2025 USC Track & Field Roster
Roster

Dylan Gatua
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Valencia, Calif.
- High School:
- West Ranch High
2025: Placed fourth in the 3000m steeplechase at the USC-UCLA dual meet (May 4).
2024: Competed in four outdoor meets during the season. He set his 1500m PR of 4:04.00 to place eighth at the Trojan Invitational on March 23…Placed second in the 3000m race that day with a season-best time of 8:58.05...Ran his first career 3000m steeplechase and had a time of 10:09.22 to place fourth at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on April 28.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2021 graduate of West Ranch HS in Stevenson Ranch, Calif...Achieved a three-mile best of 14:39, a 1600m PR of 4:27, a 3200m best of 9:31.60 and a 5K best of 15:17...Finished ninth at the 2018 CIF Southern Section XC championships and then finished 14th at the 2018 CIF XC State Meet with a time of 15:23.7.
PERSONAL: Born on October 5, 2003 in Valencia, Calif....Parents are Christine and Charles Gatua and his has one older brother, Sean…Hobbies include collecting vinyl records, playing basketball, and watching movies…Favorite musical artist is J.Cole…Lists his favorite movies as Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Get Out, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Django Unchained…Favorite food is mahamri and pasta…Says Reggie Miller is his sports hero because of his precision, dedication to his craft and his relentlessness…Majoring in Computer Engineering and Computer Science at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 1500m– 4:04.00 3000m SC– 10:09.22 5000m – 15:13.84
2024: Competed in four outdoor meets during the season. He set his 1500m PR of 4:04.00 to place eighth at the Trojan Invitational on March 23…Placed second in the 3000m race that day with a season-best time of 8:58.05...Ran his first career 3000m steeplechase and had a time of 10:09.22 to place fourth at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on April 28.
2023: Competed in four outdoor meets for USC...Registered a personal best of 15:13.84 in the 5000m race at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 14...Placed third in the 3000m race with a season-best time of 8:49.44 at the Trojan Invitational on April 8.
2022: Was limited to one indoor meet due to injury...Recorded a time of 9:15.03 to place eighth in the 3000m race at the Red Raider Invite on January 21.HIGH SCHOOL: 2021 graduate of West Ranch HS in Stevenson Ranch, Calif...Achieved a three-mile best of 14:39, a 1600m PR of 4:27, a 3200m best of 9:31.60 and a 5K best of 15:17...Finished ninth at the 2018 CIF Southern Section XC championships and then finished 14th at the 2018 CIF XC State Meet with a time of 15:23.7.
PERSONAL: Born on October 5, 2003 in Valencia, Calif....Parents are Christine and Charles Gatua and his has one older brother, Sean…Hobbies include collecting vinyl records, playing basketball, and watching movies…Favorite musical artist is J.Cole…Lists his favorite movies as Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Get Out, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Django Unchained…Favorite food is mahamri and pasta…Says Reggie Miller is his sports hero because of his precision, dedication to his craft and his relentlessness…Majoring in Computer Engineering and Computer Science at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 1500m– 4:04.00 3000m SC– 10:09.22 5000m – 15:13.84
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