2024 Track & Field Roster
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Pittman, Rose
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Rose Pittman
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- St. Peter’s Girls School
- Hometown:
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Bio
TFRRS Profile
Career Honors
2023 Indoor First Team All-American (Distance Medley Relay)
2023 Outdoor Second Team All-American (800m)
2025 (Track & Field)
Competed in 10 meets over the course of the year, seven during outdoor season and three during indoor season ... Was an NCAA West Regionals-qualifier in the 800m, finishing 21st overall at 2:05.44 ... Had the Bruins' best time in the 1500m (4:21.45), accomplished during the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival on March 21 ... 18th place finisher in the 800m at Big Ten Outdoors (2:08.37) ... Her best time in the 800m during outdoor season came at Regionals ... Won the 800m (2:06.96) and was third in the 1500m (4:27.10) to help UCLA to a dual-meet win over crosstown rival USC on May 4 ... Also won the 800m at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite (2:06.61) ... Made her season debut at the Spokane Sports Showcase on Jan. 17, winning the 600m with a PB time of 1:32.60 ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for winter and spring quarters ... Named a 2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (3.7+ GPA for the academic year).
2024 (Cross Country)
Raced in each of UCLA's final three competitions on the season ... Was UCLA's third-best finisher at both the Bill Dellinger Invite (21:09.5) in Eugene, Ore. and the Big Ten Championships (20:45.2) in Savoy, Ill. ... Posted a time of 21:26.2 at the NCAA West Regionals ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall quarter.
2024 (Track & Field)
Ran three races in the 800m during the indoor season … Opened the indoor season with a fourth-place finish at the UW Invitational, running the third-fastest 800m time in UCLA indoor history … Appeared in six outdoor meets … Competed in the 800m, 1500m, and 4x400m relay events … Won the 1500m event at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival to begin the outdoor season (4:23.79) … Ran a 2:03.63 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, the third fastest 800m time in UCLA outdoor history … Top scorer for the Bruins at the USC Dual Meet … Posted a fifth-place finish in the Conference at the Pac-12 Championships (2:05.40) … Finished 13th in the region at the NCAA West First Rounds … Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll for the indoor track & field season.
2023 (Cross Country)
Ran in two meets in her senior campaign … Finished 82nd with a 21:55.2 at the Pac-12 Championships.
2023 (Track & Field)
Ran eight races during the indoor campaign … Opened the season winning her 400m heat at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational (56.39) … Ran the third leg in the first-place 4x400m relay team at the Dr. MLK Jr. Invite … Competed in three 800m races during the indoor season … Jumped up to fourth on the indoor all-time top 10 list at the David Hemery Invite In February, running a 2:05.80 … Also ran the third leg of UCLA’s Distance Medley Relay at the Boston meet … That DMR group ran a 10:54.49, UCLA’s new school record … Pittman and the relay team went on to claim fourth at the NCAA indoor national championships … Ran seven races during the 2023 outdoor season, all in the 800m … Opened the season with a second-place finish at the Rafer Johnson-Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational … Steadily improved her time throughout the season, claiming the top seven spots on UCLA’s performance list … Finished 11th in the Conference, running a 2:07.08 at the Pac-12 Championships … Decided 11 was her lucky number, finishing in 11th during both rounds of the NCAA West Regional meet to qualify for outdoor nationals … Ran a personal-best 2:03.77 in the national meet, placing 16th in the NCAA … Jumped up to third all-time for the Bruins with the mark; only the third Bruin in history to run sub-2:04 (Tiffany Burgess – 2002; Lena Nilsson – 2002).
2022 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2022 (Track & Field)
Ran three indoor races during the season ... Appeared in the 4x400m relay, the distance medley relay and the 800m events ... Ran the first leg on the DMR (11:25.24) at the Pac-12 Challenge to claim fourth in the race and the ninth-fastest time in UCLA indoor history ... Also cracked the indoor all-time top 10 in the 800m, running 2:07.65 at the Husky Classic ... UCLA's top 800m runner during the outdoor campaign, Pittman ran the top five times of the season ... Claimed first at the West Coast Relays on April 1 (2:06.22) ... Also won the event at the USC Dual Meet, running 2:05.12 ... Made UCLA's outdoor all-time top 10 with the mark ... Placed seventh in the league, running 2:06.14 at the Pac-12 Champinships on May 15 ... Finished 31st in the west at the NCAA West Prelims.
2021 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2021 (Track & Field)
Did not compete for the Bruins in 2021 … Did compete back home in Australia and recorded a 2:04.63 performance in the 800m in April.
High School
400m PR: 54.69 … 800m PR: 2:05.14 (U-18 State women’s record holder) … Attended St. Peter’s Girls School in Adelaide, Australia … Won the 400m and 800m at the 2020 Open Women’s State Championships … Won the 400m competition at the Australian All Schools Championships in 2017 … Won the 800m at Australian All Schools Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018 … At the Australian U-18 Championships, took second in the 400m and third in the 800m.
Personal
Born in Adelaide, Australia to parents David and Sophie Pittman … Has a brother, Darcy, and a sister, Dimity … Visited the United States in 2016 and fell in love with UCLA and Drake Stadium … Notes, “After my recruitment trip, I loved the dynamic of the track team and how prestigious the college was for its academics and athletics” … Lists one of her greatest athletic thrills as racing in one of the boys races at a state competition, and ultimately winning and running a personal-best time … Admires sprinter Allyson Felix … Enjoys cooking, spending time with friends and family, and taking her dogs for beach walks … Something interesting about her is that she has never seen snow.
Career Honors
2023 Indoor First Team All-American (Distance Medley Relay)
2023 Outdoor Second Team All-American (800m)
2025 (Track & Field)
Competed in 10 meets over the course of the year, seven during outdoor season and three during indoor season ... Was an NCAA West Regionals-qualifier in the 800m, finishing 21st overall at 2:05.44 ... Had the Bruins' best time in the 1500m (4:21.45), accomplished during the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival on March 21 ... 18th place finisher in the 800m at Big Ten Outdoors (2:08.37) ... Her best time in the 800m during outdoor season came at Regionals ... Won the 800m (2:06.96) and was third in the 1500m (4:27.10) to help UCLA to a dual-meet win over crosstown rival USC on May 4 ... Also won the 800m at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite (2:06.61) ... Made her season debut at the Spokane Sports Showcase on Jan. 17, winning the 600m with a PB time of 1:32.60 ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for winter and spring quarters ... Named a 2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (3.7+ GPA for the academic year).
2024 (Cross Country)
Raced in each of UCLA's final three competitions on the season ... Was UCLA's third-best finisher at both the Bill Dellinger Invite (21:09.5) in Eugene, Ore. and the Big Ten Championships (20:45.2) in Savoy, Ill. ... Posted a time of 21:26.2 at the NCAA West Regionals ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall quarter.
2024 (Track & Field)
Ran three races in the 800m during the indoor season … Opened the indoor season with a fourth-place finish at the UW Invitational, running the third-fastest 800m time in UCLA indoor history … Appeared in six outdoor meets … Competed in the 800m, 1500m, and 4x400m relay events … Won the 1500m event at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival to begin the outdoor season (4:23.79) … Ran a 2:03.63 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, the third fastest 800m time in UCLA outdoor history … Top scorer for the Bruins at the USC Dual Meet … Posted a fifth-place finish in the Conference at the Pac-12 Championships (2:05.40) … Finished 13th in the region at the NCAA West First Rounds … Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll for the indoor track & field season.
2023 (Cross Country)
Ran in two meets in her senior campaign … Finished 82nd with a 21:55.2 at the Pac-12 Championships.
2023 (Track & Field)
Ran eight races during the indoor campaign … Opened the season winning her 400m heat at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational (56.39) … Ran the third leg in the first-place 4x400m relay team at the Dr. MLK Jr. Invite … Competed in three 800m races during the indoor season … Jumped up to fourth on the indoor all-time top 10 list at the David Hemery Invite In February, running a 2:05.80 … Also ran the third leg of UCLA’s Distance Medley Relay at the Boston meet … That DMR group ran a 10:54.49, UCLA’s new school record … Pittman and the relay team went on to claim fourth at the NCAA indoor national championships … Ran seven races during the 2023 outdoor season, all in the 800m … Opened the season with a second-place finish at the Rafer Johnson-Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational … Steadily improved her time throughout the season, claiming the top seven spots on UCLA’s performance list … Finished 11th in the Conference, running a 2:07.08 at the Pac-12 Championships … Decided 11 was her lucky number, finishing in 11th during both rounds of the NCAA West Regional meet to qualify for outdoor nationals … Ran a personal-best 2:03.77 in the national meet, placing 16th in the NCAA … Jumped up to third all-time for the Bruins with the mark; only the third Bruin in history to run sub-2:04 (Tiffany Burgess – 2002; Lena Nilsson – 2002).
2022 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2022 (Track & Field)
Ran three indoor races during the season ... Appeared in the 4x400m relay, the distance medley relay and the 800m events ... Ran the first leg on the DMR (11:25.24) at the Pac-12 Challenge to claim fourth in the race and the ninth-fastest time in UCLA indoor history ... Also cracked the indoor all-time top 10 in the 800m, running 2:07.65 at the Husky Classic ... UCLA's top 800m runner during the outdoor campaign, Pittman ran the top five times of the season ... Claimed first at the West Coast Relays on April 1 (2:06.22) ... Also won the event at the USC Dual Meet, running 2:05.12 ... Made UCLA's outdoor all-time top 10 with the mark ... Placed seventh in the league, running 2:06.14 at the Pac-12 Champinships on May 15 ... Finished 31st in the west at the NCAA West Prelims.
2021 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins.
2021 (Track & Field)
Did not compete for the Bruins in 2021 … Did compete back home in Australia and recorded a 2:04.63 performance in the 800m in April.
High School
400m PR: 54.69 … 800m PR: 2:05.14 (U-18 State women’s record holder) … Attended St. Peter’s Girls School in Adelaide, Australia … Won the 400m and 800m at the 2020 Open Women’s State Championships … Won the 400m competition at the Australian All Schools Championships in 2017 … Won the 800m at Australian All Schools Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018 … At the Australian U-18 Championships, took second in the 400m and third in the 800m.
Personal
Born in Adelaide, Australia to parents David and Sophie Pittman … Has a brother, Darcy, and a sister, Dimity … Visited the United States in 2016 and fell in love with UCLA and Drake Stadium … Notes, “After my recruitment trip, I loved the dynamic of the track team and how prestigious the college was for its academics and athletics” … Lists one of her greatest athletic thrills as racing in one of the boys races at a state competition, and ultimately winning and running a personal-best time … Admires sprinter Allyson Felix … Enjoys cooking, spending time with friends and family, and taking her dogs for beach walks … Something interesting about her is that she has never seen snow.
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
