Sammy Ayala
Sammy Ayala
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Norwalk, Calif.
High School: Gahr HS
Previous College: UC Irvine

Career Performances

2022 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (SENIOR)
800m: 1:55.07 - Lumberjack Team Challenge (1/21/22)
Mile: 4:10.67 - WSU Invitational (2/3-5/22)

 

2021 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (SENIOR)
Opened up the season with a win in the 1,500-meter race at the CSF, UCD, UCSB Tri Meet with a time of 3:49.66 ... Clocked a personal-best time of 14:15.86 in the 5K at the Ben Brown Invite ... Took sixth place at the Bryan Clay Invitational in the 1,500-meter race with a school-record time of 3:43.05 ... Won the 800m at the UC Riverside Invitational with a time of 1:52.79 ... Earned a runner-up finish in the 1,500 meters at the Big West Championships with a time of 3:46.85 ... Took 31st at the NCAA West Preliminary with a 1,500-meter time of 3:48.56.

PRIOR TO CAL STATE FULLERTON

2020 (Senior)
• Competed in the Beach Opener before the season was canceled
• Took fifth in the 3000m, crossing the finish line in 8:32.76
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2019 (Junior)
• Owned the team’s top times of the season in the 800m, 1500m, 3000m and 5000m
• Scored at the Big West Championships with a fifth-place showing in the 1500m
• Clocked a personal-record 3:48.85 to come in fourth out of 94 competitors at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Also had top-three finishes at the Big West Challenge (2nd) and UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic (3rd)
• Big West qualifier in the 5000m with a lifetime-best 14:35.10 at UCLA’s Bob Larsen Distance Carnival
• Added PRs of 1:54.00 in the 800m and 8:32.69 in the 3000m

2018 (Sophomore)
• Established a 1500m season-best 3:55.93 for a top-10 showing at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic
• Finished sixth at the Big West Challenge (3:56.86)
• Added a lifetime-best 4:18.11 in the mile at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival
• Competed in three 800m races with a season-best 1:57.04 at the Ben Brown Invitational

2017 (Freshman)
• Ran a season-best 3:59.54 to finish fifth in the 1500m at the Mondo Team Challenge
• Took fourth at the UCR Spring Classic Invitational and seventh at the Big West Challenge
• Placed eighth overall in the mile at the Ben Brown Invitational, clocking in at 4:19.20
• Added a sixth-place performance in the 3000m at the All-UC Challenge (8:43.20)
• Registered a season-best 15:10.94 in the 5000m at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic

High School
• Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track
• ABC District champion in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m
• Claimed the San Gabriel Valley League individual titles in the 1600m and 3200m
• Earned All-CIF Southern Section honors in cross country
• Won the district and league championships

Personal
• Majoring in economics
• Member of the UC Irvine cross country team
• Parents are Maria and Jose Ayala
• Has one sister, Beatriz

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