2024 Track and Field Roster
Rios, Ailene

Ailene Rios
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Kinesiology-Sport Psychology Leadership
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Long Beach Poly HS
- Prev School:
- Long Beach City College
Bio
Ailene Rios – Season/Career Statistics
Long Beach State Top 10 – 3000m Steeplechase (11:11.85, 9th)
2024 (Junior)
Outdoor: Ran the ninth fastest steeplechase time in school history, 11:11.85, to finish fourth at the Beach Invitational ... Ran a season-best in the 1500m, 4:44.21, at the Trojan Invite to place fifth ... Recorded a season-best in the mile (5:11.85) for a 20th-place showing at the Steve Scott Invitational.
Indoor: Competed in two meets ... Finished the 800m with a best time of 2:30.28 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational ...Finished in the 18th in the mile (5:17.42) at the MPSF Championships.
Prior To LBSU: Competed for two seasons in cross country and track and field at Long Beach City College… The team’s top finisher at the CCCAA Regional championship, placing in 15th with a 5k time of 18:54.9 to send LBCC to the CCCAA Championships … Finished 20th at the 2022 CCCAA Championships and 33rd at the 2021 CCCAA Championships ... The individual champion at the Fresno Invitational with a 5k time of 19:18.3 … Won the San Diego Kickoff with Long Beach City as a sophomore … Ran the 1500m, 5000m and 3000m steeplechase for the Vikings in Track and Field.
High School: Ran cross country and track for three years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic at Long Beach Poly High School … Earned first-team All-Moore League honors as a freshman and a sophomore … Competed in the 800, 1600m and 3200m during track season.
Major: Kinesiology-Sport Psychology Leadership
Long Beach State Top 10 – 3000m Steeplechase (11:11.85, 9th)
2024 (Junior)
Outdoor: Ran the ninth fastest steeplechase time in school history, 11:11.85, to finish fourth at the Beach Invitational ... Ran a season-best in the 1500m, 4:44.21, at the Trojan Invite to place fifth ... Recorded a season-best in the mile (5:11.85) for a 20th-place showing at the Steve Scott Invitational.
Indoor: Competed in two meets ... Finished the 800m with a best time of 2:30.28 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational ...Finished in the 18th in the mile (5:17.42) at the MPSF Championships.
Prior To LBSU: Competed for two seasons in cross country and track and field at Long Beach City College… The team’s top finisher at the CCCAA Regional championship, placing in 15th with a 5k time of 18:54.9 to send LBCC to the CCCAA Championships … Finished 20th at the 2022 CCCAA Championships and 33rd at the 2021 CCCAA Championships ... The individual champion at the Fresno Invitational with a 5k time of 19:18.3 … Won the San Diego Kickoff with Long Beach City as a sophomore … Ran the 1500m, 5000m and 3000m steeplechase for the Vikings in Track and Field.
High School: Ran cross country and track for three years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic at Long Beach Poly High School … Earned first-team All-Moore League honors as a freshman and a sophomore … Competed in the 800, 1600m and 3200m during track season.
Major: Kinesiology-Sport Psychology Leadership
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