Career Highlights
- Set multiple Venezuelan national record in 60m hurdles and 100m hurdles
- 2022 South American Games Gold | 100m Hurdles
- 2022 Bolivarian Games Gold | 100m hurdles meet record
- 2022 World Indoor Championships | 5th 60m hurdles
- 2021 SEC Outdoor Bronze | 4×100 relay
- 4-time NJCAA All-America
Senior/Junior (2022)
Outdoor: Season extended into October, where she claimed gold in the 100m hurdles with a winning time of 13.60 (0.2 wind) racing in the rain at the South American Games held in Asuncion, Paraguay on Oct. 13 … Also ran second leg of mixed 4 x 400 relay in the South American Games as Venezuela placed fourth with a time of 3:22.91, just 0.04 from the bronze medal position and 0.64 from silver … Represented Venezuela in the World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, in July, producing a time of 13.12 (-0.4) in the 100m hurdles prelims … Finished fourth in the SEC final of the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.06w … Improved her Venezuelan national record to 12.87 (1.8) placing fifth in the quarterfinal of the NCAA West Preliminary Round hosted by Arkansas … The 12.87 ranks her fourth on the Arkansas all-time list behind Janeek Brown (12.40), Payton Chadwick (12.70), and Daszay Freeman (12.82) … Did not finish her semifinal race at the NCAA Championships due to a fall … Rebounded with a meet record victory in 13.07 (-0.2) for the 100m hurdles at the Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, Colombia, on July 2 … The Bolivarian Games performance was the first international race her mother was able to watch in person … During collegiate season ran anchor leg of 4 x 100 relay that finished fourth in Mt. SAC Relays with a 44.01.
Indoor: Represented Venezuela at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Croatia, placing fifth in the 60m hurdles final with an 8.05 after producing a national record of 7.99 in the semifinal … The 7.99 ranks equal third on the Arkansas all-time list with teammate Daszay Freeman … Ran a then national record of 8.05 in the prelim round at the World Indoor meet, lowering her national record of 8.12 … At that time her 8.05 ranked equal fourth on the UA all-time list with Taliyah Brooks … Previously, improved her Venezuelan national record to 8.12 in the 60m hurdles, moving to No. 6 on Arkansas all-time list … The 8.12 clocking placed fifth in the Arkansas Qualifier, where she posted an 8.13 to equal national record in the prelims … Initially equaled her national record of 8.13 to place third in Texas Tech Red Raider Open … Finished seventh in 8.20 at Razorback Invitational, also placed seventh in 8.22 at Tyson Invitational … Posted a time of 8.25 in the prelims of the SEC Championships … Set an indoor best of 23.75 in 200m, placing 15th at Tyson Invitational.
Junior/Sophomore (2021)
Outdoor: National record holder in the 100m hurdles for Venezuela with a 12.95 while placing third at LSU Invitational … Initially equaled the national record of 12.97 in placing third at Texas Relays … Placed fourth in SEC Championships with a wind-aided 12.91 … Produced a windy 12.75 in prelims of NCAA West, ran 13.21 in quarterfinal with eighth best time among qualifiers … Fell in NCAA semifinal and did not finish … Won John McDonnell Invitational in 12.91w after a 12.98w prelim … Ran opening leg of 4×100 relay, which earned a bronze medal at SEC (43.81) and had fifth best time at NCAA West (43.46) with time that ranks No. 6 on UA all-time list … Improved career best in 200m to 23.23 to place fifth at LSU Invitational … Improved 200m in each of her three races with 23.51 for fourth at Texas A&M, and 23.42 as runner-up at John McDonnell Invitational.
Indoor: Finished fifth in 60m hurdles at SEC Championships with a career best and national record time of 8.14 seconds … It was her fourth PR of the indoor season … Debut race as a Razorback produced a runner-up finish at Arkansas Invitational (8.40) … Finished sixth at Wooo Pig Classic (8.34) and fourth at Razorback Invitational (8.29) … Set then career best times of 8.25 in prelim and 8.24 in final to place third in Arkansas Qualifier … Then lowered best to 8.17 to place sixth in Tyson Invitational.
COLLEGE
Competed for Barton County Community College in Kansas … Coached by Trent Edgerton … Member of 2019 NJCAA Indoor national championship team and 2019 NJCAA Outdoor national runner-up … Earned four All-America honors, three in hurdles events and one in a relay … Bronze medalist in 60H (8.65) at 2020 NJCAA, and ran 8.56 in prelims … Set career best of 8.27 to win Husker Invite at Nebraska and ran a PR of 7.61 in 60m … Silver medalist in 100H with a Venezuelan national junior record of 13.25 (A) during the 2019 NJCAA Championships in Hobbs, New Mexico … Also ran on silver medal 4×100 relay (44.98) at NJCAA meet … Previous hurdle best of 13.31 was set in winning NJCAA Region VI title two weeks prior and she ran on winning 4×100 (45.39) … Also had victories at Emporia State (13.44w), Fort Hays State Francis Classic (13.56w), WT Classic (13.44) and Michael Johnson Invitational (13.30w) during 2019 outdoor season.
Mota’s 13.25 (1.0 wind) in 2019 ranks sixth on the all-time NJCAA list while times of 13.31 and 13.44 (A) are the eighth and 11th best performances. Under all conditions, wind-aided marks of 13.25 (2.2 wind) and 13.30 (2.1 wind) rank her among the top dozen marks on the all-time NJCAA list … Indoors a career best of 8.27 ranked her as the third performer with the sixth best performance on the all-time NJCAA list. Marks of 8.36 and 8.39 rank ninth and equal 14th among performances.
INTERNATIONAL
Finished fourth in the South America Championships held in Lima, Peru … Claimed gold in South America Junior Championships in Cali, Colombia … Competed at the Pan Am Juniors in San Jose, Costa Rica, as well as the Pan American Games in Lima … Indoors in 2019, claimed bronze in 60H (8.61) at NJCAA Championships after setting a then career best of 8.39 in the prelims … Won Region VI Indoor 60H, setting then PR of 8.47 twice … Competed at the 2018 IAAF World Junior Championships, reaching the semifinal of the 100H … Medaled in three events at 2018 Venezuela National Championships, placing second in 100H with a then PR of 13.39 and finishing third in the 100 and 200 … Placed fourth in the 2017 World Youth Championships, held in Nairobi, Kenya, posting a 13.28 (A) in the final after clocking 13.18 (A) in the prelims on youth level hurdles … Silver medalist at 2016 South America Youth (U17) Championships staged in November in Concordia, Argentina.
PERSONAL
Yoveinny Deteri Mota Aranguren was born in Caracas, Venzuela on June 20, 2000 … Hometown is Guartire, Caracas, Venezuela … Daughter of Yovanny Mota and Deisy Aranguren … Has two siblings, Yoveiddy and Yosbeisy … Plans to major in Psychology … Career plans include being a professional athlete … Favorite athlete is Kendra Harrison, the current world record holder in the 100m hurdles … Person she most admires is her mother … Chose Arkansas because it provides her a chance to be successful in her future.
