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2016-17 Women's XC/Track and Field Roster

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Ariel Gibbs

  • Event:
    Sprints/Jumps
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Pembroke Township, Ill.
  • High School:
    Momence

Summary

Biography

Career-Best Outdoor Marks
100m: 12.61 (5/8/16)
200m: 27.36 (4/16/16)
Long Jump: 5.68m (4/15/16)

Career-Best Indoor Marks
55m: 7.49 (1/15/16)
60m: 7.90 (2/12/16)
200m: 27.72 (2/10/17)
Long Jump: 5.76m (2/12/16)**

**UIC Record

Gibbs Records

2017 Outdoor: Claimed third place in the 100 at the Crusader Open...had a season best time in the sprint at Illinois Twilight...took eighth at the Stan Lyons Invitational...was on the winning 4x100 relay team at the Crusader Open...the team took fourth place at the Horizon League Outdoor Championships...in the long jump, took 11th at the conference meet...finished third at the Benedictine Relays with a season-long mark of 5.34 meters...had a pair of seventh place finishes.

2017 Indoor: Focused on the 60 meter sprint and the long jump during the season...took fifth in the 60 and third in the long jump at the Phoenix Invitational...was the second place finisher in the 60, and third in the long jump, at the Panther Tuneup...placed fourth in the long jump at the Horizon League Indoor Championships with a season best mark of 5.50 meters...was fourth in the 60 and 10th in the long jump at the ONU Invitational.

2016 Outdoor: Captured a career-best time of 12.61 in the 100m dash at the Horizon League Championships … grabbed a personal record mark of 27.36 in the 200m dash at the Benedictine Relays … landed a leap of 5.69m in the long jump at the Benedictine Relays.

2016 Indoor: Named Horizon League Female Athlete of the Week (Feb. 16) … landed a UIC record mark of 5.76m in the long jump for the top spot at the Chicagoland Championships … finished with a career-best time of 7.90 in the 60m dash at the Chicagoland Championships … placed second in the long jump at the Horizon League Championships with a mark of 5.71m.

2015 Outdoor: Placed sixth in the long jump at the Horizon League Championships (17' 7") ... Member of the 4x100 squad that finished seventh at the Horizon League Championships (49.87) ... Runner up in the long jump at the Chicagoland Championships (17' 1.25") ... Finished fourth in the long jump at the Illinois Twilight (17' 10.75")

2015 Indoor: Placed third in the long jump at the Horizon League Championships (18' 3.75") ... Won the long jump at the ONU Invite (18' 0.5") ... Finished fourth in the 60m at the ONU Invite (8.15) ... Placed sixth in the 55m at the Tadd Metzger Invite (7.66)

2014 Outdoor: Earned fourth place in the long jump at the Horizon League Championships with a mark of 5.39m... Earned first place in the long jump at the Ted Haydon Invitational, jumping 5.51m... Placed third overall in the 100m dash at the Twilight Invitational... was named Horizon League Track and Field Athlete of the Week on April 8.

2014 Indoor: Placed fourth in the long jump at the Horizon League Championships with a mark of 5.36m... Took home second place in the long jump at the Windy City Rumble, jumping 5.30m... Earned fourth place in the 55m dash at the Margaret Bradley Invitational with a time of 7.55... Ran the 60m dash at the Chicagoland Championships taking 10th overall with a time of 8.20.

Personal: Currently enrolled as a Biochemistry major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2014Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2015Junior

    Sprints
  • 2016-17Senior

    Sprints/Jumps