Nicole Ayala Class: Senior Hometown: Reading, Pa. High School: Holy Name Event: Jumps

2006-07: [Indoors] -- Opened the year with a season-best time in the 60 hurdles (9.76) and a season-best mark in the triple jump (37-4 ½) for fifth place at the Bison Opener ... posted a season-best mark of 17-2 in the long jump for third place at the Gulden Relays ... also placed second in the triple jump (37-0 ½) at the Gulden Relays ... at the Bucknell Heptagonal, finished second in the triple jump and 15th in the 55 hurdles... second-place finisher in the triple jump and finished 14th in the long jump at the Akron Open ... at the Patriot League Championships, placed eighth in the triple jump (36-4) and 18th in the long jump (16-6 ½). [Outdoors] -- Posted a season-best mark in the long jump (16-2 ¼) at the Red Flash Open, good for second place ... at the Patriot League Championships, had a season-best distance of 35-3 in the triple jump for 11th and finished 17th in the long jump with a mark of 15-7.

2005-06: [Indoors] -- Won the triple jump at the Gulden Relays with a personal-best mark of 37-8 ¾, good for seventh in program history ... took first in the event at the Bison Opener as well, jumping 37-6 ½ ... captured third in the triple jump at the Patriot League Championships (36-8 ½) and at the Bucknell Heptagonal (37-1) ... set a personal record in the long jump at the Bucknell Winter Classic with a mark of 17-7 ... placed fifth in the event at the Patriot League Championships, leaping 17-5 ¼. [Outdoors] -- Captured second in the triple jump in three meets, including the Patriot League Championships to earn Second Team All-Patriot League honors ... jump of 38-4 at the league championship was a personal best and ranks fifth on Bucknell's all-time list ... set a personal record in the long jump at the Sam Howell Memorial Invitational (17-4 ¾) ... took second in the event at the Bucknell Five-Way (16-8 ¼), third at the Asics Collegiate Invitational (16-10 ¾) and competed at the Patriot League Championships (16-5 ¾) ... in only meet competing in the heptathlon, she scored 3,364 points.

2004-05: [Indoors] -- Competed as a multi-event athlete indoors, finishing seventh in the pentathlon at the Bison Open (2,588) ... just missed a pair of scoring finishes at the Patriot League Championships, placing seventh in both the long jump (17-0 ½) and triple jump (36-4) ... best triple jump of the season was 36-6 ¼ for third place at the Bucknell Heptagonal. [Outdoors] -- Focused on the horizontal jumps during outdoors, jumping an outdoor season-best triple jump of 35-1 ¾ at the Patriot League Championships ... best long jump performance was 17-0 ½ at the Bucknell Five Way ... ran a career-best 100 hurdle time of 16.87 at the Bison Outdoor Classic.

Personal: Daughter of Valentine and Yanira Ayala ... track and field team captain and team MVP ... won three letters in track and field ... accounting major.