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2026 Women's Track and Field Roster

Elianna Umana Kimura (She/Her/Hers)

  • Major Undeclared
  • Height 5-3
  • Events Sprints/Hurdles
  • Class 2029
  • Hometown Westfield, Mass.
  • High School Northfield Mount Hermon

Biography

Results

2026

Outdoor Highlights:
Competed at the NESCAC Championship as a rookie and placed 17th in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:09.60 (April 25-26).... Took third in the 400-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 1:08.89 and eighth in the 100-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 16.31 seconds at the Pine Tree Classic (April 17-18).... Ran a season-best time of 27.22 seconds in the 200-meter dash in 27.22 seconds at the Tufts Spring Stampede (April 10-11).

Indoor Highlights: Took fourth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.83 seconds at the Lynn Ruddy Invite (Feb. 13-14).... Helped Bates place third in the 4x200 relay in 1:50.43 at the Maine State Meet (Feb. 7).... Took fifth place in the 60-meter hurdles in 10.17 seconds at the Bates Invitational (Jan. 17).... Placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 9.71 seconds at the UBears Alumni Invite (Dec. 6, 2025).

Personal: 2025 graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.) where she competed in track & field, alpine skiing, soocer, and tennis ...  high honors ...  All-New England ... MVP ... Coach's Award ... Excellence in Athletics Award ... Thora E.Johnson Award ... NEPSAC Team Champion.

What does leadership mean to you?
Leadership is not mastery in any one field, nor a manipulative grip, it is influence in the most difficult of times, and a clear case for a vision, among myriad of many other visions.

What experience—big or small—has made a surprising impact on you?
Underestimating myself, and overestimating others.

What’s a failure or setback that taught you something valuable?
I fell every, single alpine ski race of the season, and I learned that getting up and finishing the race each time was a win in itself.

What’s a value or principle you try to live by?
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”-James Baldwin

What’s something about you that might surprise people?
I have well over 300 Spotify playlists, and I try to make a playlist every week.