2020 Women's Indoor Track Roster
Brenda Dorantes
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Baldwin Park, Calif.
- High School:
- Whittier HS
2020 (Senior)
β’Β Competed in two meets
β’ Clocked an indoor 800m personal-record 2:27.87 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational
β’ Also ran the 3000m at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic
2019 (Junior)
β’ Established a career-best 5:28.57 in the mile at the Don Kirby Invitational
β’ Also competed in the 800m (2:29.39) at the Lumberjack Team Challenge
β’ Member of the distance medley relay at the UW Invitational
2018 (Sophomore)
β’ Ran the mile at the MPSF Championships, clocking in at 5:30.18 (38th)
β’ Earned MPSF All-Academic honors
2017 (Freshman)
β’ Made her collegiate debut at the Lumberjack Team Challenge and finished 10th in the mile (5:29.96)
β’ Also registered a time of 10:38.04 in the 3000m at the UW Invitational
High School
β’ Four-year varsity letterwinner in cross country and track at Whittier High School
β’ Three-time individual league champion on the track, winning the 1600m, 3200m and 4x400 relay in 2016
β’ CIF-SS Preliminary qualifier in the 1600m and 4x400 as a junior and senior
β’ Two-time first-team all-area selection and Del Rio League MVP
β’ Led the cross country squad to three-straight Del Rio League titles
β’ Won the individual league championship with a personal-best 17:35.0 as a senior
β’ Finished fifth at the CIF-Southern Section prelims to advance to the finals
β’ Excelled in the classroom, earning the Cardinal 75 Award all four years and the Cardinal Key for being at the top of her class
β’ Named to the Principal's Honor Roll
Personal
β’ Majoring in criminology, law & society
β’ Member of the UC Irvine cross country team
β’ Parents are Margarita and Luis Dorantes
β’ Has three siblings,Luis, Jr., Ivan and Wendy
TOP MARKS AT UCI
800m = 2:27.87 (2020 Dr. MLK Jr. Collegiate Invitational)
Mile = 5:28.57 (2019 Don Kirby Invitational)
3000m = 10:38.04 (2017 UW Invitational)
DMR = 12:39.71 (2019 UW Invitational)
β’Β Competed in two meets
β’ Clocked an indoor 800m personal-record 2:27.87 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational
β’ Also ran the 3000m at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic
2019 (Junior)
β’ Established a career-best 5:28.57 in the mile at the Don Kirby Invitational
β’ Also competed in the 800m (2:29.39) at the Lumberjack Team Challenge
β’ Member of the distance medley relay at the UW Invitational
2018 (Sophomore)
β’ Ran the mile at the MPSF Championships, clocking in at 5:30.18 (38th)
β’ Earned MPSF All-Academic honors
2017 (Freshman)
β’ Made her collegiate debut at the Lumberjack Team Challenge and finished 10th in the mile (5:29.96)
β’ Also registered a time of 10:38.04 in the 3000m at the UW Invitational
High School
β’ Four-year varsity letterwinner in cross country and track at Whittier High School
β’ Three-time individual league champion on the track, winning the 1600m, 3200m and 4x400 relay in 2016
β’ CIF-SS Preliminary qualifier in the 1600m and 4x400 as a junior and senior
β’ Two-time first-team all-area selection and Del Rio League MVP
β’ Led the cross country squad to three-straight Del Rio League titles
β’ Won the individual league championship with a personal-best 17:35.0 as a senior
β’ Finished fifth at the CIF-Southern Section prelims to advance to the finals
β’ Excelled in the classroom, earning the Cardinal 75 Award all four years and the Cardinal Key for being at the top of her class
β’ Named to the Principal's Honor Roll
Personal
β’ Majoring in criminology, law & society
β’ Member of the UC Irvine cross country team
β’ Parents are Margarita and Luis Dorantes
β’ Has three siblings,Luis, Jr., Ivan and Wendy
TOP MARKS AT UCI
800m = 2:27.87 (2020 Dr. MLK Jr. Collegiate Invitational)
Mile = 5:28.57 (2019 Don Kirby Invitational)
3000m = 10:38.04 (2017 UW Invitational)
DMR = 12:39.71 (2019 UW Invitational)
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