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As a Junior - TF (2025)
- Appeared in nine meets
- Finished fifth in the 4x400m relay at the 2025 CCAA Championships
As a Junior - XC (2024)
- Raced at two meets
- Best finish was at the Kim Duyst XC invite, finishing 40th in 24:34.7
With San Diego Mesa College
- Part of the cross country team that finished 3C2A State runner-up in 2022 and 2023
- Named 3C2A All-American in the 800m (2023, 2024)
- 3C2A State winner in the 800m (2024)
With Southwest High School (El Centro)
- Lettered in cross country, track & field and basketball
- Helped the track & field team win the Imperial Valley title from 2019-22
- Selected as track's MVP from 2019-22
Personal
- Born December 21 in Brawley
- Parents are Daniel Garcia and Mona Ruiz
- Has two sisters Geneva and Mila
- Her heroes are her parents and grandparents because "the support and love they have for me is limitless."
- Her favorite athlete is Kate Touchet because "she is a fabulous rookie in the triathlon and her infinite amount of happiness is my motivational weapon."
- When asked hy she chose Chico State: "
I've lived in a desert. I've lived in a big city. I wanted to try green, there are so many trees here compared to what I'm used to. Also, Chico allowed me to pursue higher education while continuing my athletic career."
- Her greatest moments in sports so far is "eating açai bowls after every workout with my teammates."
- The most impressive thing she's done outside of sports is she learned how to make un-burnt rice
- Outside of cross country, she can stand on her hands for two seconds
- Enjoys cooking new things like bread, spam masubi and soup
- On her bucket list is to plant and harvest sweet potatoes
- An interesting thing about her is she had a pet lamb named Lambert
- The best advice she received was "the harder you work, the harder it is to surrender." Her grandfather is a fan of football coaching legend Vince Lombardi so he "would always spew out advance quoted from him."
- Majoring in Kinesiology with aspirations to apply to San Diego State's accelerated nursing program at the IVC campus
