2026 Women's Track & Field Roster

Sarah Ajayi

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Riverside, Calif.
  • Highschool Martin Luther King HS

Biography

2025 (Sophomore)
• Competed primarily in the 100m hurdles
• Ran a wind-aided personal-best 14.10 to finish 11th overall at the Big West Championships
• Clocked a wind-legal PR 14.15 in a third-place showing at the Ben Brown Invitational
• Earned Big West Spring All-Academic honors
• Made the Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll with Highest Honors

2024 (Freshman)
• Big West qualifier in the 100m hurdles
• Ran a season-best 14.39 at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Finished 11th out of 40 (14.49) at the Triton Invitational

High School
• Lettered at Martin Luther King High School
• Two-time CIF State Championship qualifier in the 100m hurdles
• Finished 10th at the state meet as a senior and 13th as a junior
• Double champion in the 100H and 300H at the 2023 Big VIII League Finals
• Also won the 100H league title as a sophomore and junior
• Graduated Summa Cum Laude with highest honors

Personal
• Majoring in biological sciences

TOP MARKS AT UCI
100m = 12.38 (2025 Triton Invitational)
100m Hurdles = 14.10w (2025 Big West Championships)
400m Hurdles = 63.69 (2025 Friday Night Lights)
4x100 Relay = 45.89 (2025 Challenge Cup)
4x400 Relay = 3:55.59 (2025 Ben Brown Invitational)

Historical Player Information

  • 2024Freshman

    Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2025Sophomore

    Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2025-26Junior

    Hurdles
    5'10"