UC San Diego

MEDIA
Tamara Aimufia: Jumping toward records (7/2/25)
Big West Champion Interview (5/16/25)

HONORS AND AWARDS
Big West Champion (Long Jump, 2025)
All-Big West (Long Jump, 2025)

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2025
Big West Champion in the long jump with a mark of 6.08m ... All-Big West honors in the long jump ... Also finished eighth at The Big West Championships in the triple jump with a mark of 11.99m ... Qualified for the First Round of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in long jump, finishing 41st with a mark of 5.82m ... Season-best mark of 6.14m in the long jump, the second-best jump in school history ... Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (Highest Honors) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete ... Named to UC San Diego's All-Triton Team ... Won the triple jump event at Cal State San Marcos' Mangrum Invitational with a mark of 12.04m, setting the invitational record ... Won the long jump event at San Diego State's Aztec Invitational with a mark of 5.93m.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2024
UCU Athlete of the Week (5/6) ... Season-best mark of 12.36m in the triple jump, the second-best mark in school history.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2023 graduate of United Christian Academy in Rancho Cucamonga ...IE Varsity Girl's Athlete of the Year 2022-23…All-league + MVP (2021-2022 and 2022-2023) for track and field…3 year MVP for varsity volleyball (2019-2020, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023)…Division 8 player of the year for volleyball 2022-2023…Won CIF-SS division 4 titles in both long and triple jump 2022-2023…At State finals: 4th in triple jump, 7th in long jump (2022-2023)… CIF-SS Division 8 Volleyball Champions (2022-2023).
 
PERSONAL
Born June 28 in Rancho Cucamonga…Cognitive science major with a Specialization in Design and Interaction at Muir College...Intends to become a full-stack computer software engineer, and work at Google or start her own company upon graduation...Her most memorable moment was competing at Mt. Sac for the first time, and finally hitting 19ft in long jump...Favorite athlete is gymnast Simone Biles...Enjoys reading and listening to music...Listens to Jazmine Sullivan, HER, and Lauryn Hill...Favorite movie is Rush Hour...Loves Nigerian food and Thai food...Most people do not know that she competed in gymnastics for 8 years.