Gino Cruz

Kai Wingo

Distance

/ Track & Field

Photo by: Don Liebig

UCLA Athletics - 2020-2021 UCLA Track and Field athlete portraits, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
January 30th, 2021
Copyright Don Liebig/ASUCLA
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Height:
6-1
Weight:
null
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Newbury Park, Calif.
High School:
Newbury Park

2021
Competed in the discus in five meets for the Bruins, improving upon his previous mark in each of his final four competitions … Made his UCLA debut at the Ben Brown Invitational, where he finished 11th overall with a toss of 41.50m (136-2) … Went 42.89m (140-8) at the Jim Bush Legends Invite, good for 11th place in the competition … Finished eighth overall at the Bob Larsen Track Meet with a throw of 43.95m (144-2) … Took seventh place in the discus at the Stanford Invite, posting a toss of 46.44m (152-4) … Earned a season-best mark in the discus in the Bruins’ dual meet against USC, going 46.49m (153-2) for sixth overall.

2020
Did not compete in his first season with the Bruins.

High School
Competed in the discus and shot put for Newbury Park High School … Won the CIF State Championship discus title his senior year with a throw of 191-11 … Tossed a personal-best 195-0 in the CIF state prelims ahead of his final victory … Won 11 of the 17 discus competitions he entered in the 2019 season … Picked up a pair of 12lb shot victories his senior season, including the Don Green Invitational in which he posted a personal-best mark of 48-08.00.

Personal
Grew up in Newbury Park, Calif. … Son of Mary and Steven Cruz … Has one sibling, sister Lorena Cruz … Was a five-time recipient of the Principal Scholar Award at Newbury Park High School and earned a 3.9 GPA … Decided to become a Bruin because “UCLA made me feel the most at home” … Plans to major in biology.

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Erika Adler

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Jesse Audelo

Alyssa Bautista

Deven Brown

Kyle Brown

Nyree Brown

Morgan Calcagnie

Paige Carter

Ilaria Casarotto

Mia Cervantes

Alexandra Chan

Jett Charvet

Christina Chenault

Tierra Crockrell

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Tate Curran

Matthew DeRoos

Maddy Doane

Carlie Dorostkar

Esther Ekeanyanwu

Aidan Elbettar

Alex Enos

William Frankenfeld

Micah Fulton

Gwyn George

Dayne Gordien

Isabella Grant

Christian Grubb

Jai Gruenwald

Sophia Hartwell

Jaden Haskins

Keaton Heisterman

Eden Henderson

Sam Herenton

Peter Herold

Jaylah Herron

Kenroy Higgins II

Christopher Hill

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Jade Hinds

Sophia Hoelzel

Seth Holloway

Kate Jendrezak

Ashley Johnson

Kyrah Johnson

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Lauren McFall

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Kenyla Miles

Michael Mireles

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