2019 Track & Field Roster

Misana Viltz

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Long Beach, Calif.
  • Last School(s) Millikan HS

Biography

TRACK & FIELD
2019: Second-Team All-American in the 100m hurdles… Took 16th at the NCAA Championship with a time of 13.87… Finished ninth at the NCAA West Regionals in the 110H with a personal best time of 13.78 and earned a bid to the NCAA Championships while recording the ninth-best time in school history … Took fourth at the Pac-12 Championships in the 110H with a time of 13.86… Finished first in the 110H at both the Big Meet and the Brutus Hamilton Invitational… Moved to sixth on Cal’s Indoor All-Time Top-10 list in the 60m Hurdles with a personal best mark of 7.99 at the UW Invitational… Recorded a fourth place finish in the 60m Hurdles at the MPSF Championships with a mark of 8.01… Named to the MPSF All-Academic list… Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention. 

2018: Redshirted the outdoor season... Took 12th in the 60m hurdles at the MPSF Championship... Set a 60m hurdle personal best of 8.04 at the UW Invitational as he took fourth place.

2017 (UCLA): NCAA qualifier in the 110m hurdles... Placed 24th at the NCAA Championship in the 110m hurdles... Finished seventh in the NCAA West Region in the 110m hurdles... Ranked 21st in the NCAA in the 110m hurdles with a top time of 13.75 (+2.0) which he recorded at the dual meet between UCLA and USC... Won the 110m hurdles at the Jim Bush Collegiate Invitational... Finished ninth in the 60m hurdles at the MPSF Indoor Championship with a time of 8.14. 

2016 (UCLA): Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention… A NCAA West Prelims qualifier in the 110m hurdles… Finished 22nd at the NCAA West Prelims with a time of 14.06… Placed fourth at the Pac-12 Championships in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.25… Clocked a personal best 13.92 to win the dual meet against rival USC… Won the dual meet against Texas A&M with a time of 14.10… Was the runner-up at the Legends Invitational with a time of 13.97… Opened the outdoor season with a win at the Jim Bush Collegiate in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.96… Competed in five indoor meets… Placed fifth in the 60m hurdles at the MPSF Championships with a time of 7.99… Clocked a personal best in the prelims with a 7.94… Placed fifth at the Razorback Invitational with a time of 8.04… Opened the indoor season with a win at the Lumberjack Team Challenge with a time of 7.98.

2015 (UCLA): A NCAA qualifier in the 110m hurdles… Placed 19th at the NCAA West Prelims with a time of 14.01… Ran a wind-aided 13.86 in the opening round of the prelims… Finished sixth at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 14.32… Also ran on the 4x100m relay team that placed seventh with a time of 40.72… Finished third in the dual meet against rival USC in the 110m hurdles with a wind-aided time of 14.03… Opened the season with a time of 14.46 in the hurdles to place second at the Legends Invitational.

INTERNATIONAL:  Took 20th in the 110m hurdles at the 2018 USATF National Championship... Won gold at the Pan-AM Junior Championships in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.30… He became the 12 American ever to win gold in the 110 hurdle race… Won the USATF Junior Championship in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.21… That time was the top junior time in the world... Placed 22nd at the 2017 USATF Championship with a 110m Hurdle time of 14.24 (-0.3). 

HIGH SCHOOL:  Attended Millikan High School in Long Beach, Calif.… Was the California State Meet champion in 2014 in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.47... 2014 CIF Southern Section Division I Champion in the 110m hurdles… Holds the CIF-SS Division I record… Made the 2014 World Junior team… Ran a personal best 13.42 at the US Junior Nationals to finish in second place… Three time Moore League Champion in the 110m hurdles… School record holder in the 110m hurdles… Recorded a 7.36 in the 55m hurdles to win the California Indoor State Championships… Placed third in the same meet in the 55m with a 6.73 … Holds a personal best 13.42 in the 110m hurdles and a 38.31 in the 300m hurdles.

PERSONAL: Graduated with a degree in political science...Son of Theo and Debra Viltz… Lists biggest athletic achievement as making his first World Championship team. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Senior

    Hurdles
  • 2019Graduate Student

    Hurdles