2019 Track and Field
Mikaela Romanini
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Bakersfield HS
- Hometown:
- Bakersfield, CA
2020 -- Indoor Season: Broke her own school record for the 600 meters, lowering the mark to 1:31.90 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic in Albuquerque on Feb. 7 (tallying third place overall) ... in addition, clocked the program’s third-fastest 800m effort ever indoors: 2:09.3 at the Arkansas Qualifier on Feb. 21 (good for fourth place throughout the sections). Outdoor T&F: Spring was cancelled due to COVID-19; however, retains NCAA year of eligibility ... meanwhile, made the Big West All-Academic Team for a second consecutive season, in addition to earning Conference Commissioner’s Honors academically.
2019 -- Scored in the 800 meters at the Big West Championships for the second year in a row, taking sixth place in the Conference Final at UC Santa Barbara on May 11, with a time of 2:11.20 ... earned her collegiate-best 800m time — 2:11.18 — at the Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa Pacific on April 19 ... at the Blue-Green Rivalry Dual vs. UCSB on April 27, helped the Mustangs win the 4x400m relay in 3:53.44, while also clocking an 800m effort of 2:12.10 (placing second) ... during the winter, established a school record for the 600-meter event at the UNM Classic on Feb. 1, finishing third via 1:33.76 ... also belonged to the distance medley relay squad which set the program record for the indoor event at the UW Invitational in Seattle Jan. 25: 11:44.27 ... top indoor 800m time, 2:11.96, took fourth place at Arkansas Feb. 15 ... also made the Big West All-Academic Team. Cross Country (Fall 2018): Made collegiate debut on the course as a redshirt freshman, entering UCSB’s Lagoon Open on Sept. 15; took 30th place at the Gauchos’ fall triangular (also vs. Cal State Fullerton), with a 5k effort of 18:42.5.
2018 -- Finished just one spot back of making the All-Conference Team as a true freshman, as she took fourth place at the Big West Championships for the 800 meters on May 12, posting a collegiate PR of 2:11.23 at CSUN ... also belonged to the Mustang 4x400m relay squad at the conference finals, helping Cal Poly tally a team point in the event with a time of 3:52.92 ... added a ninth-place 800m performance of 2:14.27 at the Titan Challenge on March 31, and then lowered the time to 2:13.94 at UCLA’s Invitational on April 14 (good for seventh place), then bettering it again at the Mt. SAC Relays in Torrance, to 2:12.45 (19th overall April 20) ... during indoor season, clocked an 800m time of 2:16.53 in Seattle on Feb. 10 at Washington’s Husky Classic ... top 4x400m relay team for the spring came in fourth place at Fullerton’s invitational via a time of 3:50.67. Cross Country (Fall 2017): Redshirted.
Prep -- At Bakersfield High School, ran the 800 meters in a school-record 2:10.43, taking third place at the 2015 Central Section Masters Championships ... finished ninth at the 2017 CIF State Championships with a time of 2:11.55 ... 400m PR was 57.14, winning the 2017 South Area Championships ... also was part of a State Championship-qualifying, Central Section championship-winning 4x400m relay squad that posted a top time of 3:54.70 ... was a four-time Southwest Yosemite League 800m champion ... in cross country season for the Drillers, her best 5k time of 19:32.0 earned third place at the SWYL Mini-Meet in the fall of 2016 ... also played volleyball as an outside hitter ... was class valedictorian, in addition to participating in ASB, Surf Club and Ecology Club.
Personal -- Parents are both Cal Poly alumni ... majors in Environmental Engineering.
