2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Roni Yamane
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Arcadia
- Hometown:
- Arcadia, Calif.
2018 (Track & Field)
Competed in two outdoor meets and one indoor meet ... Set a collegiate-best mile time at the season-opening Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational, finishing in 5:22.32 ... Was the seventh-place finisher in the 3000m at the USC Dual meet, crossing the line in 10:55.15 ... Had a season-best time of 10:15.40 in the 3000m at the indoor Dr. Sander Invitational Challenge ...ย Honored at the 2018 UCLA student-athlete banquet with the Athletic Director's Academic Excellence Award, given to student-athletes who have made the Director's Honor Roll (3.0 or higher GPA in 12 or more graded units) every quarter they were enrolled at UCLA.
2017 (XC)
Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention selection for the third-straight year โฆ Placed 90th in the 6k at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 21:27.7 โฆ Competed in the Wisconsin Invitational and finished 215th overall in the 6k, clocking a time of 22:58.8 โฆ Finished 108th at the Roy Griak Invite (6k) with a time of 24:06.9 โฆ Opened her senior season at the George Kyte Classic (2.6mi), where she ran a time of 17:40.7 to finish 35th overall ... Women's cross country's representative on the UCLA All-Academic Team, comprised of the person from each team with the highest cumulative GPA.ย
2017 (Track and Field)
Opened her outdoor season with personal-best time of 4:43.05 at the Pac-12 vs. Big-10 Invite, good for 20th overall โฆ Competed in two indoor meets in the 5,000m โฆ Posted a lifetime-best 5,000m time of 16:47.90 to finish 15th at the MPSF Indoor Championships โฆ MPSF Indoor All-Academic selection.
2016 (XC)
Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention โฆ Competed at the NCAA Championship in the 6k and finished in 202nd place with a time of 21:30.3 โฆ Raced in the NCAA West Regional Championships (6k), placing 59th overall with a time of 20:55.7 โฆ Raced in the Pac-12 Championships (6k), placing 55th with a time of 22:09.1 โฆ Ran at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (6k) and finished 161st with a time of 22:06.5โฆ Raced at the Roy Griak Invitational (6k) and placed 83rd with a time of 23:15.1 โฆ Opened the season with a 23rd place finish in the 2.49mi with a time of 15.47.8.
2016 (Track and Field)
Competed in two outdoor meets ... Finished third in the 10,000m at the Legends Distance Carnival with a time of 37:21.57 โฆ Placed fifth in the 3,000m at the Jim Bush Collegiate with a time of 10:07.84.
2015 (XC)
ย Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable mention โฆ Ran at the Pac-12 Championships (6k) and finished with a time of 21:44 to place 72nd โฆ Raced in the NCAA West Regional Championships (6k), finishing with a time of 23:08 and placing 163rd โฆ Finished in the Top 20 in the Nevada Twilight Classic (4k), placing 16th with a time of 15:42 โฆ Finished 26th in the Mustang Challenge (5k) with a time of 18:34 โฆ Finished 63rd in the Washington Invitational (6k) with a time of 21:25 โฆ Also participated in the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (6k) finishing 190th and posting a time of 21:48.
2015 (Track and Field)
Occidental Invitational (College/University) ran a personal best in the 5,000m with a time of 18:07.57โฆ UCLA vs. USC ran the 1,500 in another personal best of 4:45.51 to place 7th โฆ 2015 Arizona State Pac-12 vs Big 10 Invitational ran the 1,500m in 4:50.58 โฆ CSUN Invitational personal best in the 3,000m with a time of 10:27.58 to place 2nd.
2014 (XC)ย
Named to the UCLA Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll โฆ Competed in seven meets during her true freshman year โฆ Raced at NCAA Championships (6k) and finished 249th with a time of 23:18.5 โฆ Competed at the NCAA West Regional Championships (6k) with a time of 22:11 and placed 102nd overall โฆ Placed 67th at the Pac-12 Championships (6k) with a time of 21:47 โฆ Placed 18th overall at the BYU Autumn Classic (3mi) with a time of 18:51.90 to finish second on the team โฆ Opened her collegiate career 13th overall at the Nevada Twilight Classic (4k).
High School
Attended Arcadia High School in Arcadia, Calif. โฆ Earned seven letters at Arcadia between cross country and track โฆ Has run personal bests of 4:54 in the 1,600m and 10:45 in the 3,200m โฆ Named the Sports Woman of the Year โฆ Won the Pacific League title in cross country โฆ Placed ninth at the CIF Cross Country Championships in division I โฆ Named the Most Valuable Runner.
Personal
Daughter of Michael and Kathy Yamane โฆ Has one brother named Daniel and three sisters named Eryca, Becky and Jessica โฆ Admires UCLA great and Boston Marathon champion Meb Keflezighi and American record holder Deena Kastor โฆ Psychobiology major.
