2020-21 Women's Track & Field Roster
Biography
Career Accolades
- Named to MEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (3.25-3.69) in 2020-21
- All-MEC XC First Team (2020-21)
- Victorious in collegiate debut with 18:30.0 at D&E Winter Invite (3/5/21)
- All-MEC Honorable Mention in 1500m (2021)
- Set school record in 5000m with 18:22.16 at Golden Eagle Invitational (4/17/21)
2020-21 (Freshman)
Season-Bests
- 5000m (XC) – 18:30.0 // D&E Winter XC Invite (3/5/21)
- 6000m (XC) – 24:56.0 // MEC XC Championships (3/20/21)
- 800m (OTF) – 2:28.97 // Jasmine Claggett Invitational (4/10/21)
- 1500m (OTF) – 5:04.18 // MEC T&F Championships (5/3/21)
- 5000m (OTF) – 18:22.16* // 2021 Golden Eagle Invitational (4/17/21)
- 4x400m (OTF) – 4:21.54 // Jasmine Claggett Invitational (4/10/21)
Cross Country (2021)
- All-MEC XC First Team for seventh-place finish at league championships
- Victorious in collegiate debut with 18:30.0 at D&E Winter Invite (3/5/21)
- Navigated 6K league championship course in 24:54.0
Outdoor Track & Field (2021)
- Named to MEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (3.25-3.69)
- All-MEC Honorable Mention in 1500m
- Set school record in 5000m with second-place 18:22.16 at Golden Eagle Invitational (4/17/21)
- Nabbed second in 1500m with 5:05.69 at Jasmine Claggett Invitational (4/10/21)
Prep
- Competed in track and cross country for coach Dayton McVicker at Fairmont Senior High School
- Committed originally to West Virginia University
- 2019 state champion in 3200m
- Two-time state runner-up finisher in 3200m and 800m
- Honors student at Fairmont Senior
- Part of XC state runner up squad in 2016
- Part of All-State 4x800 relay team in 201
- Has recorded high school bests of 5:19 in 1600m, 11:32 in 3200m, 2:20 in 800m, 18:40 in 5K, 61 in 400m and 28.26 in 200m.
Personal
- Daughter of Jessica Valentine and Terry Brinson
- Has one sister (Daniela Valentine)
- Majoring in exercise science
