Marcus Mota

Position:
Distance
Height:
5-9
Weight:
null
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Bakersfield, Calif.
High School:
Stockdale

2021 (Cross Country)
Made a pair of appearances for the Bruins in cross country this past season … Made his season debut at the Highlander Invitational, where he clocked an 8k time of 24:34.1 for 21st place overall … Finished 61st overall in the 8k at the Pac-12 Championships, securing a time of 26:52.2.

2021 (Track & Field)
Made his UCLA track debut at the Rafer/JJK Invite, where he finished second overall in the 3000m with a time of 8:50.45 … Competed in the steeple in the Bruins’ dual meet against USC, clocking a time of 9:26.61 for the win.

2020 (Cross Country)
Competed for the Bruins in a pair of cross country races … Made his UCLA debut at the Dave Murray Invite, where he finished 17th overall with an 8k time of 25:49.2 … Competed at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 49th overall with a time of 24:52.2 on the 8k course.

2020 (Track & Field)
Did not compete in his first track season with the Bruins.

2019 (Cross Country)
Did not compete in races.

High School
Attended Stockdale High School in Bakersfield, Calif. … PR’ed at the Woodbridge XC Classic with a time of 14:05.4 … Finished 12th at the 2018 CIF State Championships with a 5K time of 15:21.1 … PR’ed at the SWYL meet, posting a 5K time of 15:13.0 … First-place finisher at the CIF Central Section Championship (15:25.9) … Captured first place at both the Kern County XC Championships and SSL/SWYL League Championships … In track & field, won the 3200m at the Kern Invitational, boasting the second-fastest time in the state (9:18.27) … Clocked a season-best 3200m time of 9:11.50 at the Arcadia Invitational … Won the 800m in all four meets he competed in.

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

Sixteen Individuals, Both Teams Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

Tuesday, July 22

Seven Bruins Earn Academic All-District Honors

Tuesday, June 24

Women Finish Up NCAA Championships With Two More Scorers

Saturday, June 14

Pinckney, Clement II Score for UCLA on Day 3 of NCAAs

Friday, June 13

University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics

2021 Track & Field Roster

Roster

Katerina Adamiec

Erika Adler

Sophia Alexander

Artin Allahverdian

Liam Anderson

Shae Anderson

Tyler Asemota

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

Gino Cruz

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

Jacquelyn Hill

Jade Hinds

Sophia Hoelzel

Seth Holloway

Kate Jendrezak

Ashley Johnson

Kyrah Johnson

Munir Kabbara

Hawa Kamara

DJ Lawson

Sean Lee

Catherine Leger

Aiden Lieb

Lydia Liu

Kira Loren

Saundria Martin

Andrew Martinez

Lauren McFall

Kerrigan McGreevy

Ronan McMahon-Staggs

Kain Medrano

Kaitlyn Menichetti

Kennedy Meyer

Kenyla Miles

Michael Mireles

Myles Misener-Daley

Cristian Moore

Tarika Moses

Marcus Mota

Chinyere Okoro

Lavanya Pandey

Jake Parker

Makenzy Pierre-Webster