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