Brenda Ayuk

Class:
Senior
High School:
Alexander HS
Hometown:
Villa Rica, GA
Prev School:
Kennesaw State

Career Results

2021-22 Indoor: Competed in one meet for Pitt in her senior indoor season … Placed 17^th in the 800m dash (2:16.74) and 20^th in the mile run (5:16.31) at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet (Feb. 4).

2021 Outdoor: Competed in five meets for the Panthers during her junior outdoor season… Had a great showing in her first meet of the season at the Stan Romanoski Open (March 20) … Competed in the 4x400m relay where her and her teammates took home first place with a final time of 4:05.87… She would go on to run a 5:05.53 in the 1500m, good enough to finish in second place… Ran a career best time of 4:47.40 in the 1500m at the Mountaineer Twilight meet (May 1), and went on to finish in 10^th place…

2020-2021 Indoor: Appeared in four meets during her junior indoor season… Was a part of the Panthers’ Distance Medley Relay team that took home first place at the Notre Dame Invitational (Jan. 27) crossing the line at 12:03.70… Finished in fourth place while running a career best time of 10:43.03 in the 3000m at the Virginia Tech Challenge (Feb. 20)… Ran another career best time at the same meet (Feb. 20) in the 1000 with a finishing time of 2:57.13, good enough to place fifth… Competed in the ACC Indoor Championships, placing 17^th in the 800m with a time of 2:12.41

2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 Indoor: Appeared in six meets for Pitt in her first season as a Panther... Named Pitt Athletics Student-Athlete of the Week (Dec. 10) after winning two events at the Youngstown State Icebreaker... Competed in a team-high three events at the ACC Championships (Feb. 27)... Posted a personal best time of 2:11.27 in the 800m run at the ACC Championships (Feb. 27) as she collected a 12th place finish... Helped the distance medley relay squad take home 11th place overall at the ACC Championships with a season-best time of 11:44.91... Opened her season with a pair of victories at the Youngstown State Icebreaker (Dec. 6) as she posted a personal best time of 4:53.35 in the mile, the 10th fastest time in program history, and a time of 2:13.79 in the 800m run... Also collected a pair of victories at the Doug Raymond National (Feb. 14) as she won the 800m run with a time of 2:13.56 and helped the Panthers distance medley relay squad collect the win with a time of 11:53.51.

High School: Competed in cross country and track and field at AHS… finished third in the 5K at the 2017 GHSA Class AAAAAA State Championships in a time of 19:42.18… won the 2017 Class AAAAAA Region 5 Cross Country Championship in a personal-best 5K time of 18:27.35… also collected wins at the Douglas County Cross Country Championships, Carrollton Orthopedic Invitational and the Bob Blastow Early Bird this season… named to the 2017 All-Metro Cross Country Team by the Atlanta Track Club… in track and field, won the Class 6A State Championship in the 800m as a junior with a time of 2:17.73… is a two-time Class AAAAA Region 5 Champion in the 800m… competed in the 800m at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor as a sophomore.

Personal: Born on November 5, 2000 to Augustina Ayuk… born in Kumba, Cameroon… has six siblings; Helen, Collin, Ruth, Lily, Joseph and Roland.