Texas State Athletics

2012 Outdoor: Finished in fifth place in the heptathlon at the SLC Championships with 4796 total points … finished in fourth place in the heptathlon at the Texas State Invitational with 4551 points … competed in the javelin throw at the Texas Invitational to finish in seventh place recording 25.36 meters (83-02) … recorded 25.63 meters (84-01) at the TCU Invitational finishing in eighth place in the javelin throw … recorded 10.10 meters (33-01.75) at the Dr. Pepper Classic shot put … recording a season-best shot put of 10.32 meters (33-10.25) at the SLC Championships … participated in the long jump competition at the Dr. Pepper Classic and recording 5.68 meters (18-07.75) to finish in 10th place … tied for fifth place at the SLC Championships recording 1.59 meters (5-02.50) in the high jump … recorded a season-best 200-meter dash with a time of 25.74 … finished in eighth place at the SLC Championships finals with a time of 56.42.


2012 Indoor: Finished fourth in the pentathlon at the Southland Conference Indoors with 3525 points … timed a personal-best 8.85 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Houston Indoor to take first … set a personal-best in the high jump at the SLC Indoors with 1.59 meters (5-02.50) … posted a personal-best in the high jump at the Houston Indoor with 9.96 meters (32-08.25). 

2011: Competed in the pentathlon during the indoor season, placing ninth at the conference championships with 3,206 points … had third-place showings in the long jump and the 60-meter hurdles (pent.) at the conference meet with a mark of 5.28 meters (17-03) and a time of 9.03 … finished eighth in the heptathlon at the SLC Outdoors with 4,444 points … won the Trinity Alumni Classic in the 100-meter hurdles with 15.03 … fastest time in the 100-meter hurdles was at the Bobcat Invite with 14.64 to place sixth … won the long jump (hept.) at the Shirley Crowe Combined Events with a leap of 5.58 meters (18-03.75) … her season-best in the long jump was at the Texas State Invitational where she had a distance of 5.64 meters (18-06) to take silver.  

 San Benito HS: Four-year letterwinner at San Benito HS under Coach Danny De La Rosa … crowned district champ in the 100-meter hurdles from 2008-10 … district champion in the 300-meter hurdles 2007-10 … district champ in the long jump 2008-09 … district champion in the triple jump 2008-10 … regional champ in the long jump and 100-meter hurdles in 2010 … personal-best in the long jump is (18-08.50) … personal-best in the 100-meter hurdles is 14.3.

Personal: Born Apr. 8, 1992 in Harlingen, Texas, to Amadeo and Deloris Valenzuela … has three siblings: Nick, Brianna and Angelina … major is pre-pharmacy.