2022 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Alyssa Bautista
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Capistrano Valley
- Hometown:
- San Clemente, Calif.
2021 (Cross Country)
Toed the line in five meets for the Bruins during the 2021 cross country season โฆ Made her season opener at the Mammoth Tri-Meet, where she finished 11th overall on the 4k course with a time of 16:14.5 โฆ Was the Bruinsโ third runner at the Dellinger Invite and Pre-Nats, finishing 76th and 139th in the races, respectively โฆ Finished 63rd at the Pac-12 Championships, going 22:57.2 on the 6k course โฆ Capped her year with an appearance at the NCAA West Regional Championships, finishing as UCLAโs fourth runner with a time of 21:48.5.
2021 (Track & Field)
Competed in a pair of outdoor meets for the Bruins this season โฆ Opened her campaign with a second-place finish in the 3000m at the Rafer/JJK Invitational, crossing the line at 10:36.05 โฆ Ran a lifetime-best time of 4:50.87 in the 1500m against USC, finishing fourth overall for the Bruins โฆ Also took third in the 3000m against the Trojans, clocking a time of 10:26.27.
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2020 (Cross Country)
Finished 17th overall at the Arizona Invitational, crossing with a 6k time of 24:16.7.
2020 (Track & Field)
Indoor:ย Capped her season at the MPSF Indoor Championships, finishing 24th in the 5000m with a personal-best time of 17:13.27 โฆ Competed in the 5000mย at the UW Invite, going 17:14.28 for 35th place overall ... Made her UCLA track debut at the UW Indoor Preview, notching a 49th-place finish in the 3000mย with a time of 10:05.95.
2019 (Cross Country)
Competed in four meets for the Bruins in her sophomore campaign ... Closed her year at the NCAA West Region Championships, finishing in 104th place on the 6k course with a time of 21:40.5 ... Set a 6k season-best at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 21:10.0, good for 58th overall ... Notched her best placement of the year at the Highlander Invite, crossing the line in 13th place with a 6k time of 21:28.1 ... Opened her second collegiate cross country season at the Dellinger Invite, going 22:24.1 on the 6k course for 125th place.
2019 (Track & Field)
Competed in one meet during the season โฆ Outdoor: At the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational, won the 3000m with a time of 10:07.46.
2018 (Cross Country)
Posted a season-best 6K time of 21:23.4 at the Bronco Invite for a 46th-place finish ... Took 10th at the Fresno Invite 5K race with a time of 18:53.7 ... Finished 96th at the Stanford Invite with a time of 23:17.3 ... Took 75th at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 22:00.6.ย
High School
Attended Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, Calif. ... Ran four years of cross country and track ... First Team All-Orange Country in both 2016 and 2017 ... Qualified for nationals in 2017 ... First Team All-State in cross country in 2016 and 2017 ... Capistano Valley finished fourth in the state championships in 2017 ... Recorded best times of 2:12 in the 800m, 5:01 in the 1600m, 11:06 in the 3200m, 16:57 in the 3-mile, and 17:45 in the 5K.ย ย
Personal
Bornย in Long Beach, Calif. to parents Michelle and Dennis ... Full name is Alyssa Nicole Bautista ... Has one older sister, Victoria, and two younger siblings: Andrew and Gabriella ... Plans on majoring in chemistry ... Aspires to be a pharmacist ... Chose UCLA because it was her dream school ... Describes finishing fourth state championships in 2017 and then qualifying for nationals the next week as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Admires Sonya Richards Ross, Emma Coburn, and Brenda Martinez ... In her free time, likes to go shopping, read, and go to the beach ... Used to be a competitive swimmer ... Related to former Bruin Rizaย Zalameda, who was an All-American in women's tennis and the top singles player on the 2008 National Championship team.ย
