SAN ANTONIO – UTSA Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Aaron Fox has announced the addition of Slovenian multi-title national champion sprinter Pika Bikar to join the Roadrunners next fall for the 2025-26 season.
“Pika Bikar has proven she is a champion on the international stage and continues to have a very high ceiling as she continues to develop,” Fox said. “She will provide an immediate impact for our sprint squad, and we can’t wait to get her to San Antonio and start building toward her goals in the classroom and on the track.”
Bikar arrives in San Antonio from Medvode, Slovenia, where she just earned the Slovenian U20 National Championship in the 200-meter in June. Bikar represented Slovenia at the World Athletics Championships in Peru in the 100m and as part of the nation’s 4x100m relay. She also earned the 200m gold at the Slovenian U20 Championships in July and was second place at the Slovenian U23 Championships – placing fifth in the event at the 2024 Balkan Championships. During the 2024 Indoor season, Bikar went second in the 200m at 23.97 and was fifth in 60m at 7.79 at the Slovenian Championships, won the Croatian U16 Championships in the 200m and also the Slovenian U20 Championships in 24.33 – placing second at Slovenian U20 Indoors.
Her top time in the 200m clocked in at 23.64 in July at the 2024 Slovenian Cup Championships with yet another gold-medal finish. She also clocked a 100m time of 11.90 at the Int. JOSKO Laufmeeting in August. Her best 60m of 7.74 came during the Maribor Indoor Open in January.
She previously also won the 2023 Slovenian U20 Cup 200m, the 2023 Slovenian U18 Championships 200m, the 2023 Slovenian U18 Cup 100m and 200m, the 2023 Slovenian Indoor Championships 200m, the 2023 Slovenian U20 Indoor Championships 200m and helped her 4x100m relay teams to multiple victories. She competed in the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival as well.
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