Washburn University Athletics

At Washburn: Has competed in 22 combined events as an Ichabod … a nine-time member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

In 2021-22 (cross country): Had a career-best 8th place in the three-mile course at the Masterson Twilight with a 19:43.2 ... ran a 5K career-best 19:48.8 running time in the FHSU Tiger Open ... member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll … (track) had a season-best 11th-place finish at the Washburn All-Kansas Invite during the indoor season in a time of 5:30.10 … finished the mile at the Ichabod Invitational in a career-best time of 5:22.46 … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

In 2020-21 (cross country): Placed 53rd with a running time of 25:40.7 in the 6K at the Newman Teams Championships … (track): Sat out during the indoor portion of the schedule … had a PR of 5:00.19 in the 1500m at the MIAA Outdoor Championships finishing 18th which was the fourth-best individual performance in program history … named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

In 2019-20 (cross country): Had a season-best 12th-place finish at the Bearcat Invitational with a time of 21:14.80 on the 5K course time … finished 71st at the MIAA Cross Championships in a time of 24:46.10 ... named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll. (track) Sat out during the track season ... named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

Background: Finished 11th in the 800m as a senior at the state meet and part of the second-place state and the regional champion 4x400m relay team … finished third in teh 4x800m relay as a senior … finished eighth at the state cross country meet as a senior and was 18th as a junior after placing 34th as a sophomore and 25th as a freshman … part of 4x400m state champion team as a junior and her 4x800m relay team was fourth.

Personal: Daughter of Ramon and Perla Ayala … sisters, Ximena and Eliana and a brother, Matthew … majoring in criminal justice.