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UC San Diego

2025 Track & Field Roster

Arwyn Guinto/UC San Diego

Kelsie Yamano

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • High School San Clemente HS
  • Hometown San Clemente, Calif.
  • Major Bioengineering
  • College Muir

Biography

AS A SENIOR IN 2025
Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (Highest Honors).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023
Spring Big West All-Academic Team.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022
Finished ninth overall with a personal best in the 3000 (10:36.41) at the Triton Invitational (4/9) ... Cracked the top ten in the 1500 with a personal-best effort (4:48.99) at the Vince O'Boyle Classic (4/2) ... Member of the distance medley relay team which finished fifth overall (12:49.46) at the Rossi Relays (2/26) ... Crossed the line sixth in the 1500 (4:55.88) at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/11) ... Posted a time of 2:26.88 in her sole 800 race of the season at the Steve Scott Invitational (4/30). 

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of San Clemente High School in San Clemente ... A three-sport athlete, she also ran cross country and was on the swim team ... Won Sea View League championships in all three sports ... Track & field and cross country team captain as a junior and senior ... Named SCHS Female Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Also ran for Valor Track Club beginning in 2020.

PERSONAL
Born June 18 in Mission Viejo ... Parents are Becky and Kevin Yamano ... She is the second-oldest of five siblings ... Majoring in bioegineering at Muir College ... Plans to go to graduate school and work as an engineer for medical devices that will help people ... Most memorable moment was winning her heat of the 1500 with a big PR the day her sister came to watch ... Enjoys swimming, body surfing, calligraphy, and climbing in her free time ... She was a competitive swimmer for ten years ... Hopes to use her past swimming experience to compete in triathlons in the future ... Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is her favorite athlete ... Roots for the San Diego Padres ... Favorite moment competing is winning a league championship with her team and as an individual in the 1600 and 3200 in high school ... Listens to Morgan Wallen ... Interstellar is her favorite movie ... Favorite food is ice cream.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2023Sophomore

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2024Junior

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2025Senior

    Distance
    5'4"

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