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Valerie Almanza
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Oxnard, Calif.
- High School:
- Channel Islands HS
TFRRS Performance List
2019-20 (JUNIOR)
**Track: Competed in one outdoor meet before the season was cut short ... Ran the 1,500 meters in 5 minutes, 6.76 seconds at the Cal Opener in Berkeley, Calif. (March 7).
Cross Country: Ran in three meets for the Dons during the fall ... Ran a season-best 23:14.1 at the 2019 West Coast Conference Championship over the 6-kilometer course ... Was the Dons' No. 6 runner at the season-opening USF Invitational, finishing 74th overall in 24:40.7 ... Was also among the team's top-seven at UC Davis' inaugural Stump Invitational, finishing 74th overall in 26:13.8.
2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)
Track: Competed in three indoor meets and four outdoor meets during the track season ... During indoor season, she exclusively ran the mile, turning in a season-best time of 5 minutes, 18.57 seconds at the season-opening Crimson & Gold Invitational at Pittsburgh State (Dec. 8) ... Placed 42nd with a time of 5:35.51 at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships ... Ran the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 meters during the outdoor season ... Ran a career-best 5:03.42 in the 1,500 at the Woody Wilson Classic (April 13).
Cross Country: Ran in all five of the Dons' meets in the fall … Ran among USF's top-seven all season long, primarily featuring as the Dons' No. 6 runner … Ran a season-best 6 km time of 22:08.0 on Nov. 9 at the NCAA West Region Championship in Sacramento, Calif. … Grabbed a top-50 finish (49th) at the WCC Championship on Oct. 27 in Provo, Utah, with a time of 23:12.1 … Ran 23:02.3 at the prestigious Nuttycombe Invitational at the University of Wisconsin (Sept. 28).
2017-18 (FRESHMAN)
Track: Competed in two indoor meets in 2017 in the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters … Made her collegiate track and field debut at the UW Preview (Jan. 13), competing in the 3,000 meters and finishing with a time of 10:39.09 … Competed in the 5,000 meters at the UW Invitational (Jan. 27), posting a mark of 18:16.44.
Cross Country: Competed in four races for the Dons this season … Finished 12th in her first collegiate race at the USF Invitational with a time of 22:22.7 … At the WCC Championships, she posted a season-best time of 21:49.2 to finish 28th.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ran three years of track and two years of cross country at Channel Islands HS … Raiders won the Pacific View League championships in 2015 and ’16, and the team earned the Ventura County cross country championship in 2016 … Tabbed as the Athlete of the Year as a senior … Took second in the 1,600 meters at the Ventura County Championships as a senior … Earned the Pacific View League title in the 1,600 and finished fourth in the CIF Southern Section Division I Finals in the 3,200 her junior season … Won the 1,600 and 3,200 at the Pacific View League championships as a sophomore … Ran a personal best in the 1,600 of 5:06.54 … Personal best time in the 3,200 is 10:30.71 … Also played two years of high school soccer.
PERSONAL: Planning to study biology at USF … Daughter of Raul and Arcelia Almanza … Has two siblings, older brother Raul, Jr., and twin sister and fellow USF cross country and track student-athlete, Victoria … Born Jan 15, 1999, in Oxnard, Calif.
** 2020 season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 (JUNIOR)
**Track: Competed in one outdoor meet before the season was cut short ... Ran the 1,500 meters in 5 minutes, 6.76 seconds at the Cal Opener in Berkeley, Calif. (March 7).
Cross Country: Ran in three meets for the Dons during the fall ... Ran a season-best 23:14.1 at the 2019 West Coast Conference Championship over the 6-kilometer course ... Was the Dons' No. 6 runner at the season-opening USF Invitational, finishing 74th overall in 24:40.7 ... Was also among the team's top-seven at UC Davis' inaugural Stump Invitational, finishing 74th overall in 26:13.8.
2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)
Track: Competed in three indoor meets and four outdoor meets during the track season ... During indoor season, she exclusively ran the mile, turning in a season-best time of 5 minutes, 18.57 seconds at the season-opening Crimson & Gold Invitational at Pittsburgh State (Dec. 8) ... Placed 42nd with a time of 5:35.51 at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships ... Ran the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 meters during the outdoor season ... Ran a career-best 5:03.42 in the 1,500 at the Woody Wilson Classic (April 13).
Cross Country: Ran in all five of the Dons' meets in the fall … Ran among USF's top-seven all season long, primarily featuring as the Dons' No. 6 runner … Ran a season-best 6 km time of 22:08.0 on Nov. 9 at the NCAA West Region Championship in Sacramento, Calif. … Grabbed a top-50 finish (49th) at the WCC Championship on Oct. 27 in Provo, Utah, with a time of 23:12.1 … Ran 23:02.3 at the prestigious Nuttycombe Invitational at the University of Wisconsin (Sept. 28).
2017-18 (FRESHMAN)
Track: Competed in two indoor meets in 2017 in the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters … Made her collegiate track and field debut at the UW Preview (Jan. 13), competing in the 3,000 meters and finishing with a time of 10:39.09 … Competed in the 5,000 meters at the UW Invitational (Jan. 27), posting a mark of 18:16.44.
Cross Country: Competed in four races for the Dons this season … Finished 12th in her first collegiate race at the USF Invitational with a time of 22:22.7 … At the WCC Championships, she posted a season-best time of 21:49.2 to finish 28th.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ran three years of track and two years of cross country at Channel Islands HS … Raiders won the Pacific View League championships in 2015 and ’16, and the team earned the Ventura County cross country championship in 2016 … Tabbed as the Athlete of the Year as a senior … Took second in the 1,600 meters at the Ventura County Championships as a senior … Earned the Pacific View League title in the 1,600 and finished fourth in the CIF Southern Section Division I Finals in the 3,200 her junior season … Won the 1,600 and 3,200 at the Pacific View League championships as a sophomore … Ran a personal best in the 1,600 of 5:06.54 … Personal best time in the 3,200 is 10:30.71 … Also played two years of high school soccer.
PERSONAL: Planning to study biology at USF … Daughter of Raul and Arcelia Almanza … Has two siblings, older brother Raul, Jr., and twin sister and fellow USF cross country and track student-athlete, Victoria … Born Jan 15, 1999, in Oxnard, Calif.
** 2020 season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
XC | 2021 USF Invitational
Tuesday, September 07
Lizzie Bird In the 3000m Steeplchase Finals
Wednesday, August 04
2020 NCAA Cross Country National Championship Preview
Monday, March 15
Celebrating International Women's Day
Monday, March 08
