Washington State University Athletics

IN THE RECORD BOOK
- 60m hurdles: 7.99, 1st all-time [WSU PROGRAM RECORD]  | Albuquerque, N.M. - 2023 Don Kirby Elite

HONORS & ACCOLADES
- Two-time First Team All-Conference USA ('20 & '22)

WSU CAREER
2022-23 (FIFTH YEAR): Indoor - Won the women's 60-meter hurdles at her first five indoor meets as a Cougar... Clocked a program-record 7.99 to win the Don Kirby Elite (2/10-11)... Placed 13th at the NCAA Division I Indoor T&F Championships to earn NCAA Indoor All-America status... Outdoor - Competed at the season-opening Texas Relays (3/29-4/1) in the women's 4X100m relay (45.88).

BEFORE WSU
2021-22 (SENIOR) w/ UTEP: Indoor - Named All-Conference USA first team in the 60-meter hurdles... Won the 60-meter hurdles, recording a time of 8.36 at the Conference USA Championships... Ran a personal-best 7.52 in the 60-meter dash prelims at the C-USA Championships... Finished second in the 60-meter hurdles, turning in a personal-best 8.22 at the New Mexico Open... Clocked in a personal-best 24.27 to finish second in the 200-meter dash at the Don Kirby Open & Elite... Finished third in the 60-meter hurdles final, clocking in an 8.28 at the Dr. MLK Jr. Collegiate Invitational.

2020-21 (JUNIOR) w/ UTEP: Indoor - Did ... Outdoor - Opened season with a first-place showing in the 4x100m relay (46.22) at the UTSA Invitational... Finished in third place in the 100-meter hurdles (13.57 [0.9]) at the Masked Rider Open... Captured gold in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking in a 13.51w (4.0) at the Roadrunner Invitational... Finished in first in the 4x100 (46.32) at the Roadrunner Invitational.. Placed first in the 4x100 (45.67) at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open... Competed at the NCAA Division I West Preliminaries in the 100-meter hurdles.

2019-20 (SOPHOMORE) w/ UTEP: Indoor - Named All-Conference USA first team in the 60m hurdles... Set a personal best with a time of 8.26 in the 60m H prelims, followed with the same time in the finals, winning gold at the C-USA Championships... Ran a personal-best 7.55 in the 60m finals, finishing fourth at the C-USA Championships... Placed fourth in the 60m H finals with a time of 8.32 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational... Ran an 8.33 in the 60m H prelims at the Don Kirby... Placed seventh in the 60m H (9.06m) at the Texas Tech Corky Classic... Outdoor - Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19 (FRESHMAN) w/ UTEP: Indoor - Member of the 2019 Conference USA Indoor Track & Field Championship squad in Birmingham, Ala. ... Placed sixth in the 60m hurdles at the Conference USA Championships... Competed in the 60m hurdles at the New Mexico Classic and New Mexico Don Kirby... Outdoor - Earned gold in the 100m hurdles, clocking a time of 14.01 (w: 1.7) at the UTEP Springtime... Posted a personal best time of 13:52 (w: 1.3) in the 100m hurdles at the NCAA West Preliminaries... Placed eighth in the 100m hurdles at the Bryson Clay Invitational... Finished sixth in the 100m hurdles at the Desert Heat Classic. 

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: 
Clocked in a personal best of 13.01 in the 100m hurdles at the 2018 Clermont Pure Athletics/NTC Sprint Elite Meet... Took second at the 2018 Trujilo Ibero American Championships in the 100m hurdles... Registered a third-place finish at the Clermont NTC Spring Invitational... Notched two silver medals at the 2018 Ibero-American Championships in the 100m hurdles and 4x100m relay... Clocked in a third-place finish at the 2017 Pan American U20 Championships in the 100m hurdles... Won the 100m hurdles at the 2015 World U18 Championships with a time of 13.04... Posted a silver finish in the 100m hurdles at the 2015 Pan American U20 Championships.

PERSONAL: 
Full name is Maribel Vanessa Caicedo Vernaza … daughter of Walter Wilson Caicedo and Luz Maribel Vernaza … has two sisters and one brother … born in Guayaquil, Ecuador … competed in the 60-meter hurdles at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 ... Kinesiology major.