Ariel Traver
Ariel Traver
  • Height:
    5'8
  • Year:
    2023
  • Hometown:
    Palo Alto, Calif.
  • High School:
    Henry M. Gunn Senior
  • Position:
    Jumps/Sprints
  • 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)

Collegiate Personal Records

  • Triple Jump (IN) - 9.59m : 2019 Smith Winter Classic
  • 200 (IN) - 31.59 : 2019 Smith Winter Classic
  • Long Jump (IN) - 4.16m : 2020 Tufts Cupid Challenge

2021-22

Outdoor Track & Field:

  • Competed in the TJ and LJ at the 2022 NEWMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships

Indoor Track & Field:

  • Finished 6th in the TJ with a 9.20m performance 
  • Competed in the LJ and TJ at the Wheaton Invitational

2020-21

Track & Field: 

  • 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 200 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 Schoo, and 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 4 weeks.
  • Learned french for 4 years, studied for a month in France and 2 weeks in Senegal.
  • Participated in Stanford Relay for Life 2 years.

Personal: 

  • Daughter of Dr. Christopher Traver and Dr. Erica Weirich.
  • Has three half siblings, Austin, Madeleine, and Cole.
  • Has a German Shepherd an an Irish Wolfhound who is 6'3" when he stands up.
  • Misses her cats.
  • Wants to be a professor one day.