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2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

Azariyah Bryant

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
  • High School Lakota East
  • Major Community Health; Health Education
  • Twitter heyzaria
  • Instagram azariyahbrynt
  • NIL azariyah-bryant

Biography

NIL Opportunities

NCAA Badge 1x NCAA Championships Qualifier
Big Ten Logo white 2024 Second-Team All-Big Ten - Indoor 200m
Badge Illinois 2 Illinois Record - 100m, 4x100m

2025

Indoor

  • Part of the program's second-fastest DMR team at the Alex Wilson Invite (11:08.64)
  • Placed second in the 60m (7.44) at the Fighting Illini Open
  • Part of the DMR team that took sixth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (11:11.40)

Outdoor

  • NCAA Championships qualifier (4x100m)
  • Member of the program record 4x100m relay team (43.35) that placed eighth at the NCAA West Preliminaries to qualify to the NCAA Outdoor Championships
  • Part of the 4x100m relay team that placed fourth at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (43.98)
  • Finished in first and set a new personal best in the 100m 11.31 (2.3) at the USF Alumni Invitational 

2024

Indoor

  • Second-Team All-Big Ten (200m)
  • Placed second in the 200m at the Big Ten Championships with the program's sixth-best time (23.53)
  • Part of the program's fifth-fastest 4x400m relay team (3:35.73) that placed third at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
  • Third on the team in points scored (10) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
  • Ran the program's seventh-best 60m (7.34) at the Illini Open

Outdoor

  • Broke the school record 100m (11.24) and ran the program's third-fastest 200m (22.92) a the Fighting Illini Tune-Up
  • Part of the program's third-fastest 4x100m (43.84) at the Gary Wieneke Memorial

2023

Indoor

  • Ran the program's seventh fastest 200m (23.79) and placed third overall at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational
  • Sprinted the program's eighth fastest 60m (7.38) and won in her Illini debut at the Illini Classic

Outdoor

  • Clocked the program's 10th fastest 100m (11.51) at the UNF East Coast Relays
  • Won both the 100m (12.07) and 200m (24.10) at the Gary Wieneke Memorial
  • Won the 100m (11.53), part of the winning 4x400m team (3:42.18) and placed third in the 200m (24.22) in her outdoor debut at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite

High School

  • Was named 2x GMC Runner of the Year
  • Won State in the 100m (11.60) and 200m (23.81)
  • Won eight GMC championships
  • Part of 4x100m relay team that won state

Personal

Daughter of Derrick and Maria Farrar-Bryant. Has a very strong relationship with Christ and chose Illinois because of how supportive the school is as a whole

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

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  • 2023-24Sophomore

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  • 2024-25Junior

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  • 2025-26Senior

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