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2017 Women's Track and Field Roster

Luke Reid
Robert Whitehead
Robert Whitehead

Laura Aceves

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown El Monte
  • Highschool Baldwin Park HS
  • Prev School East Los Angeles College

Biography

All-American (NCAA-recognized)
All-American (USTFCCCA)
2016 NCAA meet (13th)
2016 USFTCCAA West Region Runner of the Year
2016 NCAA West Region Champion
2016 CCAA Champion
2016 CCAA Runner of the Year
School record holder in both 5,000 (16:35.05) and 6,000 m (20:52.8)
2016-17 CSUSB Female Athlete of the Year

Cross Country: (2016) 
Became CSUSB's first NCAA All-American, finishing 13th at NCAA Championship in St. Leo, Fla. … Ran school-record time of 20:52.8 … Became CSUSB's first runner to win NCAA West Regional with then school-record time of 20:55.95 … Named USTFCCCA West Region Runner of the Year … Won the CCAA title at Ontario in school record time of 21:03.3 over 6,000m … Named the CCAA Runner of the Year … Finished first in five of first six races before the NCAA meet … Set school record time in 5000 course at Biola (16:35.08) … (2015) Competed in six races for the Coyotes, who finished with their best CCAA finish in school history (3rd) and NCAA West Regional (9th) … Completed season with five top-25 finishes … Her 22:14.9 CCAA time in which she placed 21st ranks sixth in school history … Ran 18:33.6 over 5 K at UC Irvine, finishing 12th and recorded eighth best in school history … Finished 60th at NCAA regional in Monmouth, Ore. … A CCAA All-Academic choice … A Division II Athletics Directors Academic Acheivement honoree.

Track and Field (2017) Qualified for NCAA championship with school-record 5,000 m time of 16:46.86 in 5000 … She is the only Coyote in program history to compete at the NCAAs, after her 3000 steeplechase effort in 2016 … Placed 15th in 5000 at NCAA meet in Brandenton, Fla. … Earned All-CCAA honors in the 5000, placing third … Earned NCAA provisional times in steeplechase and 1500 … CoSIDA Academic All-District … (2016) Made a name for herself this spring, becoming CSUSB's first NCAA championship competitor, qualifying in the 3,000-meter steeplechase … Her time of 10 minutes, 37.54 seconds gave her a CCAA runner-up finish at Cal State L.A. on May 7 and met the NCAA provisional standard … Went on to compete at the national event in Bradenton, Fla., where she ran 10:41.02 in preliminaries … Became CSUSB's first All-CCAA honoree with her runner-up finish at the CCAAs … Scored eight of the Coyotes' 22 points where they finished eighth overall … CCAA All-Academic.

At East L.A. College: Competed and served as team captain her two seasons in track and field and cross country … Helped team to a pair of conference XC titles … A two-time All-American in cross country … Won the 2015 state 3,000 steeplechase and won the 2014-15 10,000 titles …Became the first in school history to earn all-meet 1st or 2nd team status in every race she competed in XC.

At Baldwin Park Adult HS: Graduated in 2013.

Personal: Daughter of Filiberto Aceves and Martha Alvarez …  Kinesiology major … Nine-inch Nails, U2 and muse are among her favorites … In-N-Out rules … Life is Beautiful is her all-time favorite movie.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Junior

  • 2017Senior