Hana Welsh

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Highland HS
Hometown:
Palmdale, CA

2019 -- Closed her junior season establishing career bests for both hurdle events, including in the 400m hurdles at the Big West Championships; clocked a PR of 1:03.04 at the Conference Finals on May 10, good for 12th place at Pauley Track ... in the regular-season finale, the Blue-Green Rivalry Dual at UC Santa Barbara on April 27, came in fourth place for the 100m hurdles with a collegiate wind-countable PR effort of 15.16 ... also at the Gaucho dual, tallied a second-place 400H performance of 1:03.48 ... recorded a third-place 1:03.68, another time exceeding the Big West Finals-qualifying mark, at the UCSB Tri-Meet March 9 ... earned a spot on the Big West All-Academic Team (in addition to Conference Commissioner’s Highest Honors) for a second consecutive year.

2018 -- Earned the team’s third-leading 400-meter hurdles time as a sophomore, clocking a performance of 1:04.78, on March 24 at the Cal Poly #ShareSLO Invitational ... advanced to the Big West Championships for the 400mH, taking 14th place at CSUN on May 11, in 1:05.49 ... season-best 100m hurdles time, 15.36, also came at the home invite (alongside a wind-aided 15.14 vs. UCSB April 28) ... made the Big West All-Academic Team.

2017 -- Posted a season-best 100-meter hurdles time of 15.17 seconds at the Bulldog Invitational in Clovis on April 22 ... top 400m hurdles performance, 1:07.09, came vs. UCSB on April 29 ... also clocked a 100m hurdles time of 15.32 at the dual against the Gauchos.

Prep -- As a senior at Highland High School in Palmdale, won the Golden League title for the 300-meter hurdles with a career-best performance of 44.98 seconds, going on to take 10th place at the Southern Section Division 1 Championships ... also had a 100m hurdles PR at the league finals, posting a performance of 15.00 in the prelims.

Personal -- Majors in Mechanical Engineering.