California Irvine Athletics

2020 (Senior)
• Competed in the Beach Opener before the season was canceled
• Took fifth in the 3000m, crossing the finish line in 8:32.76
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2019 (Junior)
• Owned the team’s top times of the season in the 800m, 1500m, 3000m and 5000m
• Scored at the Big West Championships with a fifth-place showing in the 1500m
• Clocked a personal-record 3:48.85 to come in fourth out of 94 competitors at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Also had top-three finishes at the Big West Challenge (2nd) and UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic (3rd)
• Big West qualifier in the 5000m with a lifetime-best 14:35.10 at UCLA’s Bob Larsen Distance Carnival
• Added PRs of 1:54.00 in the 800m and 8:32.69 in the 3000m

2018 (Sophomore)
• Established a 1500m season-best 3:55.93 for a top-10 showing at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic
• Finished sixth at the Big West Challenge (3:56.86)
• Added a lifetime-best 4:18.11 in the mile at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival
• Competed in three 800m races with a season-best 1:57.04 at the Ben Brown Invitational

2017 (Freshman)
• Ran a season-best 3:59.54 to finish fifth in the 1500m at the Mondo Team Challenge
• Took fourth at the UCR Spring Classic Invitational and seventh at the Big West Challenge
• Placed eighth overall in the mile at the Ben Brown Invitational, clocking in at 4:19.20
• Added a sixth-place performance in the 3000m at the All-UC Challenge (8:43.20)
• Registered a season-best 15:10.94 in the 5000m at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic

High School
• Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track
• ABC District champion in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m
• Claimed the San Gabriel Valley League individual titles in the 1600m and 3200m
• Earned All-CIF Southern Section honors in cross country
• Won the district and league championships

Personal
• Majoring in economics
• Member of the UC Irvine cross country team
• Parents are Maria and Jose Ayala
• Has one sister, Beatriz

TOP MARKS AT UCI
800m = 1:54.00 (2019 UCR Spring Track Classic)
1500m = 3:48.85 (2019 Steve Scott Invitational)
Mile = 4:18.11 (2018 Bob Larsen Distance Carnival)
3000m = 8:32.69 (2019 Beach Opener)
5000m = 14:35.10 (2019 Bob Larsen Distance Carnival)