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2019 Women's Track Roster

Maria Puente

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Spring, Texas
  • Prev School Oak Ridge HS (Allen CC)

Biography

At Midwestern State

Indoor Track Personal Bests

800 Meters: 2:32.16 -- Red Raider Invitational (1/18/19)
Mile: 5:38.52 -- UCO Open (1/26/19)

Outdoor Track Personal Bests

800 Meters: 2:29.76 -- UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (3/23/19)
1,500 Meters: 5:05.44 -- OBU Early Invitational (3/14/19)

Junior (2019)

Indoor Season

competed in four meets during the indoor season... finished 15th in the mile (5:42.64) at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships in the Texas Tech Sports Performance Center (2/16-2/17)... ran season best mile time of 5:38.52 to take 12th at the UCO Open (1/26)... helped MSU Texas win the distance medley relay with a time of 12:59.07 at the UCO Alumni Classic (2/9)...

Outdoor Season

competed in three meets during the outdoor season... paced personal best time of 5:05.44 to take sixth in the 1,500-meter run at the Oklahoma Baptist Early Invitational (3/14)... finished 11th in both the 1,500-meter run (5:07.41) and 800-meter dash with a season-best time of 2:29.76... helped Mustangs to a third-place finish in the 4x800-meter relay with a time of 10:36.37 at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational (3/30)...

At Allen County Community College

Sophomore (2018)

Indoor Season

competed in two meets... ran personal best 800-meter time of 2:27.10 at the Pittsburg State Gorilla Indoor Classic (2/10)...

Outdoor Season

competed in four meets... qualified for NJCAA Division I Outdoor Championships in the 800 and 1,500-meter runs... ran personal best 1,500-meter time of 4:58.05 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/20)... posted season-best 800-meter time of 2:26.85 at the Wichita State K.T. Woodman Classic (4/13)...

Freshman (2017)

Indoor Season

competed in four meets.. ran season-best time of 2:30.89 in the 800-meter dash at the Cowley Last Chance Qualifier (2/23).. finished sixth in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 3:20.46 at the Kansas Jayhawk Indoor Classic (1/27)...

Outdoor Season

competed in four meets... finished 23rd overall in the 800-meter run at the NJCAA Division I Outdoor Championships with a time of 2:31.21 (5/20)... finished 12th in the 1,500-meter run with a season-best time of 5:11.18 at the NJCAA Region VI Championships (5/6)... set personal 800-meter record with a time of 2;24.28 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/14)...

At Oak Ridge High School

a four-year letterwinner in track and cross country for coach Kristina Dube at Oak Ridge High School in Conroe, Texas... finished 33rd at the UIL District 16-6A meet with a 5K prep best time of 22:00.50 as a senior in 2015... ran a high school best 3,200-meter time of 15:27.00 to finish sixth at the Allen Academy High School Cross Country Ram Classic as a junior in 2014... posted top track times of 2:29.33 in the 800, 6:04.78 in the 1600 and 12:34.85 in the 3200... also competed as a midfielder in soccer...

Personal

daughter of Francisco Puente and Claudia Valdez... born Dec. 11, 1997...