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2022 Track and Field Roster

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Mark Honbo
Mark Honbo

Anaya Ward

  • Class:
    Junior
  • Major:
    Environmental Policy Analysis & Planning
  • Hometown:
    Santa Cruz, Calif.
  • High School:
    Santa Cruz HS ’18

Summary

Biography

2021 T&F: Placed 8th in 800 at Big West Conference Championships, running team season-best 2:12.50 in prelim heat... Also part of 5th-place 4x400 relay (3:55.47) at conference meet... Enjoyed steady progression in final weeks: 2:13.96 at Sac State Invite on 4/17, 2:13.33 in Causeway Track Classic on 4/30, then 2:12.50 and 2:12.94 at Big West meet... Ran 1500 once, crossing in 4:46.93 at Hornet Invite (3/20).

2020 XC: Season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 T&F: Ran 1500 (4:34.89) at Cal Opener before season was shut down for COVID-19 quarantine... Big West Academic All-Conference and Commissioner’s Honor Roll member.

2019 XC: Appeared in four meets, finishing among team scorers with 61st at Bronco Invite.

2019 T&F: Placed 7th in both 800 (2:11.28) and 1500 (4:35.61) at Big West Conference meet... Ran season-best 800 of 2:10.21 at Bryan Clay Invite (4/19), while fastest 1500 of 4:29.14 came in Big West prelim heat.

2018 XC: Competed in six meets in her debut season… Posted a season-best 22:22.5 at the Bronco Invite 6K… Raced in UC Davis’ home meet, the Doc Adams Invite 6K, and finished third overall with a time of 23:04.3… Made first career appearance at the NCAA West Regional.

SANTA CRUZ HS ’18: Competed in cross country and both the 800m and 1600m in track all four years… Won CCS in Division 4 and got second at state in cross country sophomore year.

PERSONAL: Parents are Laura and James… Career sports highlight is making it to the CIF State meet in both cross country and track… Non-sports hero is Ruth Bader Ginsburg… Favorite hobbies include making pottery, gardening with her parents, and going to the beach… Take away everything she owns except chocolate.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    Distances
    5'2"
  • 2020Sophomore

    Mid-Distances
    5'2"
  • 2021Sophomore

    Mid-Distances
    5'2"
  • 2022Junior

    Mid-Distances