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)
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:
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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 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.