UC San Diego

MEDIA
• Tritoncast (4/28)

AS A SENIOR IN 2022
Big West All-Academic ... Improved on her personal best in the 1500 at the Vince O'Boyle Classic (4/2), finishing seventh overall with a time of 4:45.56 ... Posted her best ever 800 time (2:17.35) at the Steve Scott Invitational (4/30) ... Helped the 4x800 relay team take third (9:43.76) to open the season at the Rossi Relays (2/26).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2021
Big West All-Academic ... Set a personal best mark in the 800 (2:19.03/19th) at the APU Last Chance Twilight ... Placed eighth overall in the 800 with a time of 2:22.86 at the UC Riverside Sprint Invite (4/30) ... Ran a 4:55.16 personal record in the 1500 to finish fourth overall at the Matador Invite (4/23) ... Came in third place overall in the 800 (2:19.54) at the Chris Rinne Twilight (4/2). 

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2020
CCAA Spring All-Academic ... Placed ninth overall in the 800 (2:21.11) and was part of the 4x400 squad that came in seventh (4:20.26) at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/7). 

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019
Ran a 2:22.81 in the 800 for a personal best mark at the California Collegiate Open (3/30) ... Placed 11th overall and set a personal best in the 1500 (5:01.68) at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/9).

HIGH SCHOOL 
A 2018 graduate of San Marcos High School in San Marcos ... First Team All-Avocado East honoree ... Avocado East League Champion (800) ... Track and Field Rookie of the Year ... Earned the Coaches Award ... School's Athletic Department's Sportsmanship Award. 

PERSONAL 
Born March 19 in San Jose ... Daughter of Waldina and Mike Valencia ... Has a younger brother Miguel ... Cousin Alex Jackson plays professional baseball in the Atlanta Braves organization after being drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft ... Father attended UC San Diego ... Majoring in law and society with and a double minor in cognitive science and literature/writing at Sixth College ... Career goals include attending law school, working for the District Attorney's office, and later joining the FBI ... Favorite moment competing is the last race of her high school career when she won the league championship in the 800m ... Enjoys writing, baking and digital art making ... Favorite athlete is American middle-distance runner Brenda Martinez ... Roots for the Atlana Braves ... Likes the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens ... Listens to AJR ... Bounced back from having her thyroid removed following her freshman year of high school after being diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer.