2017 Men's Track & Field

Nolan Del Valle

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Santa Clarita, Calif.

Biography

2017 (Senior)
• Ran his only 10000m race of the season at the Big West Championships
• Clocked in at 33:09.37 to finish 16th
• Had a top-10 showing in the 3000m at the Big West Challenge (9:01.57)
• Registered a season-best 15:36.02 in the 5000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational

2016 (Junior)
• Finished 12th in the 10000m at the Big West Championships (32:21.02)
• Ran a lifetime-best 31:40.17 to place 11th in the 10K at the UCLA Legends Invitational
• Registered a 5000m season-best 15:10.58 at the UC Irvine Spring Break Invitational
• Notched a season-best 8:42.65 in the 3000m at the All-UC Championships

2015 (Sophomore)
• Competed in the 5000m (15:30.83) and 10000m (32:08.18) at the Big West Championships
• Established a personal-record 15:08.37 in the 5K at the Bryan Clay Invitational
• Took sixth in the 3000m at the Big West Challenge, running a career-best 8:39.50
• Also ran the 1500m at the UC Irvine Spring Break Classic (4:02.90)

2014 (Freshman)
• Recorded a 1500m personal-best 4:01.39 at the Big West Challenge
• Posted season-bests of 9:02.26 in the 3000m at the UCR Invitational and 15:29.22 in the 5000m at the UCI Invitational
• Competed in the 3000m steeplechase at the All-UC Meet, clocking in at 10:13.54

High School
• Graduated from Golden Valley High School in 2013
• Competed in both cross country and track
• Four-time state qualifier in cross country
• Led the Grizzlies to their first-ever CIF State title in 2011
• Team's No. 2 finisher, coming in seventh overall
• Squad also won the CIF-Southern Section Division II championship
• CIF-SS Prelim qualifier in the 3200m on the track
• Left Golden Valley HS ranked among the program's all-time top-10 in the 800m (2:01.5), 1600m (4:22.68) and 3200m (9:26.04)

Personal
• Majoring in sociology
• Parents are Nina and Robert Del Valle
• Has one sibling, Ryland

TOP MARKS AT UCI
1500m = 4:01.39 (2014 Big West Challenge)
3000m = 8:39.50 (2015 Big West Challenge)
5000m = 15:08.37 (2015 Bryan Clay Invitational)
10000m = 31:40.17 (2016 UCLA Legends Invitational)
Steeplechase = 10:13.54 (2014 All-UC Meet)


Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

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  • 2015Sophomore

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  • 2016Junior

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  • 2017Senior

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