2023 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Wingo, Kai

Kai Wingo
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Valencia
- Hometown:
- Castaic, Calif.
Bio
2023ย (Track & Field)
Ran five races for the Bruins during the indoor seasonโฆ Opened the campaign running 49.98 in the 400m event at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational โฆ Ran three 800m races, posting a season-best 1:51.41 at the Dr. Sander Invitationalโฆ Also ran the first leg of the 4x400m relay at the New York meetโฆ
ย
Appeared in five 800m races during the outdoor seasonโฆ His season-best 1:49.67 came at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 14โฆ Placed second against the Trojans, recording a mark of 1:50.54 at the annual USC Dual Meetโฆ Trailed only teammate Jai Dawson in the raceโฆ Qualified through to the final of the Pac-12 Championships in the eventโฆ. Ran 1:49.84 to place sixth in the Conference in the mid-May meet.
2022 (Cross Country)
Did not compete in cross country for the Bruins.
2022 (Track & Field)
Ran in four indoor and three outdoor meets during his junior campaign... Set a new collegiate best in the outdoor 800m event against cross-town rival USC during the annual dual meet (1:51.37)
2021 (Cross Country)
Did not compete in cross country for the Bruins.
2021 (Track & Field)
Competed in the 800m in three meets for the Bruins โฆ Toed the line at the Arkansas Qualifier (indoor), finishing 11th overall with a time of 2:05.77 in his UCLA debut โฆ Finished fifth overall in the Bruinsโ dual meet against USC, clocking a time of 1:58.18 โฆ Finished his season at the Pac-12 Championships, crossing in 17th place with a season-best time of 1:53.62.
ย
2020 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins this season.
2020 (Track & Field)
Did not compete in his first season with the program.
2019 (Cross Country)
Did not compete in his first cross country season at UCLA.
High School
Attended Valencia High School in Valencia, Calif. โฆ Lettered in track & field โฆ State champion in the 800m, winning the race with a PR of 1:51.71 โฆ All-Area in 2019 โฆ Captured first place in the 800m in nearly every face his senior campaign โฆ Earned first place in the 800m (1:52.45) at the highly competitive Arcadia Invite, which featured many national and international athletes โฆ Helped his 4x400m squad place seventh (3:16.39) at the state meet his junior season.
Personal
Plans to be a Physics major at UCLA.
Ran five races for the Bruins during the indoor seasonโฆ Opened the campaign running 49.98 in the 400m event at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational โฆ Ran three 800m races, posting a season-best 1:51.41 at the Dr. Sander Invitationalโฆ Also ran the first leg of the 4x400m relay at the New York meetโฆ
ย
Appeared in five 800m races during the outdoor seasonโฆ His season-best 1:49.67 came at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 14โฆ Placed second against the Trojans, recording a mark of 1:50.54 at the annual USC Dual Meetโฆ Trailed only teammate Jai Dawson in the raceโฆ Qualified through to the final of the Pac-12 Championships in the eventโฆ. Ran 1:49.84 to place sixth in the Conference in the mid-May meet.
2022 (Cross Country)
Did not compete in cross country for the Bruins.
2022 (Track & Field)
Ran in four indoor and three outdoor meets during his junior campaign... Set a new collegiate best in the outdoor 800m event against cross-town rival USC during the annual dual meet (1:51.37)
2021 (Cross Country)
Did not compete in cross country for the Bruins.
2021 (Track & Field)
Competed in the 800m in three meets for the Bruins โฆ Toed the line at the Arkansas Qualifier (indoor), finishing 11th overall with a time of 2:05.77 in his UCLA debut โฆ Finished fifth overall in the Bruinsโ dual meet against USC, clocking a time of 1:58.18 โฆ Finished his season at the Pac-12 Championships, crossing in 17th place with a season-best time of 1:53.62.
ย
2020 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins this season.
2020 (Track & Field)
Did not compete in his first season with the program.
2019 (Cross Country)
Did not compete in his first cross country season at UCLA.
High School
Attended Valencia High School in Valencia, Calif. โฆ Lettered in track & field โฆ State champion in the 800m, winning the race with a PR of 1:51.71 โฆ All-Area in 2019 โฆ Captured first place in the 800m in nearly every face his senior campaign โฆ Earned first place in the 800m (1:52.45) at the highly competitive Arcadia Invite, which featured many national and international athletes โฆ Helped his 4x400m squad place seventh (3:16.39) at the state meet his junior season.
Personal
Plans to be a Physics major at UCLA.
UCLA New Director of Track & Field: Joanna Hayes
Friday, June 21
UCLA New Director of Track & Field: Joanna Hayes
Friday, June 21
UCLA Track & Field Jim Bush Legends Invite (April 13, 2024)
Wednesday, April 17
powHER of the Pac: UCLA's Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Monday, June 27