2016 Women's Track & Field

Elizabeth Cotociu

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Garden Grove, Galif.
  • Highschool Pacifica HS
  • Prev School Golden West College

Biography

2016 (Junior)
Placed 10th  in the heptathlon with a lifetime-best 4,432 points at the Big West Championships
Won the 800m race in a career-best 2:16.63 and added a personal-record 15.56 in the 100m hurdles
Also competed in the heptathlon at the UC Riverside Spring Break Invitational
Set career bests in the 200m (26.73) and javelin (84-05) at UCR

Junior College
Competed on the track & field team at Golden West College
Took fifth in the heptathlon at the California Community College State Championships
Named a scholar-athlete

High School
Graduated from Pacifica High School in 2014
Competed in track & field and volleyball
Earned all-country honors and placed 10th at the CIF Masters Meet as a senior
Scholar-athlete and Youth Service America Grant recipient

Personal
Double majoring in social policy & public services, and political sciences
Volunteered for Disney's Friends for Change and Sodexo Foundation
Has two siblings, Gabriela and Samantha

TOP MARKS AT UCI
200m = 26.73 (2016 UC Riverside Spring Break Invitational)
800m = 2:16.63 (2016 Big West Multi-Event Championships)
100 Hurdles = 15.56 (2016 Big West Multi-Event Championships)
High Jump = 4-11.5 (2016 UCLA Legends Invitational)
Long Jump = 17-10.25 (2016 Anteater Four-Way Meet)
Shot Put = 30-08.5 (2016 All-UC Meet)
Javelin = 84-05 (2016 UC Riverside Spring Break Invitational)
Heptathlon = 4,432 (2016 Big West Championships)