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2021 Cross Country Roster

Sharon Ellman

Valeria Diaz-Gonzales

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mission, Texas
  • High School Mission Sharyland

Biography

SEASON AND CAREER EVENT RESULTS

2020-21 SEASON
2020 Cross Country: Competed in the 5k at the Sun Belt Championships, setting a personal best of 18:33.3 … finished in seventh in the two mile at the UTA Invite while establishing a PR of 12:18.0, only two-tenths of a second behind teammate Madeleine Rowe.

2019-20 SEASON
2019 Cross Country: Ran in six meets, including the Sun Belt Conference Championships (54th) and South Central Regional (109th) ... had a season-best 5k time of 18:35.6 at the Chile Pepper Festival ... helped the Mavericks to a top-15 regional ranking during the season.

2018-19 SEASON
2018 Cross Country: 
Led the cross country team in five of the six events as a true freshman in 2018 ... finished eighth at the Ken Garland Invitational and was 11th at the UTA Gerald Richey Invitational ... placed 47th in the 5k at the 2018 Sun Belt Conference Championships (19:21.7) ... was the team's lone participant at the NCAA South Central Regional.

BEFORE UTA
Was the 2018 UIL 5A Region 4 champion in the 1600 meters with a time of 5:14.21 after finishing as the district and area runner up ... placed eighth in the event at the 5A State Championships with a personal record time of 5:12.64 ... was the runner up in the 3200m at the district and area meets and took third at the regional meet ... had top-5 finishes at the 5A Area 31/32 Meet in both the 1600m and 3200m as a junior.

PERSONAL
Is an advertising major ... Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.