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2025 Women's Track and Field Roster

Ariel Martinez

Ariel Martinez

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Major:
    Exercise Science
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Morton West
  • Hometown:
    Berwyn, Ill.

Summary

Biography

2025: Indoor - Finished second in the 5000m with a time of 20:05.83 at the Tad Metzger Invitational (Feb. 7-8)… Set a PR and finished sixth in the 1000m with a time of 3:28.22 at the Chicagoland Championships (Feb. 14)… Received NACC All-Conference honors by finishing fourth in the DMR with a time of 13:54.63 at the NACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 28 -Mar. 1)… Received NACC All-Conference honors and set a PR by placing third in the 3000m with a time of 11:12.24 at the NACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 28 – Mar. 1).
Outdoor - Set a PR in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 12:26.79 at the Chicagoland Outdoor Championships (Apr. 3-5)… Finished second in the 5000m at the Cougar Invitational (Apr. 11-12)… Set a PR in the 5000m with a time of 19:42.00 at the Kip Janvrin Open (Apr. 24-25)… Received NACC All-Conference honors by finishing fifth in the 3000m steeplechase at the NACC Outdoor Championships (May 2-3)… Spring 2025 Dean’s List ... 2024-25 NACC Scholar-Athlete.

2024: Indoor - Placed first in the 3000 with a time of 11:37.68 at the ONU Holiday Invite (Dec. 2) ... Placed third in DMR at the Firebird First Invitational (Jan. 13) ... PR and placed third in the 1000 with a time of 3:31. 48 at the Tadd Metzger Invitational (Feb. 2-3) ... PR in the 5000 with a time of 20:01.34 at the 2024 Windy City Rumble (Feb. 10) ... PR in the mile with a time of 5:46.75 at the 2024 Margaret Bradley Invitational (Feb. 17) ... PR in the 3000 with a time of 11:36.47 and placed third in DMR at the 2024 NACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24).
Outdoor - Placed third in the 5000 at the 2024 Warrior Invitational (Mar. 28) ... PR in the 1500 with a time of 5:16.96 and PR in the 800 with a time of 2:39.21 at the Chicagoland Championship (Apr. 5-6) ... Placed first in the 3000s at the ONU Tiger Open 2024 (Apr. 12-13) ... Placed first in the 3000s at the Green & White Invite (Apr. 20) ... PR and placed fifth in the 3000s with a time of 12:38.05 at the NACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 3-4) ... NACC Scholar Athlete (2023-24).

2023: Indoor - Placed fourth in the mile at the Snow Day Invitational (Jan. 20) ... Had a PR in the mile with a 5:57.08 at the Aurora Grand Prix (Jan 27-28).
Outdoor - Placed fourth and had a PR in the 5000m with a 21:19.05 at the Green & White Invite (Apr. 15) ... Won first place in the 3000 steeplechase at the ONU Tiger Open (Apr. 22) ... Had a PR in the 3000m with a 11:46.57 at the Elmhurst Twilight Invite at Wheaton (Apr. 28) ... Had a PR in the 3000 steeplechase with a 13:37.67 and the 1500m with a 5:26.69 at the NACC Outdoor Championships (May 5-6) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

2022: Indoor - Placed sixth in the mile at the NCC Snow Day Track & Field Invite (Jan. 21) ... Set a PR in the 3000m with a 11:53.34 at the Aurora Grand Prix (Jan. 29) ... Set a PR in the mile with a 6:07.31 at the Margaret Bradley Invitational (Feb. 19) ... Set a PR in the 5000m with a 22:04.36 at the NACC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 25-26).
Outdoor - Set a PR in the 1500m with a 5:46.30 and the 800m with a 2:47.68 at the Warrior Invitational (Apr. 14).

High School: Summa Cum Laude … sportsmanship awards.

Family: Daughter of Angelina Renteria and Uvaldo Martinez … has a younger brother, Isaiah.

Favorite sport other than track: Volleyball
Favorite food: Chicken Alfredo Pasta
Favorite movie: Thor: Ragnarok

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2023Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2024Junior

    5'4"
  • 2025Senior

    Distance
    5'4"