2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Olivia Zinanni
Nico Klementzos (Berry College)
Nico Klementzos (Berry College)

Ari De La Cerda

Ari De La Cerda

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Pewaukee, Wis.

Summary

Biography

Personal Record: 23:25.18 on Nov. 13, 2022, at NCAA North Regional (Whitetail Golf Course - Colfax, Wisconsin)

2021: United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic … earned team’s Most Valuable Performer award … tied for the No. 22 personal record 6K time in program history (23:24.18) … led team and finished second out of 26 runners with a time of 24:27.7 at the Pioneer Gender Equity Invitational on Sept. 11 at Cole Acres Golf Course in Cuba City, Wis. … led team and placed 20th out of 155 runners with a time of 24:00.7, the No. 6 time in program history for a UW-W runner on the home course, at the Tom Hoffman Invitational on Sept. 18 at the UW-Whitewater Campus Course … led team and finished 36th out of 355 runners with a time of 23:44.12 at the Blugold Invitational on Oct. 1 at Whitetail Golf Course in Colfax, Wis. … led team and placed 64th out of 302 runners with a time of 24:03.9 at the Inter-Regional Rumble on Oct. 16 at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio … finished second on the team and 40th out of 82 runners with a time of 24:23.8 at the WIAC Championship on Oct. 30 at Whitetail Golf Course in Colfax, Wis. … led team and placed 51st out of 226 runners with a time of 23:24.18 at the NCAA North Regional Championship on Nov. 13 at Whitetail Golf Course in Colfax, Wis.

2020: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Honor Roll

Personal: Majoring in marketing ... parents are Amy and Brian De La Cerda ... recipient of the university's General Merit Scholarship and Warhawk Exceptional Academics Award ... competed in cross country, basketball and track and field at Pewaukee High School, where she was a team Rookie of the Year in two sports, a four-year academic all-conference honoree in cross country and track and field, a two-year all-state award winner in cross country, and a recipient of the team Most Dedicated and Most Valuable Player awards in cross country ... career ambition is to be a marketing communications specialist ... favorite TV show is "How I Met Your Mother" ... favorite professional sports team is the Chicago White Sox ... chose to attend UW-Whitewater for the team atmosphere in both cross country and track and field, the campus, the classes offered and the opportunities to major in a business field

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    5'8" 135 lbs
  • 2022Sophomore

    5'8" 135 lbs
  • 2023Junior

    5'8" 135 lbs
  • 2024Senior

    5'8" 0 lbs