Zaire Waring

Jeremy Zammit

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Photo by: Audrey Allen

UCLA Athletics - UCLA Track and Field athlete portraits, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
February 11th, 2025
Copyright Don Liebig/ASUCLA
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Position:
Hurdles
Class:
Junior
High School:
Culver City HS
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
Previous School:
San Jose State

TFRRS Profile

2025
Entered nine meets during his first season at UCLA, seven during outdoor season and two during indoor season ... Qualified for NCAA West Regionals in the 400m hurdles and 4x400 relay ... Was a medalist at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships after finishing third in the 400mH with a time of 51.44 ... Ran a 50.87 in the 400mH prelims at B1Gs ... Also helped the Bruins to a sixth-place finish in the 4x400 at Big Tens (3:07.88) ... Scored in both the 400m hurdles (50.55, third) and 4x400 (3:07.69, second) during the USC dual meet on May 4, helping the Bruins to an overall team win ... Was runner-up in the 400mH (51.52) and won the 4x400 (3:10.12) at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite on April 5 ... Made his outdoor UCLA debut at the Jim Bush Legends Meet on March 21, setting a season-best time in the 400m (48.25) and helping the Bruins to a win in the 4x400 (3:09.53) ... Competed at Big Ten Indoors in the 400m and 4x400, helping UCLA to a sixth-place finish in the latter ... Made his UCLA debut at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic on Feb. 8, racing in the 400m ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for winter quarter.

2024 (at San Jose State)
Qualified for the Outdoor NCAA First Round in the 400mH, ultimately placing 30th in the West Region (52.07) ... Fourth-place finisher in the 400mH at the Mountain West Championships (51.95) ... Competed in the 200m, 400m, and 4x400 during indoor season.

2023 (at San Jose State)
Qualified for the NCAA West Regionals in the 400mH, ultimately placing 23rd and recording a PR (51.70) ... Third-place finisher in the 400mH at the Mountain West Championships ... Second-place finisher in the 400mH at the Fresno State Invite ... Helped SJSU to a win in the 4x400 at the Mangrum Invitational ... Set a best time in the 200m (21.69) at the Mountain West Indoor Championships.

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

2025 Track & Field Roster

Roster

Ka'Leila Abrille

Katerina Adamiec

Audrey Allen

Tristan Amell

Josh Bailey

Di'Niko Bates

Joel Bengtsson

Emie Berger

Bennett Booth-Genthe

Aaron Cantu

Everett Capelle

Joshua Chu

Kaho Cichon

Gabriel Clement II

Aly Conyers

Shamar Cook

Carly Corsinita

Mark Cortes

Ramses Cortes

Patrick Curulla

Harrison Dance

Davis Davis-Lyric

Dev Doshi

Andreas Dybdahl

Kris Emig

Valentina Fakrogha

Jack Falkowski

Asha Fletcher

Kaylen Fletcher

April Fontenette

Olivia Foody

Conor Gibson

Leon Gillis

Karson Gordon

Angus Harrington

Sophia Hartwell

Ailish Hawkins

Lamaiya Henderson

Mia Holden

Allan Hunter

Amber Jackson

Georgia Jeanneret

Naomi Johnson

Sydney Johnson

Mia Kane

Ava Kellenberg

Benjamin Kirk

Mackenzie Kirk

Quinci Lott

Elijah Major

Kojo Manu

Kayla McBride

Jade McDonald

Ella McGillis

Michael Mireles

Tamaal Myers

Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck

Camryn O'Bannon

Hunter O'Brien

Michael Pinckney

Rose Pittman

Celeste Polzonetti

Parker Raymond

Jordan Robinson

John Robinson IV

Jack Rosencrans

Annika Salz

Hannah Slover

Derek Smith

Taylor Snaer

Cade Sommers

Jake Stafford

Lyvante Su'emai

Terrence Sweetman

Ollie Thorner

Ameen Tokhi

Shawn Toney