Awards & Accolades
All-SoCon Honor Roll (2021)
SoCon All-Conference second team (Fall 2021)
SoCon Track Athlete of the Week (2/23/2022)
Outdoor Track 2022 (5th Year)
Ariana finished her last outdoor season, running even better times than the previous year. She had a career best at the High Point Vertklasse Meeting, finishing 5th overall with a time of 4:37.34. At the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic, Garcia ran the 5000m where she ran a personal best time of 17:42.59 and finished 3rd overall. At the SoCon Outdoor Championship, she placed 9th, racing the 1500m and crossing the line at 4:45.14.
Indoor Track 2021-22 (5th Year)
Ariana Garcia had a great last indoor season with UNCG, finishing with some of her best times. At the JDL February Multi & Track Meet, she ran a personal best time of 37.21 in the 200m. Ariana had another career best at the JDL DMR Invitational, finishing 7th overall with a time of 5:04.26. She later placed 7th in the mile at the SoCon Indoor Championship.
Cross-Country 2021 (5th Year)
Earned SoCon All-Conference second team honors at the SoCon Cross Country Championship placing 14th with a time of 19.06.9 in the 5k race … Competed in all six meets this season … Ran a career-best time of 22:19.1 at the 6k ECU Pirate Invitational finishing eighth overall … Ran a career-best time of 17:59.9 at the 5k Adidas XC Challenge placing 23rd … Ran a career-best time in the 4k Elon Opener with a time of 14:23.0 finishing 15th overall … Competed in the NCAA Division I Southeast Cross Country Regional Championships.
Outdoor Track 2021 (Senior)
Set a personal best in the 10,000 meters at the SoCon Championships meet, running the race in 38 minutes, 43.78 seconds ... Ran the 5,000 meters at the Catamount Classic in 18 minutes 14.36 seconds ... Took fifth in 1,500 meters at Aggie Invitational in a PR time of 4:41.96.
Cross-Country 2021 (Senior)
Competed in the SoCon championship, UNCG’s only race of the cross-country season … Helped the Spartans finish fourth overall after completing the race in 19:34.65 (29th overall)
Indoor Track 2019-20 (Junior)
Ran a 5:20.89 in the mile while racing at the Dick Taylor Carolina Challenge (1.11) ... followed up with a 10:35.88 in the 3000m while competing at the JDL January College Kick-off (1.19).
Cross-Country 2019 (Junior)
Opened with a season-best time in the 5K, running an 18:54.0 in the Adidas XC Challenge (9.20) ... also ran a 22:50.0 while racing the 6K at the ECU Pirate XC Invitational.
Outdoor Track 2019 (Sophomore)
Opened the season with a career-best 3000m time of 10:15.86 at the Charlotte 49er Classic ... 18:07.91 took a runner-up spot in the Fred Hardy Invitational 5000m (3.30).
Indoor Track 2018-19 (Sophomore)
Completed the 3000m with a 10:53.24 at the Virginia Tech Invitational (1.11), finishing fifth in the field ... had a career best time of 5:18.43 while running the mile at the JDL College Meet Madness (1.27), seventh in the field.
Cross-Country 2018 (Sophomore)
Ran a 15:22.0 during the 2.49 mile at the Elon Opener (8.31) ... posted a season-best in the 5K at the HPU VertCross (10.12) with a time of 19:11.4 and a 22nd place finish ... ran a 22:32.8 in the NCAA Southeast Region 6K (11.9).
Outdoor Track 2018 (Freshman)
Started the season with a career-best 5:26.81 in the mile at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational… Finished 11th in the 10,000-meter at the SoCon Championship with a personal-best 41:23.19 and also was a part of the 4x400-meter relay that placed 10th… Set another career-best of 18:16.42 in the 5,000-meter at the Duke Invitational.
Indoor Track 2017-18 (Freshman)
Opened the year with a personal-best 10:48.56 in the 3,000-meter at the UNCG Early Bird Duals… Had a season-bests 5:28.89 in the mile at the Wake Forest Invitational and 18:36.21 in the 5,000-meter at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational.
Cross-Country 2017 (Freshman)
Opened the season with a team-high 15:28.00 in the 4K for 25th place… Ran the 5K twice with a season-best time of 18:15.10 for 23rd place at the SoCon Championships and 19:34.00 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational… Had a season-best and team-high 23:05.14 in the 6K for 23rd place at the Pirate XC Invitational… Ended the season with a 24:19.10 in the 6K for 201st place at the NCAA Southeast Regionals.
High School
Attended East Duplin High School in Beaulaville, North Carolina... a four-time ltterwinner... holds the school records for the 1,600 meters, 3,200 meters, 5K, 800 meters and 1,000 meters... a state qualifier all four years... a three-time all-conference and all-region honoree... placed fourth in the state in the 3,200 meters as a sophomore... took 12th in the state cross country meet as a senior.
Personal
Daughter of Joel and Mia... has two siblings, Angel and Alaina
