Ariel Traver
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- Height:
- 5'8"
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- Year:
- 2023
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- Hometown:
- Palo Alto, Calif.
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- High School:
- Henry M. Gunn Senior
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- Position:
- Jumps/Sprints
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- Major:
- Computer Science
Bio
Link to TFFRS.org Career Statistics
Collegiate Career Honors:
- 2x NEWMAC Women's Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team (2021, 2022)
2022-23:
Outdoor Track & Field:
- Opened outdoor season with a 10th place finish in the triple jump at Emory Thrills in the Hills (10.30m)
- Took ninth place in the triple jump at the Coast Guard Invitational (10.14m)
- Earned second in the triple jump (9.96m) and sixth in the long jump at the Wellesley Tri-Meet (4.54m)
- Had personal-bests in the long jump (4.83m) and triple jump (10.45m) at the NEWMAC Championship
Indoor Track & Field:
- Made season debut with third place finish in the triple jump and seventh place finish in the long jump against Smith and Mount Holyoke (10.20m, 4.46m)
2021-22:
Outdoor Track & Field:
- Competed in the TJ and LJ at the 2022 NEWMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Indoor Track & Field:
- Finished sixth in the TJ with a 9.20m performance
- Competed in the LJ and TJ at the Wheaton Invitational
2020-21:
Track & Field:
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Did not participate due to Covid-19 Pandemic
2019-20:
Indoor Track & Field:
- Made six appearances in the indoor season
- Set three personal bests
- Finished the tripple jump with a distance of 9.59m and the 200m with a time of 31.59 at the Smith Winter Classic
- Finished the long jump with a distance of 4.16m at the Tufts Cupid Challenge
Before Wellesley:
- Attended Henry M. Gunn Senior High School, graduated in 2019
- Was captain of the long and triple jump team
- Was first flute in wind ensemble
- Founded a nonprofit for teaching CS in East Palo Alto
- Taught CS to refugees ages 15-18 in Lesvos, Greece, for four weeks
- Learned french for four years, studied for a month in France and two weeks in Senegal
- Participated in Stanford Relay for Life for two years
Personal:
- Daughter of Dr. Christopher Traver and Dr. Erica Weirich
- Has three half-siblings, Austin, Madeleine, and Cole
- Has a German Shepherd and an Irish Wolfhound who is 6'3" when he stands up
- Misses her cats
- Wants to be a professor one day