Marcus Mota

Position:
Distance
Height:
5-9
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Bakersfield, Calif.
High School:
Stockdale

2021 (Cross Country)
Made a pair of appearances for the Bruins in cross country this past season … Made his season debut at the Highlander Invitational, where he clocked an 8k time of 24:34.1 for 21st place overall … Finished 61st overall in the 8k at the Pac-12 Championships, securing a time of 26:52.2.

2021 (Track & Field)
Made his UCLA track debut at the Rafer/JJK Invite, where he finished second overall in the 3000m with a time of 8:50.45 … Competed in the steeple in the Bruins’ dual meet against USC, clocking a time of 9:26.61 for the win.

2020 (Cross Country)
Competed for the Bruins in a pair of cross country races … Made his UCLA debut at the Dave Murray Invite, where he finished 17th overall with an 8k time of 25:49.2 … Competed at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 49th overall with a time of 24:52.2 on the 8k course.

2020 (Track & Field)
Did not compete in his first track season with the Bruins.

2019 (Cross Country)
Did not compete in races.

High School
Attended Stockdale High School in Bakersfield, Calif. … PR’ed at the Woodbridge XC Classic with a time of 14:05.4 … Finished 12th at the 2018 CIF State Championships with a 5K time of 15:21.1 … PR’ed at the SWYL meet, posting a 5K time of 15:13.0 … First-place finisher at the CIF Central Section Championship (15:25.9) … Captured first place at both the Kern County XC Championships and SSL/SWYL League Championships … In track & field, won the 3200m at the Kern Invitational, boasting the second-fastest time in the state (9:18.27) … Clocked a season-best 3200m time of 9:11.50 at the Arcadia Invitational … Won the 800m in all four meets he competed in.

UCLA New Director of Track & Field: Joanna Hayes

Friday, June 21

UCLA New Director of Track & Field: Joanna Hayes

Friday, June 21

UCLA Track & Field Jim Bush Legends Invite (April 13, 2024)

Wednesday, April 17

powHER of the Pac: UCLA's Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Monday, June 27

Sixteen Individuals, Both Teams Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

Tuesday, July 22

Seven Bruins Earn Academic All-District Honors

Tuesday, June 24

Women Finish Up NCAA Championships With Two More Scorers

Saturday, June 14

Pinckney, Clement II Score for UCLA on Day 3 of NCAAs

Friday, June 13

University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics

2022 Track & Field Roster

Roster

Katerina Adamiec

Sophia Alexander

Artin Allahverdian

Audrey Allen

Liam Anderson

Shae Anderson

Josh Bailey

Alyssa Bautista

Mateo Bianchi

Deven Brown

Kyle Brown

Nyree Brown

Morgan Calcagnie

Mia Cervantes

Alexandra Chan

Jett Charvet

Tierra Crockrell

Tate Curran

Patrick Curulla

Matthew DeRoos

Maddy Doane

Carlie Dorostkar

Aidan Elbettar

Kris Emig

Jatana Folston

Gwyn George

Dayne Gordien

Isabella Grant

Jai Gruenwald

Sophia Hartwell

Keaton Heisterman

Eden Henderson

Sam Herenton

Peter Herold

Jaylah Herron

Christopher Hill

Jade Hinds

Sophia Hoelzel

Seth Holloway

Ugonna Ikejiofor

Amber Jackson

Kate Jendrezak

Ashley Johnson

Kyrah Johnson

Sydney Johnson

Munir Kabbara

Hawa Kamara

Mia Kane

Anoop Khatra

Aaron Kim

Sean Lee

Catherine Leger

Aiden Lieb

Lydia Liu

Ewan Macfarlane

Gabriel Martin

Andrew Martinez

Lauren McFall

Kerrigan McGreevy

Ronan McMahon-Staggs

Michael Mireles

Myles Misener-Daley

Cristian Moore

Marcus Mota

Chinyere Okoro

Siena Palicke

Lavanya Pandey

Jake Parker

Makenzy Pierre-Webster

Rose Pittman

Natalie Ramirez

Mason Ratkovich

Cameron Reynolds

Darius Riley

Megan Ronan

Trinity Rossum

Ajani Salcido