Araceli Tapetillo
Araceli Tapetillo
  • Hometown:
    Ottumwa, Iowa
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • High School:
    Cardinal

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • Two-time A-R-C All-Academic Team (2023, 24)
  • Three-time letterwinner (2022, 23, 24)
2024 | junior
  • Competed in one race
  • Recorded a season-high 96th place finish at the A-R-C Championships
  • Ran a season-best 6K time of 26:39.7 at the A-R-C Championships
2023 | sophomore
  • Competed in four races on the year
  • Set a career-best at the A-R-C Championship with a time of 27:25.8
2022 | freshman
  • Saw action in five races in her first season
  • Ran a season-best 27:32.0 in the 6k at the Platte River Rumble
High School
  • A 2022 graduate of Cardinal High School
  • Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track
  • Member of National Honor Society
  • Graduated valedictorian of her class
Personal
  • Parents are Lino Garcia and Beatriz Tapetillo
  • Has three siblings, Will, Nayeli and Jacoby
  • Majoring in elementary education and liberal arts with minors in Spanish and mathematics
  • Also a member of the Storm track and field team