Chico State Athletics

Notable Track and Field Awards
- First Team All-American - 10,000m (2025)
- Second Team All-American - 5000m (2024)
- All-West Region - 5000m (2024, 2025)
- All-West Region - 10,000m (2025)
- All-CCAA - 5000m (2024, 2025)

Notable Results
- 2nd fastest time in Chico State program history (5000m - 16:24.48)
- 9th fastest time in Chico State program history (1500m - 4:31.38)
- 3rd fastest time in Chico State program history (10,000m - 34:09.93)

As a Sophomore - T&F (2025)
- Appeared in seven meets
- Raced in her second NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 10,000m and 5000m.
- Finished sixth in the 10,000m at the NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field Championships, earning First Team All-American honors.
- Concluded the season with a 12th place finish in the 5000m at the NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field Championships, earning Second Team All-American.
- Earned All-CCAA in the 5000m with a third place finish at the CCAA Championships
- Ran the third fastest 10,000m in program history at the Stanford Invitational (34:09.93)
- Set the second fastest time in program history in the 5000m at the 2025 Bryan Clay Invite (16:17.53)

As a Freshman - T&F (2024)
- Appeared in eight meets
- Raced in her first NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in the 5000m, finishing in 11th and earning Second Team All-American with a time of 17:06.64
- Finished third and earned All-CCAA in the 5000m at the CCAA Championships, came in fifth in the 1500m
- Recorded a personal best time of 16:24.48 in the 5000m at the Franson Last Chance
- Set a new personal best in the 1500m at the Chico Invite of 4:31.38
- Was part of the distance medley relay team that set a new school and meet record of 11:45.20 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic 

Pre-Chico Days
- Joins the Wildcats along with her twin sister Iresh as one of the most decorated distance runners in Northern Section history
- On the cross country trails won six of the 11 races that she contested during her senior year at Chico High School, including the season-opening Bill Springhorn Invitational (three-mile time of 17:53)
- Holds the Panthers school record in the 1,600m and 3-mile cross country runs
- Was the lone athlete to break the 19 minute barrier at the Chico Autumn Invitational
- Won the Eastern Athletic League individual 5k title and took second to her sister in the three-mile run at the Northern Section championships
- Concluded the fall season with a 16th place run at the State Championships, where she turned in one of the fastest state meet performances ever by a Northern Section athlete, registering a personal best 5k time of 18:32.3
- On the track, raced in only four meets before injury took her out of the remainder of her senior year of competition
- Posted a PR time and set a new Chico High record on the way to taking top honors in the 1,600m run at Rocklin High School’s Thunder Invitational, stopping the clock at 5:08.7
- Wrapped up the 2022 track & field season with an 11:00.3 3,200m PR, ranking her as the ninth-best performer in the event in Northern Section history.  
 
Personal
- Born January 22, in Chico
- Daughter of Forough Molina
- Has three siblings: Sondae, Andris, and twin sister (and Wildcats teammate) Iresh
- Her mom is her hero (“She is the most selfless, loving, and giving person that I’ve ever known, and I hope to become a lot like her in that way. She is also super strong in every way, and thinks about sports in a very healthy way, which has made my experiences with sports less about being competitive in a spiteful and negative way, and more about being competitive because it’s fun and satisfying to see hard work pay off”)
- The person she most admires in the sports world is triathlete Julie Moss (“She epitomizes willpower and determination”)
- Chose to attend Chico State “mainly for the cross country team. I so badly have wanted to be on it ever since I can remember thinking about running on a team, and I love every minute of it. I also chose Chico because the kinesiology and exercise physiology programs are wonderful, and because I am in close proximity to my mom”
- Her two favorite professors at Chico have been Ed Pluth for Intro to Philosophy and Jessica Cross for Basic Drawing for the way they've been able to expand her mind and introduce new perspective into her life
- Her greatest sports moment was participating in the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Regionals Meet ("It was the most unyielding and focused I have ever felt in a race yet. That race did not produce my all time PR, but I was proud of the effort throughout the race, and especially the kick at the end, during which I couldn't hear anything and my legs felt like they were trying to get away from the rest of my body.")
- The most interesting thing she’s ever done is play Monopoly for 10 hours straight (“Our main snack choice was powdered sugar mixed with granulated sugar in a bowl”)
- The most impressive thing she’s ever accomplished was reading a whole book every day of summer 2017
- Has learned by competing in distance running that “everything is better when you sleep adequately. Also, you can do more than you’ve ever dreamed of through hard work”
- Enjoys reading historical fiction, Greek myths, and making birthday cards when she has some free time
- Her biggest talent outside of running is “probably drawing or reading fast”
- Claims she can say the Preamble to the Constitution really fast
- At the top of her bucket list: “I want to put fairy houses in random places so people become more likely to believe in magic. I also want to be All American in Cross Country and Track”
- Best advice ever received came from her sister Iresh who simply told her to "appreciate", which has been enough to give her perspective at any time
- Majoring in Kinesiology
- Expected to graduate in 2026 and plans to either become a physical therapist or kinesiology teacher, become a professional runner, or follow her other passion of becoming an author