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2021-22 Women's Track and Field Roster

Vanden Harris
Kelsey Lang
Mike McGinnis

Clarissa Garcia

Clarissa Garcia

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Hometown:
    San Diego, Calif.
  • Previous School:
    West Hills HS

Summary

Biography

Career Stats

ACADEMIC AWARDS
  • D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award (2020-21)
  • CCAA All-Academic (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
  • CCAA Fall Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • CCAA Spring Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District first team (2019-20)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2020)
  • F.A.R. Cougar All-Academic (2019)
  • Mangrum Award for Academic Excellence (Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022)
  • Big Blue Award (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021)
  • Cougar Award (Spring 2018)

ATHLETIC AWARDS (T&F)
  • All-CCAA Track & Field first team (2019, 2022)
  • CCAA 800-Meter Champion (2019, 2022)
  • CCAA Track & Field All-Star (2020)

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2022 DURING TRACK & FIELD
  • Competed in three indoor meets and eight outdoor meets.
  • Won her second consecutive CCAA Championship in the 800-meter run at the CCAA Track & Field Championships (May 5-7) with a time of 2:13.56.
  • Recorded the program's second-fastest indoor 800-meter run of 2:13.55 at the BU Last Chance (Feb. 27).
  • Helped set the team's second-fastest indoor DMR time of 12:01.52 at the BU Last Chance.
  • Outdoor 800-meter time of 2:10.78 at the Beach Invitational (April 15-16) was the second fastest in program history.
  • Ran the program's ninth-fastest 1500-meter time of 4:36.95 at the APU Last Chance.
  • Helped record the sixth-fastest outdoor DMR in school history at the OIDFE Challenge (Jan. 29) with a time of 12:24.01.
  • Ran her lone 5K of the season at the CCAA Track & Field Championships with a time of 18:26.79.

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2021 DURING CROSS COUNTRY
  • Competed in five races. 
  • Placed 30th at the Mark Covert Classic (Sept. 4) with a time of 19:15.6. 
  • Ran a career-best 5K time of 18:20.1 to place eighth in the Biola Invitational (Sept. 10). 
  • Turned in a 6K personal-best time of 21:29.9 to take 16th at the CCAA Cross Country Championships (Oct. 23). 
  • Took 55th at the NCAA Division II West Regional (Nov. 6) with a 6K time of 22:52.5. 

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2021 DURING TRACK & FIELD
  • Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2020 DURING CROSS COUNTRY
  • Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2020 DURING TRACK & FIELD
  • Broke the school's indoor 800-meter record with an NCAA Provisional time of 2:14.06 at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 15).
  • Helped set the third-best indoor DMR in program history at the GVSU Big Meet.
  • Ran the fastest outdoor 800-meter time in Division II with a time of 2:15.52 at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (March 7).
  • Ran a personal best and the second-fastest outdoor 1500 in Division II with a time of 4:37.03 at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge.
  • Season shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2019 DURING CROSS COUNTRY
  • Competed in two races.
  • Ran a personal-best 21:36.1 in the 6K at the Cougar Challenge (Oct. 13) to finish in eighth place.
  • Turned in a 5K PR time of 18:36.6 at the Biola Invitational (Sept. 7) to place 11th.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2019 DURING TRACK & FIELD
  • Won the CCAA Championship (May 4) in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:11.48 - third fastest in program history.
  • Posted a personal best in the 1500-meter run at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (March 28-30) with a time of 4:44.23.
  • Had a personal-best time of 18:19.95 in the 5,000-meter run at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Collegiate Scoring Meet (March 16).
  • Along with teammates Marina McDonough, Sierra Julian and Jax Heckers, helped post the fourth-fastest distance medley relay time in program history at 12:21.30.
  • Posted back-to-back wins in the 800-meter run at the RCC Invitational (March 1) and the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (March 9) with times of 2:16.61 and 2:13.02, respectively.

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2018 DURING CROSS COUNTRY
  • Ran in five races.
  • Placed ninth in the Cougar Challenge (Oct. 13) with a time of 22:55.2.
  • Turned in a 6K time of 22:55.2 at the CCAA Championships (Nov. 3) to place 43rd.
  • Competed in the NCAA Division II West Region Championships (Nov. 17) to finish 113rd with a time of 23:25.1 in the 3.74M race.
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2018 DURING TRACK & FIELD
  • Competed in the 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 4x100m and 4x400m.
  • Placed ninth in the 800m (2:15.50) at the CCAA Championships (May 3-5).
  • Ran a PR of 4:46.86 in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 19-20).
  • Collected a PR of 2:15.38 to finish 14th at the UCSD Triton Invitational (April 13-14).
  • Took second in the 800m (2:19.88) at the Cal State L.A. Invitational (March 2-3).
  • Member of the 4x400m relay team that finished sixth in a time of 3:58.19 at the CCAA Championships (May 3-5).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017 DURING CROSS COUNTRY
  • Did not compete in any races. 

HIGH SCHOOL 
  • Graduated in 2017 from West Hills High School in Santee, Calif.
  • Awarded Most Outstanding Track Athlete her junior year.
  • Named Most Outstanding Varsity Sprinter her senior year.
  • Received Team Captain letterman patch her junior year.
  • Honor roll.
  • Named to the San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic Team.
  • Holds the second fastest 400m time at West Hills HS with a time of 58.95 (2017).
  • Also competed on the cross country team.
 
PERSONAL 
  • Born in Killeen, Texas.
  • Daughter of Manuel Garcia, Paula and Richard Pedrero.
  • Has four siblings; Andrea, George, Julia and Manuel.
  • Her farther competed in the 1992 Olympics, representing Guam on the cycling team.
  • Enjoys playing the guitar, listening to music and spending time with family and friends.
  • Favorite movie is “10 Things I Hate About You”.
  • Greatest influence is her grandparents and her cousin Anthony.
  • Favorite athlete is Allyson Felix. 
  • Most memorable moment was breaking 60 seconds in the 400m.
  • Enjoys how friendly everyone is on campus. 
  • Majoring in Molecular & Cellular Biology and minoring in Psychology and Chemistry. 
  • Plans on getting her PhD in Cancer Biology. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

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    5'4"

  • 2018-19Sophomore

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    5'4"

  • 2019-20Junior

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    5'4"

  • 2020-21Redshirt Junior

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    5'4"

  • 2021-22Redshirt Junior

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    5'4"