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Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- St. Anthony HS
- Hometown:
- Brussels, Belgium
- Previous School:
- CSUN
Bio
TFRRS Profile
Career Honors
Two-time First Team Indoor All-America (60m hurdles; 2023, 2025)
2025 Second Team Outdoor All-America (100m hurdles)
2025 Second Team Outdoor All-Big Tenย (100mH, 4x100)
Career Summary
Graduated with the No. 2 times in school history in both the indoor 60m hurdles (8.01) and outdoor 100m hurdles (12.71) ... Also left UCLA as part of a school-record 4x100 relay, as she ran the leadoff leg (alongside Naomi Johnson, Kaylen Fletcher, and Taylor Snaer) of a quartet that finished in 43.03 during the USC dual meet at Drake Stadium on May 4 ... Earned three All-America honors (2x outdoor, 1x indoor) over her career, all as a senior in 2025 ... Had the No. 2 time of any collegian in the 100m hurdles (12.71) during the 2025 outdoor season.ย
2025
Earned three All-America honors over the course of the year, including First Team honors on the indoor side in the 60m hurdles and Second Team outdoor accolades in the 100m hurdles and 4x100 relay ... Qualified for the Outdoor NCAA Championships in the 100m hurdles and 4x100 relay ... Ran a 12.71 in the 100mH semifinal at NCAAs, leading all qualifiers ... That time ranked No. 2 in UCLA school history and was the second-fastest of any collegian in the 100mH for the 2025 season ... Ended up finishing 12th in the 4x100 relay at NCAAs (43.35) ... At NCAA West Regionals, finished second in the field in the 100mH (12.85) and helped the Bruins to a seventh-place finish in the 4x100 relay (43.04), securing NCAA qualification in both events ... Was a two-time silver medalist at UCLA's first-ever Big Ten Outdoor Championships, finishing second in both the 100m hurdles (13.04) and 4x100 relay (43.62) ... Earned All-Big Ten Conference Second Team honors after her performance at the league meet .... Helped the Bruins to a dual meet win over crosstown rival USC on May 4 at Drake Stadium, winning the 100mH (13.01) and helping the Bruins set a school record in the 4x100 relay (43.03) ... Won three events at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite on April 5: the 100mH (13.11), 4x100 (43.74), and 4x400 (3:35.81) ... Runner-up in the 100m hurdles at the Mt. SAC Relays (12.87) ... Earned First Team All-America honors after finishing eighth in the 60m hurdles (8.15) at the Indoor NCAA Championships ... Ran an 8.06 in the 60mH in the NCAA Semifinal, her fastest time of the year ... Bronze medalist in the 60m hurdles at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (8.09) ... Won 60mH prelims at the Spokane Sports Showcase, Crossroads of America Invitational, and New Mexico Collegiate Classicย ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall quarter.
2024
Ran eight races in three meets during the indoor season โฆ Opened the season with a first-place finish at the Charlie Thomas Invitational in February in the 60m hurdles (8.19) โฆ Ran 7.55 in the 60m to take home second at the Don Kirby Invitational โฆ At the same meet, ran a 23.91 in the 200m to finish third and claim the eighth spot on UCLAโs Indoor Top 10 List โฆ Began the outdoor season with a victory in the 100m hurdles at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational โฆ Won the 100m hurdles event at the USC Dual Meet (13.06) โฆ Finished third in the Conference in the 4x100m relay and fifth in the 100m hurdles at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Finished 11th (100m hurdles) and 13th (4x100m relay) at the NCAA West First Rounds to close out the season โฆ Appeared in seven outdoor meets.
2023 ย
Ran 13 races during her first indoor season with the Bruins โฆ All 11 of her marks in the 60m hurdle event were fast enough to crack UCLAโs indoor all-time top 10 list โฆ Landed at second all-time, trailing only UCLA Athletics Hall of Famer Dawn Harper (7.98 - March 11, 2006) โฆ Recorded a season-best 8.01 during the preliminary round of the NCAA indoor national championships โฆ Finished with First Team All-American status with the result โฆ UCLAโs top 100m hurdler in the outdoor season, Ndjip-Nyemeck recorded five of the teamโs top seven marks during the 2023 indoor campaign โฆ Also competed in one 4x4100m relay, placing eighth at the Mt. SAC Relays with the Bruins (44.25) โฆ Competed in six 100m hurdle events, recording 13.18 twice โฆ Placed sixth in the league by running a 13.62 at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Ran 12.99 at the NCAA West Regional Meet; the first Bruin to break the 13 second mark since Brea Buchanan in 2013 โฆ Placed 14th in the west at the regional meet ... Placed second in her heat of the 100m hurdles, running 13.28, and finished 7th in the semifinals at the European U-23 Championships.
2022 (at CSUN)
Lowered the CSUN school, school freshman, and Big West record in the 100m hurdles to :13.02 as she placed 13th in the second round of the NCAA West Regional ... Won the race in a time of :13.36 ... Won four of the 100m hurdles races which she entered ... Finished second in the 200m at the Big West Championship with a season-best time of 23.91, the fourth-fastest by a freshman in school history ... Won the 200m at the CSUN Invitational ... Named Academic All-Conference ... Did not compete in indoor.
2021 (at CSUN)
Did not compete.
High School
A 2020 graduate of St. Anthony High School in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ Posted high school bests of 11.84 in the 100m and 24.64 in the 200m โฆ Ran at the 2018 Belgium U-18 Indoor National Championships in the 60m hurdles, winning the race in a time of 8.38 โฆ Set the Belgian U18 record and held the fastest world U18 time in the 60m hurdles (30 inch) with a time of :8.26 that was run in 2019 โฆ Graduated Sum Cum Laude.
ย
Personal
Daughter of Roger and Ginette Ndjip-Nyemeck ... Favorites include Allyson Felix, Kendra Harrison, Dina Asher-Smith, Criminal Minds, Bad Boys, and Alicia Keys โฆ Lists greatest pre-UCLA sports moment asย setting the U18 Belgian U18 record and holding the worldโs fastest time in the 60m hurdles by running a time of 8.26 โฆ Her advice to young people is hard work always pays off.
Career Honors
Two-time First Team Indoor All-America (60m hurdles; 2023, 2025)
2025 Second Team Outdoor All-America (100m hurdles)
2025 Second Team Outdoor All-Big Tenย (100mH, 4x100)
Career Summary
Graduated with the No. 2 times in school history in both the indoor 60m hurdles (8.01) and outdoor 100m hurdles (12.71) ... Also left UCLA as part of a school-record 4x100 relay, as she ran the leadoff leg (alongside Naomi Johnson, Kaylen Fletcher, and Taylor Snaer) of a quartet that finished in 43.03 during the USC dual meet at Drake Stadium on May 4 ... Earned three All-America honors (2x outdoor, 1x indoor) over her career, all as a senior in 2025 ... Had the No. 2 time of any collegian in the 100m hurdles (12.71) during the 2025 outdoor season.ย
2025
Earned three All-America honors over the course of the year, including First Team honors on the indoor side in the 60m hurdles and Second Team outdoor accolades in the 100m hurdles and 4x100 relay ... Qualified for the Outdoor NCAA Championships in the 100m hurdles and 4x100 relay ... Ran a 12.71 in the 100mH semifinal at NCAAs, leading all qualifiers ... That time ranked No. 2 in UCLA school history and was the second-fastest of any collegian in the 100mH for the 2025 season ... Ended up finishing 12th in the 4x100 relay at NCAAs (43.35) ... At NCAA West Regionals, finished second in the field in the 100mH (12.85) and helped the Bruins to a seventh-place finish in the 4x100 relay (43.04), securing NCAA qualification in both events ... Was a two-time silver medalist at UCLA's first-ever Big Ten Outdoor Championships, finishing second in both the 100m hurdles (13.04) and 4x100 relay (43.62) ... Earned All-Big Ten Conference Second Team honors after her performance at the league meet .... Helped the Bruins to a dual meet win over crosstown rival USC on May 4 at Drake Stadium, winning the 100mH (13.01) and helping the Bruins set a school record in the 4x100 relay (43.03) ... Won three events at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite on April 5: the 100mH (13.11), 4x100 (43.74), and 4x400 (3:35.81) ... Runner-up in the 100m hurdles at the Mt. SAC Relays (12.87) ... Earned First Team All-America honors after finishing eighth in the 60m hurdles (8.15) at the Indoor NCAA Championships ... Ran an 8.06 in the 60mH in the NCAA Semifinal, her fastest time of the year ... Bronze medalist in the 60m hurdles at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (8.09) ... Won 60mH prelims at the Spokane Sports Showcase, Crossroads of America Invitational, and New Mexico Collegiate Classicย ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall quarter.
2024
Ran eight races in three meets during the indoor season โฆ Opened the season with a first-place finish at the Charlie Thomas Invitational in February in the 60m hurdles (8.19) โฆ Ran 7.55 in the 60m to take home second at the Don Kirby Invitational โฆ At the same meet, ran a 23.91 in the 200m to finish third and claim the eighth spot on UCLAโs Indoor Top 10 List โฆ Began the outdoor season with a victory in the 100m hurdles at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational โฆ Won the 100m hurdles event at the USC Dual Meet (13.06) โฆ Finished third in the Conference in the 4x100m relay and fifth in the 100m hurdles at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Finished 11th (100m hurdles) and 13th (4x100m relay) at the NCAA West First Rounds to close out the season โฆ Appeared in seven outdoor meets.
2023 ย
Ran 13 races during her first indoor season with the Bruins โฆ All 11 of her marks in the 60m hurdle event were fast enough to crack UCLAโs indoor all-time top 10 list โฆ Landed at second all-time, trailing only UCLA Athletics Hall of Famer Dawn Harper (7.98 - March 11, 2006) โฆ Recorded a season-best 8.01 during the preliminary round of the NCAA indoor national championships โฆ Finished with First Team All-American status with the result โฆ UCLAโs top 100m hurdler in the outdoor season, Ndjip-Nyemeck recorded five of the teamโs top seven marks during the 2023 indoor campaign โฆ Also competed in one 4x4100m relay, placing eighth at the Mt. SAC Relays with the Bruins (44.25) โฆ Competed in six 100m hurdle events, recording 13.18 twice โฆ Placed sixth in the league by running a 13.62 at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Ran 12.99 at the NCAA West Regional Meet; the first Bruin to break the 13 second mark since Brea Buchanan in 2013 โฆ Placed 14th in the west at the regional meet ... Placed second in her heat of the 100m hurdles, running 13.28, and finished 7th in the semifinals at the European U-23 Championships.
2022 (at CSUN)
Lowered the CSUN school, school freshman, and Big West record in the 100m hurdles to :13.02 as she placed 13th in the second round of the NCAA West Regional ... Won the race in a time of :13.36 ... Won four of the 100m hurdles races which she entered ... Finished second in the 200m at the Big West Championship with a season-best time of 23.91, the fourth-fastest by a freshman in school history ... Won the 200m at the CSUN Invitational ... Named Academic All-Conference ... Did not compete in indoor.
2021 (at CSUN)
Did not compete.
High School
A 2020 graduate of St. Anthony High School in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ Posted high school bests of 11.84 in the 100m and 24.64 in the 200m โฆ Ran at the 2018 Belgium U-18 Indoor National Championships in the 60m hurdles, winning the race in a time of 8.38 โฆ Set the Belgian U18 record and held the fastest world U18 time in the 60m hurdles (30 inch) with a time of :8.26 that was run in 2019 โฆ Graduated Sum Cum Laude.
ย
Personal
Daughter of Roger and Ginette Ndjip-Nyemeck ... Favorites include Allyson Felix, Kendra Harrison, Dina Asher-Smith, Criminal Minds, Bad Boys, and Alicia Keys โฆ Lists greatest pre-UCLA sports moment asย setting the U18 Belgian U18 record and holding the worldโs fastest time in the 60m hurdles by running a time of 8.26 โฆ Her advice to young people is hard work always pays off.
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
