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2025 Track & Field Roster

Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego

Charis Wondercheck

  • Position Hurdles
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Pacifica HS
  • Hometown Orange County, Calif.
  • Major Business Psychology
  • College Muir

Biography

AT CSUN 2023-24
OUTDOOR: 
Wondercheck competed in five meets on the season ... ran as a member of the 4x400m relay team and posted a time of 3:56.27 to take ninth at the Big West Championships (5/11/24) ... finished 12th in the 400m-hurdles with a time of 1:06.34 in the prelims of the Big West Championships (5/10/24) ... placed 13th in the 100m-hurdles with a time of 14.31 in the prelims of the Big West Championships ... set a PR in the 400m-hurdles with a time of 1:04.01 to take seventh at the Steve Scott Invitational (4/27/24) ... recorded a PR in the 100m-hurdles with a time of 14.53 at the Steve Scott Invitational.
INDOOR: Competed in four meets ... finished 16th and set a PR in the 400m with a time of 58.36 at the MPSF Championships (2/26/24) ... set a PR in the 60m-hurdles with a time of 8.80 to finish 15th in the prelims at the MPSF Championships (2/25/24) ... recorded a PR in the 200m with a time of 26.80 at the Friday Night Ax 'Em Open (1/12/24).

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2023 graduate of Pacifica HS ... 2022 Arcadia Invitational - placed 3rd in the Women’s 100m hurdles ... 2022 & 2023 100m hurdle OC champion ... 2022& 2023 ranked top 25 hurdler in California, and #1 in OC ... Cif finals qualifier 2022 & 2023 ... First team all League 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles (2022) ... Second team all-league 100m, and high jump (2022) ... First team all Orange County 100mh (2023) ... Second team all Orange County 100m hurdles (2022) ... First team all-league 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles, high jump, and 200m (2023) ... Holds 5 school records: HJ, 100m, 100mH, 300mH, and 4x100m Relay ... Played basketball all four years and was second team all-league and 2x first team all-league; her team won CIF her junior year.

PERSONAL
Born September 7 in Newport Beach ... Majoring in business psychology with a minor in communications at Muir College ... Plans on becoming a sports reporter for the Lakers or ESPN upon graduating from UC San Diego ... Her favorite memories as an athlete are when she set the Tiger Meet record in 2023 and winning OC Champs two years in a row ... Roots for the Los Angeles Lakers ... Her favortie athlete is Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ... Enjoys going to the beach, trying new food places, baking, and painting in her free time ... Listens to Sza and Daniel Caesar ... Most people don't know she's double jointed.

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