Niki Narayani

Medicine, Health, and Society

Class Junior

Hometown Knoxville, Tenn.

High School Webb

Major Medicine, Health, and Society

Bio

Career Honors

As a Junior (2021-22)
Cross Country

Fifth on the team and 74th overall (22:11.3) at the 8k SEC Championships (Oct. 29)
Finished fifth on the team and 18th overall (22:17.5) at the 6k Blazer Classic (Oct. 16)

Track and Field

In first meet of the indoor season, Commodore Indoor, set a personal best in the 1,000 meters (2:56.47), finished 11th overall
Finished eighth in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational, setting a best of 4:55.03
Competed at the Raleigh Relays and finished with a top personal time of 4:34.23 in the 1,500 meters
At the Georgia Tech Invitational, set a best in the 5,000 meters (16:22.71) with a fourth-place finish
Concluded the 3,000 meters at the Outdoor Music City Challenge with a best of 9:36.70 and third overall
Top-15 finish at the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5,000 meters (16:55.66)

As a Sophomore (2020-21)
Cross Country

Track and Field

Fourth-Team Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar
Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
Fought through injury and competed at one indoor meet and four outdoor meets
Finished 32nd in the 5,000 meters (17:53.89) at SEC Outdoor Championships (May 13)
Season-best 17:18.81 in the outdoor 5,000 meters at Tennessee Relays (April 9)
Sixth in the 3,000 meters (10:00.81) at outdoor season-opening Tiger Classic (March 19)
Finished third as member of distance medley relay (12:17.94) at Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 16)

As a Freshman (2019-20)
Cross Country

First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Fought through injury and finished 117th overall (23:01.3) at SEC Championships (Nov. 1)
Fifth on the team and 136th overall (21:47.3) at Pre-Nationals (Oct. 19)
Fifth on the team and 48th overall (22:14.5) to help Vanderbilt to sixth-place finish at Buckeye Preview (Sept. 28)
Third on the team and 38th overall (22:20.8) to lead Vanderbilt to fifth-place finish at Commodore Classic (Sept. 14)
Fifth overall (third on team) with time of 18:11.3 and led Vanderbilt to first-place finish at Belmont Opener (Aug. 30)

Track and Field

The Narayani File

State champion in cross country as an individual and team in 2018
State champion in the 4×800 relay, 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters as a senior
State champion team as a senior in track and field
Set the Webb School 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters records
Named the 2019 Knoxville PrepXtra Cross Country Runner of the Year
Named the 2019 Knoxville PrepXtra Track and Field Athlete of the Year
State runner up in cross country as a freshman, sophomore and junior
State runner up in the 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters as a junior
State champion in 4×800-meter relay as a junior
Set the 5K cross country record at the Webb School as a sophomore (17:56.90)
State runner up in 3,200 meters as a freshman