2024 Women's Track & Field Roster

John Fajardo
James Lee/UCLA Athletics

Aryel Coats

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pittsburg, Calif.
  • Highschool Carondelet HS

Biography

2024 (Senior)
• Big West scorer in the 4x100 relay (4th)
• Also a conference qualifier in the 200m
• Ran a season-best 24.76 at the Beach Invitational
• Clocked a wind-aided 100m season-best 12.16 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
• Anchored the 4x100 that claimed runner-up honors in a season-best 45.73 at the Vince O’Boyle Classic
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2023 (Junior)
• Ran a 200m season-best 24.87 to finish 14th at the Big West Championships
• Also anchored the 4x100 relay that took seventh in a season-best 46.47 at the conference meet
• Placed among the top-five in the 200m at the UCSB Invitational and Battle in the OC
• Clocked a 100m season-best 12.16 at the Vince O’Boyle Classic

2022 (Sophomore)
• Scored at the Big West Championships as a member of UCI’s fourth-place 4x100 relay (47.09)
• Helped the quartet to a season-best 47.03 at the UCSB Invitational
• Big West qualifier in the 100m and 200m
• Ran a wind-aided 100m season-best 12.18 (4th) and a lifetime-best 24.75 in the 200m (2nd) at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
• Also had a wind-legal best of 12.21 in the 100m at the Challenge Cup
• Claimed runner-up honors in the 200m at the UCSB Invitational and the Battle in the OC
• Registered a season-best 16-3.25 in the long jump at the Beach Opener

2021 (Freshman)
• Earned All-Big West honors as a member of the second-place 4x400 relay
• Also a conference finalist in the 100m and 200m, finishing seventh in both events
• Won the 100m, while claiming runner-up honors in the 200m (24.78) and long jump (18-4.5) with season bests at the Red & Black Invitational
• Added an individual victory in the 100m at the Fullerton Spring Invitational
• Established a personal-record 12.07 at the season-opening Ben Brown Invitational
• Matched that time in the finals of the Big West Championships

High School
• Four-year letterwinner in track & field at Carondelet High School
• CIF State Championship finalist in the long jump as a junior and in the 4x100 relay as a freshman
• Placed 10th overall in the long jump at the 2019 state meet with a personal-record 18-6
• Also the runner-up at both the NCS Tri-Valley Championship and the CIF North Coast Section Meet of Champions
• Took second in the 100m and third in the 200m, while helping the 4x100 claim the title at the 2019 East Bay Athletic League Finals
• Member of the 4x100 that won the 2017 EBAL and NCS Tri-Valley Championship

Personal
• Majoring in psychological science

TOP MARKS AT UCI
100m = 12.07 (2021 Ben Brown Invitational)
200m = 24.75 (2022 Pacific Coast Intercollegiate)
Long Jump = 5.60m / 18-4.5 (2021 Red & Black Invitational)
4x100 Relay = 45.73 (2024 Vince O'Boyle Classic)
4x400 Relay = 3:49.71 (2021 OC Dual)

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'6"
  • 2022Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'6"
  • 2023Junior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'6"
  • 2024Senior

    Sprints
    5'6"