2023 Women's Track & Field Roster

John Fajardo
Robert Huskey

Hannah Chau

  • Height 5-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fairfield, Calif.
  • Highschool Justin-Siena HS

Biography

2023 (Senior)
• All-Big West performer in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a third-place finish at the conference meet
• Also scored in the 5000m (7th) and 10000m (5th) at the Big West Championships
• Established a personal-best 34:30.59 in the 10K to move up to No. 6 in program history
• Broke her own school record and won the steeplechase with a time of 10:20.11 at the UCSB Invitational
• Clocked a 5K lifetime-best 16:19.73 to place sixth out of 59 competitors at the Steve Scott Invitational
• That time also ranks third on UCI’s all-time charts
• Had a runner-up showing in the 1500m at the Beach Opener and Vince O’Boyle Classic (4:29.09)

2022 (Junior)
• Earned All-Big West honors in two events
• Scored 14 points in a four-hour span at the conference championships
• Started the Big West meet with a runner-up finish in the 3000m steeplechase where she ran a then school-record 10:28.19
• Returned to the track in the evening, placing third in the 10000m (35:32.18)
• Won her first career steeplechase race in 10:36.58 at the Steve Scott Invitational on April 29
• Established a 10K season-best 34:43.17 at the Bryan Clay Invitational
• Took second in the 5000m at the UCSB Invitational (17:08.64)
• Made her season debut in the 800m (2:25.84) and 1500m (4:41.27) at the Beach Opener on March 5
• Received Big West All-Academic distinction

2021 (Sophomore)
• Big West champion in the 10000m
• Claimed UC Irvine’s first women’s 10K title since 2002
• Won the event in a then personal-record 34:53.13, which was the third-fastest winning time in Big West Championship history
• Scored in the 5000m with a sixth-place finish at the league meet (16:57.05)
• Took first in the 5K with a season-best 16:46.61 at the UCR Distance Invitational
• Ran two 1500m races with a season-best 4:38.79 at the Anteater Distance Twilight
• Earned Big West All-Academic honors

2020
• Did not compete in the Anteaters’ only meet before the season was canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2019 (Freshman)
• Became the first Anteater to score in both the 5000m and 10000m at the Big West Championships since 2013
• Finished fifth in the 10K with a season-best 35:43.62
• Also notched a season-best 17:21.20 to place eighth out of 36 in the 5K
• Initially cracked UCI’s all-time top-10 in her first career 10000m race at the Bryan Clay Invitational (35:50.29)
• Took fourth in the 3000m at 10:17.67 in her outdoor collegiate debut

High School
• Lettered four years in cross country and track at Justin-Siena High School
• Established school records in the 1600m (5:00.27) and 3200m (11:02.36) as a senior
• Three-time CIF State qualifier, all-league performer and team MVP in cross country
• Had a top-five finish at the 2017 Marin County Athletic League Cross Country Championships and North Coast Section meet
• Named the 2017-18 Napa Valley Register Female Athlete of the Year

Personal
• Working toward a master's degree in demographic and social analysis
• Graduated with a bachelor's degree in public health sciences in 2022
• Member of the UCI cross country team
• AP Scholar and Regent's Scholar at Justin-Siena HS

TOP MARKS AT UCI
800m = 2:25.84 (2022 Beach Opener)
1500m = 4:29.09 (2023 Vince O'Boyle Classic)
3000m = 10:17.67 (2019 Big West Challenge)
5000m = 16:19.73 (2023 Steve Scott Invitational)
10000m = 34:30.59 (2023 Big West Championships)
Steeplechase = 10:20.11 (2023 UCSB Invitational)

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    Distance
    5'0"
  • 2020Sophomore

    Distance
    5'0"
  • 2021Sophomore

    Distance
    5'0"
  • 2022Junior

    Distance
    5'0"
  • 2023Senior

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    5'0"