Ariana Thiel-Hadjilambrinos

Class:
Sophomore
Event:
Distance
Hometown:
Albuquerque, N.M.
High School:
La Cueva
Concentration:
Biophysics

Before Brown: 2024 individual and team state runner-up in cross country…Four-time La Cueva cross country team MVP…State all-star XC champion…Took third place in the 3200m at states and captured the district championship in the 1600m in 2025…All-state honoree in track…Five-time individual district champion in XC and track…Track team captured the state championship during her junior season in 2024…Academic all-district...2024 National Merit Scholar.

Personal: Daughter of Diane Thiel and Constantine Hadjilambrinos…Has a sister Christabel, and two brothers, Alexander, and Dylan…Her mother is a member of Brown’s Class of 1988, MFA '90.

Why Brown?: “Brown is the perfect fit to explore my varied and expansive interests, from biophysics to running to writing to music; I have always felt like a Bear (through my mother’s Brown history and four years as a La Cueva Bear), so Brown feels like building community and finding adventure all at once!”