2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Kira Loren
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Canyon Crest Academy
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
2021 (Track & Field)
Opened her final track season with an eighth-place finish at the Anteater Distance Twilight, crossing with a time of 4:42.06 … Took second place in the steeple at the Stanford Invite, going 11:06.88 for a season-best time … Won the steeple competition against USC in her final race as a Bruin, crossing with a time of 11:11.50.
2020 (Cross Country)
Toed the line in three meets for the Bruins in her final season … Opened her year with a ninth-place finish at the Arizona Invitational, clocking a 6k time of 22:51.3 … Shaved almost 21 seconds off her first time of the year with a 22:30.6 performance on the same course at the Dave Murray Invite, finishing 15th overall … Capped her season at the Pac-12 Championships, where she finished 66th overall with a 6k time of 21:40.3.
2020 (Track & Field)
Did not compete in races this season.
2019 (Cross Country)
Did not compete this season.
2019 (Track & Field)
Competed in seven meets … Indoor: PR’ed in the 3000m at the MPSF Championships, finishing 49th (10:08.74) … Outdoor: Opened her outdoor season at the Willie Williams Classic, where she finished 11th in the 1500m (4:44.38) … PR’ed in the 1500m (4:36.60) at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival … Won the 3000m steeple (11:08.93) at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational … Finished sixth in the 1500m (4:37.26) at the Mt. SAC Relays … PR’ed in the steeple (10:49.48) at USC, finishing second … Ultimately earned 12th place in the steeple (11:14.72) at the Pac-12 Championships.
2018 (Cross Country)
Raced in two meets in 2018 ... Finished 14th at the Master’s Invite with a 5K time of 18:22.3 ... Posted a time of 21:42.1 at the Bronco Invite to log a 64th-place finish.
2018 (Track & Field)
Did not compete.
2017 (XC)
Ran at the NCAA West Regionals (6k), finishing 101st with a time of 21:39.1 … Scored for the Bruins at the Pac-12 Championships (6k), finishing in 70th place with a time of 20:53.2 … Was the Bruin women’s top runner at the Santa Clara Bronco Invite, where she finished 61st overall and recorded a time of 21:47.6 on the 6k course … Paced UCLA at the TMU Invite (5k) and finished 16th overall with a time of 18:18.0 … Made her collegiate debut at the George Kyte Classic in Flagstaff, where she ran a time of 17:16.6 to finish 29th on the 2.6mi course.
High School
Attended Canyon Crest Academy in San Diego … Achieved San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic honors for cross country (2015-16) and track and field (2016-17) … 2016 San Diego CIF Division II Cross Country Champion … 2017 CIF San Diego Section Division I Champion in the 3,200m … 2017 3,200m All-CIF team honoree … 2015/16 All-Palomar League first team honors in cross country … 3,200m Palomar League Champion … Personal best marks of 4:59 in the 1,600m and 10:46 in the 3,200m.
Personal
Decided to attend UCLA because it was her dream school and had the best of everything, including athletics, academics and teammates … Her grandparents, uncle and father all attended UCLA … Enjoys hiking, cooking, Netflix and going to the beach … Greatest athletic thrills are winning the San Diego Cross Country Championships her senior year after joining the team only a year prior, as well as qualifying for the CIF Track and Field State Meet in the 3,200m her junior and senior years.
