
2016 28th Forest Braden
2014 27th Forest Braden
2004 27th Eric Peterson
2003 7th Eric Peterson
2002 25th (tie) Eric Peterson
2001 21st Eric Peterson
1999 30th Eric Peterson
1998 28th Eric Peterson
1988 13th Bob Messina
1986 11th Bob Messina
1985 6th Bob Messina
1980 7th Scott Chisam
1979 11th Scott Chisam
1977 5th Scott Chisam
1976 6th Pat Connolly
*Women competed in the AIAW Championships until 1981.
MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHES (13)
Year Finish Coach
2017 21st Avery Anderson
2016 15th Forest Braden
2015 14th Forest Braden
2014 18th Forest Braden
2012 13th Forest Braden
2008 26th Eric Peterson
2006 24th Eric Peterson
1985 12th Bob Larsen
1983 20th Bob Larsen
1982 9th Bob Larsen
1981 5th Bob Larsen
1980 5th Bob Larsen
1979 15th Bob Larsen
WOMEN’S ALL-AMERICANS (15)
Year Name
2019 Christina Rice 2005 Ashley Caldwell 2003 Ashley Caldwell Valerie Flores
Melissa McBain 2002 Lena Nilsson
Karen Hecox
Beth Bartholomew
Karen Hecox
1986 Polly Plummer 1985 Polly Plummer 1981
Michelle Bush
1980 Linda Goen
1973
Julie Brown
Francie Larrieu
MEN’S ALL-AMERICANS (21)
Year Name
2016 Ferdinand Edman
2015 Lane Werley
2012 Lane Werley
2007 Austin Ramos
2005 Austin Ramos
2004 Jon Rankin
1998 Mark Hauser
1997 Meb Keflezighi (NCAA Champion) 1996 Meb Keflezighi 1995 Meb Keflezighi 1994 Meb Keflezighi
1985 Jon Butler
1982 Jon Butler
Steve McCormack
1981 Jon Butler
Dave Daniels
Steve McCormack
1980 Ron Cornell
Dave Daniels
Steve Ortiz
1979 Ron Cornell
1997 NCAA Champion Meb Keflezighi
WOMEN’S NCAA WEST REGIONAL FINISHES
Year Team Champion UCLA Place Individual Champion, School
2023 Stanford 12th Kaylee Mitchell, Oregon State
2022 Stanford 13th Kaylee Mitchell, Oregon State
2021 Stanford 15th Julia Heymach, Stanford
2020 N/A N/A N/A
2019 Stanford 11th Ella Donaghu, Stanford
2018 Oregon 7th Allie Ostrander, Boise State
2017 San Francisco 12th Charlotte Taylor, San Francisco
2016 Stanford 6th Amy-Eloise Neale, Washington
2015 Oregon 10th Allie Ostrander, Boise State
2014 Oregon 5th Shelby Houlihan, Arizona State
2013 Arizona 12th Emma Bates, Boise State
2012 Oregon 7th Jordan Hasay, Oregon
2011 Washington 18th Jordan Hasay, Oregon
2010 Washington 10th Jordan Hasay, Oregon
2009 Washington 11th Kendra Schaaf, Washington
2008 Washington 17th Alex Kosinski, Oregon
2007 Stanford 23rd Teresa McWalters, Stanford
2006 Stanford 5th Arianna Lambie, Stanford
2005 Stanford 5th Arianna Lambie, Stanford
2004 Stanford 6th Alicia Craig, Stanford
2003 Stanford 2nd Alicia Craig, Stanford
2002 Stanford 3rd Alicia Craig, Stanford
2001 Stanford 5th Tara Chaplin, Arizona
2000 Stanford 8th Lisa Aguilera, Arizona State
1999 Stanford 4th Julia Stamps, Stanford
1998 Stanford 5th Amy Skieresz, Arizona
1997 Stanford 5th Amy Skieresz, Arizona
1996 Stanford 5th Amy Skieresz, Arizona
1995 Oregon 5th Amy Skieresz, Arizona
1994 Stanford Milena Glusac, Oregon
1993 Arizona 3rd Karen Hecox, UCLA
1992 Washington 5th Louis Watson, Stanford
1991 Oregon 4th Lucy Nusrala, Oregon
1990 Oregon 3rd Buffy Rabbitt, UC Irvine
1989 Washington Buffy Rabbitt, UC Irvine
1988 Oregon Penny Graves, Oregon
1987 Oregon 2nd Annette Hand, Oregon
1986 UCLA Penny Graves, Oregon
1985 Oregon 3rd Regina Jacobs, Stanford
1984 Stanford 4th Regina Jacobs, Stanford
1983 Oregon Kathy Hayes, Oregon
1982 Stanford 5th Ceci Hopp, Stanford
1981 Oregon Monica Joyce, San Diego State
1980 Oregon Regina Joyce, Washington
1979 Oregon Molly Morton, Oregon
1978 Oregon Robin Baker, Oregon
1977 Oregon Debbie Quatier, Seattle Pacific
1976 Oregon
1975 Seattle Pacific
Debbie Quatier, Seattle Pacific
Maureen Crowley, Simon Fraser
*The 2020 NCAA Regional Meet was not contested due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
-In 2000, the race became 6,000m; from 1986-99, it was 5,000m.
MEN’S NCAA WEST REGIONAL FINISHES
Year Team Champion UCLA Place Individual Champion, School 2023 Stanford 20th Ky Robinson, Stanford
2022 Stanford 10th Brian Fay, Washington
2021 Stanford 12th Kieran Lumb, Washington
2020 N/A N/A N/A
2019 Portland 8th Andrew Jordan, Washington
2018 Portland 6th Nick Hauger, Portland
2017 Portland 5th Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse, Portland
2016 Stanford 3rd Edward Cheserek, Oregon
2015 Washington 7th Edward Cheserek, Oregon
2014 Oregon 4th Edward Cheserek, Oregon
2013 Stanford 6th Edward Cheserek, Oregon
2012 Stanford 3rd Lawi Lalang, Arizona
2011 Stanford 6th (tie) Lawi Lalang, Arizona
2010 Oregon 8th Trevor Dunbar, Portland
2009 Stanford 7th Chris Derrick, Stanford
2008 Oregon 6th Galen Rupp, Oregon
2007 Oregon 7th Galen Rupp, Oregon
2006 Oregon 6th Neftalem Araia, Stanford
2005 Arizona 12th Robert Cheseret, Stanford
2004 Stanford 4th Ryan Hall, Stanford
2003 Stanford 7th Ian Dobson, Stanford
2002 Stanford 8th Donald Sage, Stanford
2001 Stanford 9th Donald Sage, Stanford
2000 Stanford 7th Jonathan Riley, Stanford
1999 Stanford 10th Steve Fein, Oregon
1998 Stanford 9th Abdi Abdirahman, Arizona
1997 Stanford 7th Meb Keflezighi, UCLA
1996 Stanford 4th Karl Kaska, Oregon
1995 Stanford 6th Karl Kaska, Oregon
1994 Arizona Martin Keino, Arizona
1993 Portland 8th Joe Kapkory, Washington State
1992 Arizona 5th Joe Kapkory, Washington State
1991 Arizona 8th Joe Kapkory, Washington State
1990 Arizona 8th Marc Davis, Arizona
1989 Oregon 9th Brad Hudson, Oregon
1988 Oregon 4th Marc Davis, Arizona
1987 Arizona 6th Matt Giusto, Arizona
1986 Arizona
Matt Giusto, Arizona
1985 Arizona Marc Olesen, Stanford
1984 Arizona Tom Ansberry, Arizona
1983 Oregon Jim Hill, Oregon
1982 Oregon Jim Hill, Oregon
1981 UCLA Richard Tuwei, Washington State
1980 UCLA Ron Cornell, UCLA
1979 Oregon Henry Rono, Washington State
*The 2020 NCAA Regional Meet was not contested due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WOMEN’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHES
MEN’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHES
Stanford 5th Arianna Lambie, Stanford 20:15.09 2005 Stanford 6th Arianna Lambie, Stanford 20:20
Stanford 4th Sara Bei, Stanford 19:48
Stanford 4th Erin Sullivan, Stanford 17:01.5
Stanford 8th Amy Skieresz, Arizona 16:59
Stanford 4th Amy Skieresz,
Oregon 16:44
Oregon 2nd Penny Graves, Oregon 16:51.7 *In 2000, the race became 6,000m; from 1986-99, it was 5,000m.
Martin Jarmond Director of Athletics
5th Year
UNC Wilmington ‘01
Martin Jarmond, a nationally recognized leader in college athletics, has built an impressive track record of competitive excellence, innovative strategy and student athlete success. A two-time recipient of Sports Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 Award with 20 years in sports administration spanning three conferences, Jarmond has guided UCLA to new heights through his culture of an E.L.I.T.E. mindset – Energy, Leadership, Integrity, Toughness and Excellence.
Jarmond’s results-driven strategies combined with a relentless work ethic to elevate UCLA Athletics has helped to create an exceptional experience for student-athletes and fans alike. Over Jarmond’s first three years in Westwood, UCLA has won three NCAA championships in the sports of men’s water polo (2020), women’s soccer (2022) and men’s volleyball (2023). In June of 2022, Jarmond worked closely with campus leadership while playing a critical role in UCLA Athletics applying and being accepted for future membership in the Big Ten Conference. One of the most important announcements in the history of UCLA Athletics, the Bruins will join the Big Ten Conference in 2024.
Jarmond was hired on May 19, 2020, as UCLA’s Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics, becoming the ninth athletic director in school history. He made an immediate impact on the Bruins, jumpstarting the Voting Matters Initiative, the first of its kind in the country which assisted student-athletes in discovering the tools needed to exact meaningful change through civic duty. Jarmond engineered a partnership between UCLA and Nike/Jordan Brand, becoming only the fifth Jordan brand school in the nation and the first partnership with Nike in UCLA history. The six-year agreement between UCLA and Nike provides for 22 of the 25 UCLA varsity sports with Nike apparel, while football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball don Jordan Brand. Jarmond exhibits a strong commitment to mental health awareness and his emphasis on diversity and inclusion was recognized in a 2021 SBJ award for being a national leader in diversity and inclusive hiring. He was the Pac-12 Conference representative to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for 2021-22.
Through Jarmond’s instrumental leadership, UCLA Athletics has positioned itself at the forefront of a rapidly-changing collegiate athletics landscape. In the burgeoning area of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL), Jarmond and UCLA Athletics launched the “Westwood Ascent,” which is a comprehensive NIL program that supports UCLA’s student-athletes, helping them build their personal brands and maximize their NIL opportunities. In addition, the “Westwood Exchange” was established as a free business registry designed for companies, donors, fans and alumni that want to connect directly with UCLA’s studentathletes interested in capitalizing on their NIL.
Extensive work by Jarmond and his staff throughout the COVID-19 pandemic ensured that all Bruin teams could compete safely during the 2020-21 academic year. UCLA’s athletic teams won four conference titles that year and the men’s water polo program won its 12th national championship in the spring of 2021. The men’s basketball team embarked on a remarkable journey, advancing from the First Four to the 2021 NCAA Final Four, UCLA’s first national semifinal appearance since 2008. These athletic achievements were balanced by record numbers of student-athletes earning spots on the conference all-academic squads, with 49 individuals earning a perfect 4.0 GPA for the Winter Quarter, and 131 student-athletes earning their UCLA degrees. For the first time ever, the Bruins produced multiple winners of the NCAA Elite 90 Award. Four student-athletes were recognized by CoSIDA as Academic All-Americans.
Jarmond came to UCLA from Boston College, where he served as the school’s Director of Athletics for three years. During his time there, he orchestrated the Eagles’ first-ever strategic plan, a comprehensive five-year goal to advance the program by fostering student-athlete formation, strengthening competitive excellence, increasing external engagement and enhancing facilities. The strategic plan was supported by BC’s first-ever athletics-only capital campaign, at the time, the largest campaign of any Atlantic Coast Conference institution at $150 million. Jarmond hired high-impact coaches in football, women’s basketball, softball, volleyball, swimming & diving, men’s soccer, women’s soccer and fencing. Jarmond served on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee and on the John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors.
ADMINISTRATOR BIOGRAPHIES
Prior to joining Boston College in 2017 and becoming the youngest athletic director of any Power Five institution at age 37, Jarmond previously served as deputy director of athletics at Ohio State, moving up the ranks after arriving as an associate athletic director for development in 2009. During his time at Ohio State, he was the lead administrator for a variety of sports, including football and men’s basketball, and directed external and internal relations and day-today operations. He also had responsibility for football scheduling, served on the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Committee, and was a member of the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship Advisory Group and the Rose Bowl Advisory Committee. As Ohio State Athletics’ chief advancement officer, Jarmond helped raise more than $120 million between 2010-2012.
Jarmond was also an assistant athletic director for development for seven years at Michigan State, where he served on the athletic director’s executive leadership team. He was a key member of the $1.2 billion “Campaign for MSU” development team and a liaison between Michigan State’s university development and alumni association leadership. Jarmond led the efforts to implement Scholarship Seating in football and Courtside seating in men’s basketball.
A native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Jarmond, 42, earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. A two-year captain of the men’s basketball team, he led his team to the program’s first-ever NCAA tournament appearance in 2000 and earned Colonial Athletic Association All-Academic honors in 2001. He holds both a M.B.A. and a master’s in sports administration from Ohio University. Jarmond is married to Dr. Jessica Jarmond, a dentist. They have three daughters: Scarlett, Savannah and Serena.
Gavin Crew
Associate Athletic Director 9th Year UCLA ‘99
Gavin Crew was named Associate Athletic Director for Sports and Administration in April 2016. He has spent over a decade with the Bruins, from 2001-2005 and 2008-present.
Crew oversees eight sports in his role - men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s track & field (indoor and outdoor), women’s track & field (indoor and outdoor), men’s soccer and women’s swimming and diving. Additionally, he supervises the Camps & Clinics office and serves as tournament director for NCAA, Pac-12 and MPSF Championship hosting.
In his first stint in the UCLA Athletics Department, he oversaw the expansion of the Camps & Clinics office to a year-round business operation, managing the growing demand for athletic camp operations in Westwood. From 2005-2008, Crew worked with Excel Sports Officiating to help train and work with officials, umpires and referees in all sports and at all levels. Upon his return to UCLA in 2008, Crew once again oversaw the camp office and added championship coordinator to his plate. In addition to continuing the growth of the camp operation into a $4 million revenue generator for the Athletic Department, he has also executed several major NCAA, Pac-12 and MPSF Championships on campus, including the 2013 NCAA National Collegiate Gymnastics Championship, 2013 NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship, 2015 Pac-12 Track & Field Championship, 2014, 2016 and 2017 NCAA Women’s Basketball 1st/2nd Rounds, 2015 NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Water Polo Championships, and the 2016 NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championships.
Crew graduated with a degree in Political Science from UCLA in 1999.
Originally from Irvine, Calif., Crew lives in the Silver Lake neighborhood with his wife, Cassidy.
Dr. Darnell Hunt
Interim Chancellor
23rd Year at UCLA
USC ‘84
Darnell Hunt currently serves as UCLA’s interim chancellor, overseeing the university’s threepart mission of education, research and service. He will lead UCLA until Chancellor-designate Julio Frenk takes office on January 1, 2025.
In his regular role, Hunt serves as UCLA’s executive vice chancellor and provost, responsible for administering campus operations and the academic enterprise. A celebrated scholar of race and media, he is also well known for his longstanding commitment to high-quality public education, support of interdisciplinary research for the common good and vision for inclusive excellence.
Since joining UCLA in 2001, Hunt has additionally held the positions of dean of the UCLA College’s Division of Social Sciences, chair of the Department of Sociology, and director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. He currently maintains faculty appointments in the departments of sociology and African American studies. Hunt received his Ph.D. and M.A. in sociology from UCLA, an M.B.A. from Georgetown University and an A.B. in public relations from USC. Hunt’s extensive research on race, media, and culture includes four books and numerous scholarly articles. His work on access and diversity in the entertainment industry is widely recognized, particularly through his role as lead author of UCLA’s annual Hollywood Diversity Report from 2014 to 2022.