2025 Track & Field Roster
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Virk, Sonia

Sonia Virk
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Oaks Christian HS
- Hometown:
- Simi Valley, Calif.
Bio
TFRRS Profile
2025
Entered nine meets, including five during outdoor season and four during indoor season ... Qualified for NCAA West Regionals in the 400m hurdles ... Was a medalist in the 400mH at the Outdoor Big Ten Championships, finishing third with a time of 57.59 ... Won the 400m hurdles at the USC dual meet on May 4 with a personal-best 57.11 ... Won the 400mH (58.47) and 4x400 relay (3:35.81) during the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite on April 5 ... Competed in the 600m at Big Ten Indoors, finishing 10th with a time of 1:31.70 ... Set a best time in the 600m (1:31.12) during the indoor New Mexico Collegiate Classic ...ย Selected as a Big Ten Women's Indoor Track & Field Sportsmanship Honoree ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters ... Named a 2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (3.7+ GPA for the academic year) ...ย Received the Academic Excellence Award at the 2024-25 UCLA Scholar-Athlete Banquet, which recognizes graduating student-athletes who made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll every quarter they attended at UCLA.
2024
Toed the line in four meets for UCLA during the indoor season, competing in the 400m race and the 60m hurdles โฆ Opened the indoor season with an eighth-place finish (56.96) at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational โฆ Took second at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational to begin the outdoor season โฆ Posted a season-best mark of 58.49 at the UCLA โLegendsโ Invitational to place first โฆ Was 15th in the Conference at the Pac-12 Championships (59.53) โฆ Finished with a time of 59.81 at the NCAA West First Rounds, good enough for 35th in the region โฆ Appeared in six outdoor meets in her junior season โฆ Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll for the indoor track & field season.
2023 ย
Competed in four races during the indoor track and field season, running the 60m hurdles, 400m and one 4x400m relay โฆ Recorded a season-best 8.82 in the 60m hurdles at the Dr. Sander Invitationalโฆ Anchored the second-place 4x400m relay at the Dr. Sander Invitational (3:39.49) ... Appeared in seven races during the outdoor campaign โฆ UCLAโs top 400m hurdler, she recorded a season-best mark of 59.85 at the Pac-12 Championships to place seventh in her heat.
2022
Competed in the 100m, 100mH, and 400mH โฆ Recorded a season best of 14.33 in the 100mH at the Chris Rinne Twilight meet (April 22).ย
High School
Lettered four years with Oaks Christian HS Track & Field โฆ Placed third and earned a PR of 14.59 in the 100m hurdles at the 2021 California State Track & Field Championships โฆ Finished in the top three in seven of the eight 100m hurdle races in which she competed in 2021 โฆ Competed in the 4 x 200 and SMR 100-100-200-400m at the 2021 Arcadia Invitational.
2025
Entered nine meets, including five during outdoor season and four during indoor season ... Qualified for NCAA West Regionals in the 400m hurdles ... Was a medalist in the 400mH at the Outdoor Big Ten Championships, finishing third with a time of 57.59 ... Won the 400m hurdles at the USC dual meet on May 4 with a personal-best 57.11 ... Won the 400mH (58.47) and 4x400 relay (3:35.81) during the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite on April 5 ... Competed in the 600m at Big Ten Indoors, finishing 10th with a time of 1:31.70 ... Set a best time in the 600m (1:31.12) during the indoor New Mexico Collegiate Classic ...ย Selected as a Big Ten Women's Indoor Track & Field Sportsmanship Honoree ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters ... Named a 2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (3.7+ GPA for the academic year) ...ย Received the Academic Excellence Award at the 2024-25 UCLA Scholar-Athlete Banquet, which recognizes graduating student-athletes who made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll every quarter they attended at UCLA.
2024
Toed the line in four meets for UCLA during the indoor season, competing in the 400m race and the 60m hurdles โฆ Opened the indoor season with an eighth-place finish (56.96) at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational โฆ Took second at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational to begin the outdoor season โฆ Posted a season-best mark of 58.49 at the UCLA โLegendsโ Invitational to place first โฆ Was 15th in the Conference at the Pac-12 Championships (59.53) โฆ Finished with a time of 59.81 at the NCAA West First Rounds, good enough for 35th in the region โฆ Appeared in six outdoor meets in her junior season โฆ Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll for the indoor track & field season.
2023 ย
Competed in four races during the indoor track and field season, running the 60m hurdles, 400m and one 4x400m relay โฆ Recorded a season-best 8.82 in the 60m hurdles at the Dr. Sander Invitationalโฆ Anchored the second-place 4x400m relay at the Dr. Sander Invitational (3:39.49) ... Appeared in seven races during the outdoor campaign โฆ UCLAโs top 400m hurdler, she recorded a season-best mark of 59.85 at the Pac-12 Championships to place seventh in her heat.
2022
Competed in the 100m, 100mH, and 400mH โฆ Recorded a season best of 14.33 in the 100mH at the Chris Rinne Twilight meet (April 22).ย
High School
Lettered four years with Oaks Christian HS Track & Field โฆ Placed third and earned a PR of 14.59 in the 100m hurdles at the 2021 California State Track & Field Championships โฆ Finished in the top three in seven of the eight 100m hurdle races in which she competed in 2021 โฆ Competed in the 4 x 200 and SMR 100-100-200-400m at the 2021 Arcadia Invitational.
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