2025-26 Track & Field Roster

Nairobi Smith

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Sophomore
  • Last School(s) The International School of San Francisco
  • Hometown San Francisco, Calif.

Biography

CAREER BESTS:
60m:
7.40
200m (Out): 24.02w; 24.33
200m (In): 23.52
400m (Out): 56.78
400m (In): 57.07

CAREER HONORS
  • Owns the school record in the indoor 200m
  • Ranks No. 6 in program 60m history
  • Ranks No. 7 in program indoor 4x400m relay history
  • 2026 ACC Indoor 200m Bronze Medalist
  • 2026 All-ACC First Team (Indoor)
 
2026 (Indoor): Posted a 200m time of 23.57 in the prelims before.breaking Cal's program record with a third-place time of 23.47 at the ACC Indoor Championships and earning First-Team All-ACC honors... also ran the 60m in 7.42 at that meet.. bettered her 200m PR by .29 seconds to a third-place 23.52 to take sole control of Cal's No. 2 all-time entry at the Battle Born Classic, where she also posted 60m times of 7.54 (prelims), 7.47 (semis) and 7.40 (final) to move to No. 6 in program history and place third overall... ran the 200m in 23.81, tied for second-fastest in program history, and finished the 60m in 7.53 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic... posted a 200m time of 24.12, fifth-fastest in program history, and won the 60m unseeded race with a time of 7.58 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational... finished second in the 200m with a time of 24.26 at the Spokane Sports Showcase, sixth-fastest in Cal history, and also ran a 60m time of 7.66.

2025 (Outdoor): Appeared in six meets for the Bears… ran the 200m in 24.61 at the ACC Outdoor Championships… posted a wind-aided 200m PR of 24.02 and ran the 400m in 57.12 at The 130th Big Meet… notched a personal-best 400m time of 56.78 and a 200m time of 24.70 at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational… won the 200m at the Cal Opener with a time of 24.33.

2025 (Indoor): Raced in three meets for Cal… at the ACC Indoor Championships, ran the third leg of a 4x400m relay squad that ranks seventh-fastest in school history (3:43.79)… posted a 400m time of 57.07 at the New Mexico Team Open.

HIGH SCHOOL: Owns the International School of San Francisco (IHS) 100m, 200m and 400m records … was also part of the school-record-setting 4x100m, 4x200m and 4x400m relay squads… three-time Most Valuable Runner and MVP of her team (2022-24)… 2024 HIS Distinguished Athletic Career Award winner… 2024 IHS Triple Crown Award winner… competed in the 100m and 200m at the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Championships… 2024 CIF North Coast Section (NCS) Meet of Champions 100m and 200m champion… two-time NCS Class A 200m champion (2023-24)… 2024 CIF NCS Meet of Champions 100m champion… three-time Bay Area Conference League (BCL) 200m champion (2022-24)… 2024 BCL 100m champion… 2024 First-Team All-BCL Central (100m/200m) and Second-Team All-BCL Central (400m)… 2023 HIS Athletic Director Award of Excellence recipient… competed in the 200m at the 2023 CIF State Championships… 2023 First-Team All-BCL Central (200m) and Second-Team All-BCL Central (400m)… 2022 Tommie Smith Youth Initiative Student Athlete Award recipient… 2022 Most Outstanding Underclass Student Athlete at IHS… 2022 First-Team All-BCL Central (200m/400m)… also played soccer and basketball… was presented with the Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS) Award for International Understanding… selected to represent the delegates of 100 Black Men of America “Black Wings” Youth Track & Field Team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

PERSONAL: Majoring in legal studies… vice president of Cal's Black Student Athlete Advisory Committee (BSAAC)... community engagement coordinator for Cal's Black Student Leadership Council... daughter of Kevin and Tina Smith… father, Kevin, competed for Cal track & field as a sprinter and long jumper… brother, Jakobi, is also a sprinter for Cal track & field… grandfather Tommie Smith, a prominent civil rights activist, won the 200m Olympic gold in 1968 and set the first of his seven career world records, becoming the first man to finish the race in under 20 seconds; he later played wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Historical Player Information

  • 2025Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Sprints