Valerie Reina Season 2015-16

Height5-2
ClassR-Jr
HometownTontitown, Ark.
Valerie Reina
Valerie Reina
Redshirt Senior (2016)
Third year of competition started with second-best time, first for the Razorbacks, at the Riverside Invitational (Sept. 17) with a 20:27.24 … Continued the season with a personal best time of 16:54.40, was the eighth-best time for the Razorbacks, at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 1) … Reina then contributed to the Razorbacks SEC Championship (Oct. 28) title by finishing 10th overall and had the third best time for Arkansas at 20:53.10 … In the NCAA South Central Region (Nov. 11) meet, she again helped Arkansas to a victory by having the seventh-best time for Arkansas with 21:07.60. Good enough for 20th overall and a All-Region accolade … During the NCAA Championships (Nov. 19), Reina placed seventh-best for the Razorbacks with a time of 21:42.90.

Redshirt Junior (2015)
Competed in the UC Riverside Invitational placing sixth (Sept. 12) … Posted a time of 20:49.10 for fourth on the team ... Raced in the Chile Pepper Festival placing 13th (Oct. 3) ... Earned sixth place for Arkansas with a personal best time of 16:54.59 in the 5K ... Finished 133rd in the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (Oct. 16) with a time of 21:18.90 ... Set a personal record in the 6K at the SEC Championships (Oct. 30) running to a time of 20:20.10 ... She placed fourth amongst Arkansas runners and 11th overall on the 6K course in College Station, Texas ... Reina competed at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 13) finishing 15th with a time of 20:25.80 ... She finished in sixth place for the Razorbacks on the 6K course ... Raced at the NCAA Championships (Nov.21) placing 217th with a time of 21:54.80 good for seventh amongst Arkansas runners.

Redshirt Sophomore (2014)
Competed in seven of the eight meets … Finished inside the Arkansas scoring rotation in the first three races of the year … Earned back-to-back top five finishes to open the year … Set a personal-best in the two-mile (11:14.00), 5-kilometer (17:15.22) and 6-kilometer (20:58.26) … Picked up a third-place finish at the Hurricane Cross Country Festival after completing the two-mile course in 11:14.00 … Earned a fourth-place finish in her first 5K race of the year at the UCI/adidas Invitational (Sept. 6), posting a time of 17:33.90 … Set a personal-best 5K time of 17:15.22 at the Missouri Southern Stampede (Sept. 20) to finish eighth … Placed 37th (5K; 17:30.50) at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 4) …. Competed in the Open Race at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 17) and placed 25th with a 6K time of 21:45.00 … Ran a personal-best 6K time of 20:58.26 to place 31st at the SEC Championship (Oct. 31) … Ended her year at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 22) with a 37th-place finish and a 6K time of 21:33.50.

Sophomore (2013)
Did not compete

Freshman (2012)
Competed in three meets ... Scored for the team at the First to Finish Southern Stampede, where she ran a personal-best 5K time of 18:00.23 ... Turned in a 6K time of 23:28.30 at the Chile Pepper Festival

High School
An eight-time Arkansas state champion at Springdale Har-Ber High School ... Won two cross country titles, four indoor, and three outdoor championships ... Named the Gatorade Arkansas Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year as a junior ... Finished 11th at the 2010 Foot Locker South Regional ... Owns a personal-best time of 17:46 in the 5K and 4:44.26 in the 1,500m.

Personal
Born on Aug. 16, 1994 ... Daughter of Reuben and Joell Reina ... Older of four children with siblings Elise, Reuben and Gabby ... Father was a two-time NCAA Champion in the 3,000m and an eight-time All-American at Arkansas and mother was a middle-distance specialist and four-year letterwinner with the Razorbacks ... Graduated with her bachelors in elementary education in 2016 ... Currently pursuing her masters degree.
Valerie Reina

R-Sr
2016-17

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Valerie Reina

R-So
2014-15

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