2024 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Annika Salz
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Torrey Pines HS
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
TFRRS Profile
2025 (Track & Field)
Competed in six meets for the Bruins, five outdoor and one indoor ... Ran at Outdoor Big Tens in the 10K, finishing 21st (35:49.35) ... Won the 3000m (9:57.02) to help the Bruins to a dual-meet win over crosstown rival USC on May 4 ... Ran a PB in the 5K (17:06.62) at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Posted a best time in the 10K (34:49.25) at the Stanford Invite, good for No. 7 in school historyย ... Opened her season by finishing third in the 3000m at the Beach Opener with a PR of 9:50.59 ... Had a PB in the 1500m (4:39.22) at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival on March 21ย ...ย Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for winter and spring quartersย ...ย Named a 2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (3.7+ GPA for the academic year) ...ย Was selected as the women's cross country representative onย the 2024-25 UCLA All-Academic Team (person from each team with the highest cumulative GPA).
2024 (Cross Country)
Raced in all five of UCLA's competitions for the season ... Was the Bruins' top finisher at the season-opening tri-meet with UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside in Big Bear, Calif., finishing fourth overall with a 6k time of 22:15.28 ... Placed third among Bruin racers at the Gans Creek Classic (21:47.0) ... Posted times of 21:28.8 at the Big Ten Championships in Savoy, Ill. and 21:46.1 at the NCAA West Regionals in Colfax, Wash.ย ... Named to the Fall 2024 Academic All-Big Ten Teamย ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall quarter.
2024 (Track & Field)
Competed in two indoor meets for the Bruins โฆ Recorded a 10:13.11 in the 3000m at the Husky Classic โฆ Ran an 18:02.80 in the 5000m at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational ... Appeared in three races during the outdoor campaign in the 3000m, 5000m, and 10,000m events โฆ Placed second in the 10,000m at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival after posting a mark of 37:01.44 โฆ Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll for the indoor track & field season.
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2023 (Cross Country)
Toed the line twice for UCLA in her sophomore season โฆ Made her postseason debut at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 87th with a 22:17.0 in the 6000-meter race.
2023 (Track & Field)
Ran one race for UCLA during the outdoor track and field season โฆ Posted a 17:57.19 at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival in the 5000m event.
2022 (Cross Country)
Appeared in two meets for the Bruins,ย the Mammoth UCLA-UCSD Dual Meet and the Highlander Invite ... Scored for the Bruins at the Highlander meet, running a 21:12.6 in the mid-October competition โฆ Placed 34th overall and fourth on the Bruin squad.
High School
Ran Cross Country and Track at Torrey Pines High School, lettering in both all four years ... 2021 CIF SDS XCย Team Champion, All-League Avocado West all four years for XC, All-CIF 2021 for XC.
Personal
Born in San Diego, Calif. to Lisa and Don ... Has an older brother, Nick ... Decided to attend UCLA because it was an encouraging and competitive environment both academically and athletically, with extremely talented peers and teammates ... Says her biggest athletic thrill was โwinning the Arcadia Invitational 4x1600 my junior year, the first large invite after COVIDโ ... Admires Molly Seidel, Emma Coburn, Justin Herbert ... Enjoys baking, reading, watching movies, cross-country skiing ... Intends to major in mathematics and linguistics with the objective of becoming a math professor.
