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Paula Garcia

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool I.E.S. Ortega y Gasset
  • Hometown Madrid, Spain

Biography

Season and Career Results
WSU All-Time Top-10
#1 Outdoor 4x400m - 3:38.21 (2019)
#1 Indoor 200m - 23.61 (2022)
#3 Outdoor 200m - 23.66 (2019)
#3 Outdoor 4x100m - 44.98 (2019)
#4 Indoor 60m - 7.55 (2019)
#4 Outdoor 4x100m - 45.25 (2022)
#5 Outdoor 100m - 11.60 (2021)
#8 Outdoor 4x100m - 45.64 (2021)
NCAA West Preliminaries Qualifier
2022:  4x100m Relay (18th; 45.43)
2021: 100m
2019: 200m 24.28 - 42nd; 4x100m 45.70 - 20th; 4x400m 3:42.10 22nd
All-Conference
Outdoor
2022 4x100m Relay (3rd)
2019 4x100m Relay (3rd)
Academic Honors
5x Academic All-Conference - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
9x AD Honor Roll - Spring 2022, Fall/Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring/Fall 2019, Spring/Fall 2018, Fall 2017
2022: Indoor – Competed in four meets…Broke the 200-meter school record with a time of 23.61 at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge…Won the 200 meters at the All-Kansas Invite and the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge…Won the 400 meters at the Adidas Classic…Placed top three in every race she ran before her season was cut short due to injury. Outdoor – Competed in seven meets…Ran on the winning 4x100-meter relay teams at the Shocker Spring Invitational and the Rock Chalk Classic…Placed top five in all her regular season individual races…Ran the second leg of the all-conference 4x100-meter relay that placed third at the AAC Outdoor Championships…Placed 12th in the 200 meters and fifth in the 4x400-meter relay at conference…Placed 18th in the 4x100-meter relay at the NCAA West Preliminaries.

2021: Indoor – Competed nine times at five meets … Earned victories in the 400 meters at the Shocker Invitational and 200 meters at the Herm Wilson Invitational … Was in the top five of all nine of her competitions … Took third at the Championship at The Peak in the 200 meters … Ran a season-best time of 24.33 in the 200 meters at the Championship at The Peak. Outdoor – Competed at six meets … Took eighth in the 100 meters at the AAC Championships … Took 13th in the 200 meters at the conference meet … Won the 100 meters at the Wichita State Open and the 200 meters at the KT Woodman Classic … Tallied 11 top-10 finishes … Posted a season-best time of 11.60 in the 100 meters at the conference meet … Had a personal-best time of 23.94 in the 200 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic.

2020: Indoor - Competed in six different meets for the Shockers … Won four consecutive races including all three races (60 meters prelims, 60 meters final, 200 meters) at the Prairie Wolf Invitational and the 200 meters at the Air Force Team Challenge … Ran the third-best time in school history in the 200 meters with a time of 24.25 at the Arkansas Qualifier … Finished third and sixth in the 200 meters and 400 meters, respectively, at the Gorilla Classic … Finished 14th in the 200 meters at the AAC Championships. Outdoor - 2020 season canceled.

2019: Indoor - Opened the season with two top-5 finishes at the Hawkeye Invitational, won the 200m with a time of 24.93 and finished fourth as part of the 4x400m team clocking in at 3:52.89...Won the KU/KSU/WSU Triangular 60m dash with a time of 7.59...Recorded the fourth fastest 60m in Shocker history of 7.55 finishing third in the prelims at the Air Force Invitational, later would place fifth in the finals in 7.63...Ran two races at the American Athletic Conference Championships, finished 16th in the 60m dash (761) and 21st in the 200m (24.76). Outdoor - Competed in eight meets...Opened the season at the Herm Wilson Invitational finishing first as a member of the 4x100m team that ran the ninth fastest time of 45.71 in Shocker history...Was part of the 4x200m relay that ran 1:38.00 at the 92nd Texas Relays...Ran as a member of the 4x100m team that won the K.T. Woodman Classic (46.58) and finished second at the 92nd Kansas Relays (45.97)...Clocked a 24.01 200m dash to win the Shocker Open on May 3...Finished sixth in the 100m (11.69) and 200m (23.73) at the American Athletic Conference Championships, finished third as a member of the 4x100m team to earn all-conference honors...Was an NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the 200m finishing 42nd (24.28), 4x100m in 20th (45.70) and 4x400m in 22nd (3:42.10).

2018: Indoor - Competed in four meets...Recorded two second place finishes at the Herm Wilson Invitational in the 60m (7.65) and 4x400m (4:01.95)....Finished eighth in the 60m (7.77) at the Nebraska Tune-Up...Ran 25.03 in the 200m to finish 16th and 7.74 in the 60m to place 20th at the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships. Outdoor - Ran a total of 17 races at five meets...Finished 11th in the 100m at the Arkansas Spring Invitational with the seventh fastest time in Shocker history of 11.74...Recorded three top-3 finishes at the Emporia State Relays, second in the 200m (24.71), third in the 4x100m (47.20) and 4x400m (4:11.45)...Finished second in the 100m (12.05) at the Central Missouri Mule Relays...Was part of the 4x100m team that finished ninth with a time of 46.66 at the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships.

2017: Redshirted and competed unattached. Outdoor- Competed at the Emporia State Relays in the 100m (12.65) and 200m (25.76).

High School: Was the Under-18 National Champion in the 200 meters two times and third in the Junior Indoor in the 200 meters... High School Personal Bests - 7.62 in the 60 meters, 12.17 in the 100 meters and 24.46 in the 200 meters.

Personal: Daughter of Beatriz Garcia… Also recruited by Eastern Michigan, Elon, West Texas, Nova Southeastern and Grand Valley.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2017-18Redshirt Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2018-19Redshirt Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2019-20Redshirt Junior

    Sprints
  • 2020-21Redshirt Senior

    Sprints
  • 2021-22Senior

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