2025 Women's Indoor Track Roster

Malia Gay

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sacramento, Calif.
  • Highschool Christian Brothers HS
  • Prev School Saint Mary's

Biography

2025 (Senior)
• Broke the school record in the 600m, 800m and distance medley relay
• Opened the Riverfront Invitational with an 800m victory where she set a new UCI standard with a PR 2:09.52
• Came back 24 hours later to take down the 600m record and win the event at 1:32.23
• Finished fourth in the 800m at the MPSF Championships (2:11.13)
• Also part of the MPSF runner-up distance medley relay that clocked a school-record 11:36.11
• Member of the 4x400 relay that placed eighth at the conference meet at 3:50.06, which ranks fourth in program history
• Earned MPSF All-Academic honors

2024 (Junior)
• Member of the distance medley relay team that claimed runner-up honors at the MPSF Championships
• The quartet ran UCI’s third-fastest DMR at 11:47.99
• Registered a season-best 2:13.82 in the 800m at the Riverfront Invitational
• Also notched a season-best 5:01.22 in the mile
• Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team

2023 (Sophomore)
• Finished 11th in the mile at the MPSF Championships
• Ran a personal-best 5:00.71, which ranks fifth in program history
• Also cracked UCI’s all-time top-10 in the 800m with a time of 2:16.70 at the UNM Team Open

at Saint Mary’s
• Competed in cross country and track & field at Saint Mary’s in 2021-22
• Ran six of the Gaels’ seven cross country races, including at the West Coast Conference and NCAA West Regional Championships
• Had a high individual finish of 11th at the Pacific Invitational, helping SMC to a team victory
• Established a 6K personal-best of 22:02.0 at the Bronco Invitational
• Also notched a lifetime-best 4:38.90 in the 1500m on the track
 
High School
• Prepped at Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento
• Won the 400m, 800m and 4x400 relay at the 2021 Capitol Athletic League Finals
• Ran an 800m personal-record 2:13.67 in a runner-up finish at the Nor Cal Championships

Personal
• Majoring in public health

TOP INDOOR MARKS AT UCI
600m = 1:32.23 (2025 Riverfront Invitational)
800m = 2:09.52 (2025 Riverfront Invitational)
Mile = 5:00.71 (2023 MPSF Championships)
4x400 Relay = 3:50.06 (2025 MPSF Championships)
Distance Medley Relay = 11:36.11 (2025 MPSF Championships)

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Sophomore

    Distance
    5'5"
  • 2024Junior

    Distance
    5'5"
  • 2025Senior

    Distance
    5'5"