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2023 Cross Country Roster

Marcelino Navarro
Lani-Rae Green

Emma Arriaga

Emma Arriaga

  • Height:
    5-4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Major:
    Animal Science
  • Hometown:
    Walnut, Calif.
  • High School:
    Walnut HS '19

Summary

Biography

2023 XC: Recorded a personal best at the Big West Preview, running a 20:48.9 in the 5k competition... placed 9th in the 6k with a time of 23:58.3 at the Stump Invitational... Then placed 77th at the San Francisco State Invitational with a 6k time of 24:52.4. 

2022: BIG WEST CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC…Competed in four meets…Best finish of the season came at the Bill Dellinger Invitational where she finished 51st with a time of 21:51.5…Finished 56th at the University of San Francisco Invitational with a time of 23:22.1…Ran a time of 22:12.3 at the Bronco Invitational…Had a 22:24.0 time at the UCR Invitational.

2021 XC: BIG WEST CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC… Competed in four meets… Placed 35th at the Big West Conference Championship with a time of 22:13.3… Top finish of the season came at the Pacific Invitational where she crossed the line in 15th with a 6k time of 22:50.2.

2021 T&F: Team’s lone competitor in 3,000 steeplechase... Ran 11:45.98 in collegiate debut during Causeway Track Classic (4/30), then placed 7th (11:37.79) at Big West Conference two weeks later... Indoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 XC: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 T&F: Finished fourth in the 800m at the Cal Invite (3/7) with a time of 2:20.25... That was the only meet the Aggies competed in since COVID-19 forced a premature end to the season.

2019 XC: BIG WEST CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER'S HONOR ROLL WITH HIGHEST HONORS (3.51-4.00 GPA)... Set a new personal best by finishing the Dellinger Invite (9/13) in 22:11.0... Fastest time of the season was crossed the line at the Bronco Invite (10/19) in 21:41.8.

WALNUT HS ’19: Competed in track and cross country all four years at Walnut HS… Earned All-Hacienda League honors in both sports every year… Four-year league champion in the 800m… Was a 2:14 800m runner… Also won the San Gabriel Valley meet her freshman year… Won the league 4x400m her senior year and earned Hall of Fame status… In cross, was a four-year varsity runner… Earned Most Outstanding Athlete honors all four years... Competed for the Tustin Equalizers.

PERSONAL: From Walnut, Calif… Daughter of Laura Quint, a retired law enforcement officer… Has six siblings, including twin sister Chloe Arriaga, who is also on the cross country and track & field teams… Most people don’t know she has a pet pig, and that she is a twin… Proudest personal accomplishment is learning how to do the worm and moonwalk… Favorite movie is Pulp Fiction… Plans to work in a wildlife sanctuary and be involved in wildlife rehabilitation after graduating from UC Davis… Sports hero is Brenda Martinez, and non-sports hero is Zendaya… Top three things on bucket list are to live in a foreign country, nurse sloths in the Amazon, and ride the Harry Potter train… Chose UC Davis Athletics because the coaches seemed very ambitious in her individual growth, as well as the team, and that they are honest and open to anyone on the team.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2021Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2022Junior

    5'4"
  • 2023Senior

    5'4"