2020 Women's Track & Field Roster

Brenda Dorantes

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Baldwin Park, Calif.
  • Highschool Whittier HS

Biography

2020 (Senior)
• Did not compete in the Anteaters’ only meet before the season was canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

2019 (Junior)
• Established a personal-record 17:47.10 to finish seventh out of 33 in the 5000m at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Also took third in the 5K at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic (17:51.34)
• Clocked a season-best 10:26.54 in the 3000m at the Beach Opener (7th)
• Added a 1500m season-best 4:44.61 at the UCR Spring Track Classic

2018 (Sophomore)
• Big West qualifier in the 1500m
• Notched a season-best 4:45.87 for a top-20 showing at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Came in ninth at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic and Big West Challenge
• Ran season-bests of 2:22.52 in the 800m and 18:14.68 in the 5000m

2017 (Freshman)
• Placed 13th in the 1500m at the Big West Championships
• Ran a career-best 4:42.33 to come in third at the Mondo Team Challenge
• Took fifth at the All-UC Challenge and sixth at the Big West Challenge (4:42.62)
• Came in seventh in the mile with a time of 5:08.60 at the Ben Brown Invitational
• Competed in the 800m at the Bryan Clay Invitational

High School
• Four-year varsity letterwinner in cross country and track at Whittier High School
• Three-time individual league champion on the track, winning the 1600m, 3200m and 4x400 relay in 2016
• CIF-SS Preliminary qualifier in the 1600m and 4x400 as a junior and senior
• Two-time first-team all-area selection and Del Rio League MVP
• Led the cross country squad to three-straight Del Rio League titles
• Won the individual league championship with a personal-best 17:35.0 as a senior
• Finished fifth at the CIF-Southern Section prelims to advance to the finals
• Excelled in the classroom, earning the Cardinal 75 Award all four years and the Cardinal Key for being at the top of her class
• Named to the Principal's Honor Roll

Personal
• Majoring in criminology, law & society
• Member of the UC Irvine cross country team
• Parents are Margarita and Luis Dorantes
• Has three siblings - Luis, Jr., Ivan and Wendy

TOP MARKS AT UCI
800m = 2:18.62 (2017 Bryan Clay Invitational)
1500m = 4:42.33 (2017 Mondo Team Challenge)
Mile = 5:08.60 (2017 Ben Brown Invitational)
3000m = 10:26.54 (2019 Beach Opener)
5000m = 17:47.10 (2019 Steve Scott Invitational)

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    Distance
  • 2018Sophomore

    Distance
    5'2"
  • 2019Junior

    Distance
    5'2"
  • 2020Senior

    Distance
    5'2"