2024 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Hawkins, Ailish

Ailish Hawkins
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Newbury Park HS
- Hometown:
- Newbury Park, Calif.
Bio
TFRRS Profile
2025 (Track & Field)
Competed at eight meets over the course of the year, five during outdoor season and three during indoor season ... Qualified for NCAA West Regionals in the 3000m steeplechase, finishing 25th (10:21.08) ... Had a standout outing in the steeplechase at the Outdoor Big Ten Championships, setting a best time at 10:10.63 to check in at No. 3 on UCLA's all-time outdoor top-10 list ... Was runner-up in the steeplechase (10:31.53) to help UCLA to a dual meet win over crosstown rival USC on May 4 at Drake Stadium ... Set a best time in the 1500m (4:27.10) at the Stanford Invitational on April 4 ... Ran a 4:27.10 in the 1500m to notch a new PB in that event at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival on March 21 ... Ran the 5000m at the Indoor Big Ten Championships, notching the No. 8 time in UCLA indoor history at 16:51.18 ... Hit PBs in the mile (4:56.57) and 3000m (9:27.38) at the Husky Classic from Feb. 14-15 ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for winter quarter.
2024 (Cross Country)
Participated in four of UCLA's five regular season meets ... Placed sixth overall at the season-opening tri-meet with UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside (22:27.78) ... Finished No. 54 at the Bill Delliger Invite hosted by Oregon (21:20.5) ... Raced at both the Big Ten Championships (20:58.1) in Savoy, Ill. and NCAA West Regionals (21:14.5) in Colfax, Wash. ... Named to the Fall 2024 Academic All-Big Ten Team ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall quarter.
2024 (Track & Field)
Competed in four outdoor meets in her freshman season … Placed 11th in her UCLA debut in the 1500m at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival (4:46.60) … Ran a season-best 10:42.00 in the 3000m steeplechase at the UCLA vs. USC Dual Meet, finishing second … Made her postseason debut at the Pac-12 Championships … Posted an 11:34.29 in the 3000m steeplechase to place seventh in the Conference meet.
2023 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
High School
Attended Newbury Park High School where she ran cross country and track and field all four years ... Earned four varsity letters in both sports ... At the Mt. SAC Relays in 2022, she ran the opening of the 4x1600m relay, recording a time of 4:53.42 before handing off the baton ... The relay team finished in 19:52.88, setting a new national high school record mark in the event.
Personal
Born in Thousand Oaks, Calif. to parents Steve and Nessa ... Has two older siblings, Cian and Fiona ... Decided to attend UCLA because it was a “great opportunity athletically and academically” ... Plans to major in biochemistry ... Lists Athing Mu as the famous athlete she most admires ... Says her greatest athletic thrill to date was the 4x mile relay race in which her team broke the national high school record.
2025 (Track & Field)
Competed at eight meets over the course of the year, five during outdoor season and three during indoor season ... Qualified for NCAA West Regionals in the 3000m steeplechase, finishing 25th (10:21.08) ... Had a standout outing in the steeplechase at the Outdoor Big Ten Championships, setting a best time at 10:10.63 to check in at No. 3 on UCLA's all-time outdoor top-10 list ... Was runner-up in the steeplechase (10:31.53) to help UCLA to a dual meet win over crosstown rival USC on May 4 at Drake Stadium ... Set a best time in the 1500m (4:27.10) at the Stanford Invitational on April 4 ... Ran a 4:27.10 in the 1500m to notch a new PB in that event at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival on March 21 ... Ran the 5000m at the Indoor Big Ten Championships, notching the No. 8 time in UCLA indoor history at 16:51.18 ... Hit PBs in the mile (4:56.57) and 3000m (9:27.38) at the Husky Classic from Feb. 14-15 ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for winter quarter.
2024 (Cross Country)
Participated in four of UCLA's five regular season meets ... Placed sixth overall at the season-opening tri-meet with UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside (22:27.78) ... Finished No. 54 at the Bill Delliger Invite hosted by Oregon (21:20.5) ... Raced at both the Big Ten Championships (20:58.1) in Savoy, Ill. and NCAA West Regionals (21:14.5) in Colfax, Wash. ... Named to the Fall 2024 Academic All-Big Ten Team ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall quarter.
2024 (Track & Field)
Competed in four outdoor meets in her freshman season … Placed 11th in her UCLA debut in the 1500m at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival (4:46.60) … Ran a season-best 10:42.00 in the 3000m steeplechase at the UCLA vs. USC Dual Meet, finishing second … Made her postseason debut at the Pac-12 Championships … Posted an 11:34.29 in the 3000m steeplechase to place seventh in the Conference meet.
2023 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
High School
Attended Newbury Park High School where she ran cross country and track and field all four years ... Earned four varsity letters in both sports ... At the Mt. SAC Relays in 2022, she ran the opening of the 4x1600m relay, recording a time of 4:53.42 before handing off the baton ... The relay team finished in 19:52.88, setting a new national high school record mark in the event.
Personal
Born in Thousand Oaks, Calif. to parents Steve and Nessa ... Has two older siblings, Cian and Fiona ... Decided to attend UCLA because it was a “great opportunity athletically and academically” ... Plans to major in biochemistry ... Lists Athing Mu as the famous athlete she most admires ... Says her greatest athletic thrill to date was the 4x mile relay race in which her team broke the national high school record.
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