2019: Competed in all five races...best time was a 22:11.1 at the Santa Clara Invitational (10/19)...top finish was a 59th place showing at the USF Invitational (9/3).
2018: Competed three times, scored at the USF Cross Country Invitational (9/1) where she had her best time (23:19.6) and top placing (41st).
OXNARD COLLEGE: Competed in 2016 and 2017 (coach Aaron Sharp)…earned the Western State Championship in 2017 in a time of 18:18 …earned California Community College Athletics Association all-state honors in 2017…a two-time winner (Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational and the Oxnard Invitational) in 2017.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2016 graduate of Hueneme High School in Oxnard, Calif…was the Pacific View League runner up (coach Pablo Gallegos) as a junior.
GET TO KNOW BRIANA: Plans to major in communications studies…the daughter of Luz Mendoza and Martin Valencia…Briana Valencia is a native of Oxnard, Calif.