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Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

2016 Women's Track and Field

Ailene Nguyen

Ailene Nguyen

  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Saratoga
  • Hometown:
    Saratoga, Calif.

Summary

Biography

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed her junior season as a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Women's Track and Field team...Competes in the long jump, triple jump, and the 100 meters...Has school records in the long jump (18-8) and triple jump (37-10 1/2), which had stood since the 1970's and in the 100 meters (12.20), which had stood since 1986...Ranks second in program history in the 200 meters (25.17).

2015: NCAA Qualifier in long jump...SCIAC Champion in long jump and 200 meters...All-SCIAC in 100 and triple jump...SCIAC All-Academic team...USTFCCCA All-Academic selection...Captured the 200 meters at the SCIAC Championships with a 25.17 (winning by .04) a personal best time (second in school history)...Also won the long jump title with a 18-3, winning by 5 1/2 inches...Finished in third place in the 100 meters with a 12.23 to earn All-SCIAC honors...Tied for third in the triple jump but officially finished fourth (missing All-SCIAC) due to the tiebreaker.

2014: NCAA Qualifier in long jump...All-SCIAC in 100 meters, long jump, triple jump...SCIAC All-Academic team...USTFCCCA All-Academic selection...Qualified for the finals in the long jump at the NCAA Division III Championships, finishing ninth (missing All-America honors by one place)...Came in seeded 18th...Finished second in the SCIAC Championships in both the long jump and the 100 meters and third in the triple jump...Set a school record in the 100 meters (12.20) at the Redlands Last Chance Meet...Helped the 4x100 relay team to the seventh-best time in program history at the SCIAC Championships (49.98).

2013: SCIAC Champion in long jump...NCAA qualifier in long jump...All-SCIAC in triple jump and 100 meters...USTFCCCA All-Academic selection...Broke school record with a jump of 18-8 at the SCIAC's, which earned her a first place finish and enabled her to qualify for nationals...Competed at NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships despite an illness, finishing 22nd...Finished sixth in SCIAC's in the 100 meters after qualifying for the finals by winning her heat with a 12.67...Third in SCIAC Championships in the triple jump...Set school record in triple jump in her second collegiate meet, and then broke her own record at Occidental with a 36-11 3/4.

High School: Attended Saratoga High School, where she was a member of the track team...A four-time MVP...Named Falcon Female Athlete of the YEar in 2012...Was the San Jose Mercury News Athlete of the Week in 2011...A four-time SCVAL Champion in the long jump, as well as the school record holder...Placed in the top four in the CCS in the long jump for four years...Qualified for the state meet in both the long jump and triple jump...Went to nationals for the Junior Olympics in 2010...Personal records in high school were 18'4" in the long jump, 36'8.25" in the triple jump and 12.47 in the 100 meters...National Merit Finalist and AP Scholar with Distinction.

Personal: Attends Pomona College, where she majors in molecular biology and minors in philosophy...Favorite athletes include J.R. Celski and Allyson Felix...Plans to attend medical school after graduation.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'5"
  • 2014Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'5"
  • 2015Junior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'5"
  • 2016Senior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'5"