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2017 Track and Field Roster

Rianna Goins

Rianna Goins

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Anaheim Hills, Calif.
  • High School:
    Canyon HS '13

Summary

Biography

Career Bests:

Event Mark Meet Date
400M  54.84  Aggie Open   3/11/17
800M  2:03.86  NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships  6/10/17
1500M  4:31.37  Causeway Classic Dual Meet  4/29/16
3000 Steeple  10:54.09  Brutus Hamilton Open  4/24/15


2017:
NCAA ALL-AMERICAN FIRST TEAM... USATF INDOOR NATIONALS QUALIFIER... BIG WEST CHAMPION in the 800... Roared to a lifetime best of 2:03.86 at the NCAA Championships to place sixth, the highest finish in the event in school history...  Her time ranked No. 2 in the UC Davis record books... Took the lead in the preliminaries and held off several challengers to place second in her heat and automatically advance to the final (2:06.76)... Punched her ticket to the championships with her 2:05.42 performance at the NCAA West Regional Preliminaries, a PR at the time... Became the school's first two-time Big West Champion in the 800 by defending her title (2:08.83)... Also earned All-Conference honors in the 1500 (3rd, 4:36.02) and anchored the 4x400 relay to the second fastest time in school history (2nd, 3:39.54)... Displayed impressive range by winning the 400 at Aggie Open in 54.84, good for No. 5 all-time... Won the event at Causeway Classic and American River Invitational... Became the first Aggie ever to qualify for the USATF Indoor National Championships, placing 13th (1:32.49)... Opened up her indoor season in winning fashion by breaking the 600 school record at New Mexico Classic (1:31.60). 

2016:
BIG WEST CHAMPION in the 800 and 4x400 relay... Also placed eighth in the 1500 to help secure the team championship for the Aggie women... Qualified for NCAA West Regional for the second consecutive year... Ran a two second PR of 2:06.74 at Sac State Open to move to No. 3 all-time...  Won Causeway Classic Dual in the 800 (2:11.33) and placed third in the 1500 (4:31.37)... Competed at Stanford Invitational and Mt. Sac Relays... Won the 800 at Cal Opener to open her season... Also ran 400 best of 57.86 at Aggie Open.

2015:
NCAA West Regional qualifer... Placed third at the Big West Championships in both the steeplechase (10:54.09) and 800 (2:08.45) to earn All-Big West First Team honors...  Won the 800 at Aggie Open and the 1500 at Sun Angel Classic... Time for 800 ranked fifth all-time in school history.

2014:
Competed in middle distance events six times, including four times in steeplechase races... Grabbed fourth-place points at Big West Championships in the steeple, finishing in 11:02.04... Time placed her eighth all-time at UC Davis... Also ran the 1500 and 3000.

CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in six meets during sophomore season in 2014, including Big West Championships and NCAA West Regional... Was 13th at conference championships for first-place Aggies... Opened the season with seventh place at Aggie Open... Participated in four meets as a freshman... Had a season-best 22nd-place finish on home course during Doc Adams Open.

CANYON HS '13:
 Named as school's Athlete of the Year... Ran a 5k-best of 18:15 at the Clovis Invitational... Finished 37th at the CIF State Championsips for Cross Country... Ran the 800 and 1600 in track... Personal-best in the 800 is 2:15.44 at the CIF-SS Division 2 Prelims... Was third in the 1600 with a 4:54.67 at the CIF-SS Division 2 Finals... Qualified for 1600 at the CIF State Championships.

PERSONAL: Born in Orange, Calif... Majoring in communication... Parents are Roberta and Ron Goins... Her triplet siblings, Olivia and Austin, also attend UC Davis and compete for the Aggies... Still holds Canyon High School's 1600m school record... Enjoys playing soccer... Jackie Robinson is her sports hero... Chose to attend UC Davis because the campus is beautiful, loves the college-town atmosphere and academics... Her mom is her non-sports hero... Loves to bake... Would love to visit Bora Bora... "Don't let the little things stop you from achieving the big things," is her advice others.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    Distances
    5'8"
  • 2016Junior

    Distances
    5'8"
  • 2017Senior

    Middle Distances
    5'8"