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Brenda Martinez
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rancho Cucamonga, CA
- High School:
- Rancho Cucamonga HS
View Martinez' Track Bio
2008 Earned her third All-Conference honor in four years finishing fourth at the Big West Championship on November 1 ... Established the best 6k time of her career at the Big West Championship with a time of 20:19.30 ... Recorded two top-5 finishes on the year ... Member of UC Riverside's 2008 Big West Conference Championship Team ...
2007 Became the first female cross country athlete at UC Riverside to participate in the NCAA Championship ... Knocked almost a full minute off of her previous top 5k time, and established a Highlander record in the process, running the UC Riverside Invitational in 16:52.10 on September 29 ... Posted four top-5 finishes on the year, winning the UC Riverside Invitational and the Cal Poly Invitational on October 15 ...
2006 Her 4k time of 14:38.00 at the UCR Season Opener on September 1 was a personal best ...
2005 Named Big West Conference Freshman of the Year after finishing 10th at the conference championship ... Was the Highlanders top finisher in all six of her races ...
High School Was a four-year letter winner in track and cross country at Rancho Cucamonga HS under Coach Carlton Austen ... School record holder in the 1,600 (4:55), 800 (2:16), two mile (11:12), three mile (17:28) ... Ran with the West Coast Gazelle Track Club ...
Personal Brenda Saucedo Martinez is the daughter of Andres and Rosa Maria Martinez ... Majoring in sociology and law ... Would like to become a district attorney investigator ... Roots for Chivas of the Mexican Soccer league ... Favorite athletes are Florence Griffith Joyner and Jackie Joyner Kersey ... Favorite writers are Anne Rice and Ernest Hemingway ... Lists “The Sun Also Rises” and “The Queen of the Damned” as her favorite novels ... Enjoys hamburgers and Mexican food ... Her favorite television show is “CSI: Las Vegas” ... Favorite film is “Lord of the Rings” ... Favorite musical group is Under Oath ... In her free time she enjoys playing soccer, music and hanging out with family and friends ... Is the first member of her family to go to college ...
Career Collegiate Performances
2008 Earned her third All-Conference honor in four years finishing fourth at the Big West Championship on November 1 ... Established the best 6k time of her career at the Big West Championship with a time of 20:19.30 ... Recorded two top-5 finishes on the year ... Member of UC Riverside's 2008 Big West Conference Championship Team ...
2007 Became the first female cross country athlete at UC Riverside to participate in the NCAA Championship ... Knocked almost a full minute off of her previous top 5k time, and established a Highlander record in the process, running the UC Riverside Invitational in 16:52.10 on September 29 ... Posted four top-5 finishes on the year, winning the UC Riverside Invitational and the Cal Poly Invitational on October 15 ...
2006 Her 4k time of 14:38.00 at the UCR Season Opener on September 1 was a personal best ...
2005 Named Big West Conference Freshman of the Year after finishing 10th at the conference championship ... Was the Highlanders top finisher in all six of her races ...
High School Was a four-year letter winner in track and cross country at Rancho Cucamonga HS under Coach Carlton Austen ... School record holder in the 1,600 (4:55), 800 (2:16), two mile (11:12), three mile (17:28) ... Ran with the West Coast Gazelle Track Club ...
Personal Brenda Saucedo Martinez is the daughter of Andres and Rosa Maria Martinez ... Majoring in sociology and law ... Would like to become a district attorney investigator ... Roots for Chivas of the Mexican Soccer league ... Favorite athletes are Florence Griffith Joyner and Jackie Joyner Kersey ... Favorite writers are Anne Rice and Ernest Hemingway ... Lists “The Sun Also Rises” and “The Queen of the Damned” as her favorite novels ... Enjoys hamburgers and Mexican food ... Her favorite television show is “CSI: Las Vegas” ... Favorite film is “Lord of the Rings” ... Favorite musical group is Under Oath ... In her free time she enjoys playing soccer, music and hanging out with family and friends ... Is the first member of her family to go to college ...
Career Collegiate Performances
| Meet | Date | Overall | Scoring | Team | Time | Dist | ||
| UC Riverside Invitational | Sept. 28, 2008 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17:22.20 | 5k | ||
| Pre-Nationals | Oct. 18, 2008 | 53 | 53 | 2 | 21:24.00 | 6k | ||
| Big West Championship | Nov. 1, 2008 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20:19.30 | 6k | ||
| NCAA West Regional | Nov. 15, 2008 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 21:15.35 | 6k | ||
| Nevada Twilight Invitational | Aug. 31, 2007 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15:52.00 | 4k | ||
| UC Riverside Invitational | Sept. 29, 2007 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:52.10 | 5k | ||
| Cal Poly Invitational | Oct. 15, 2007 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:28.20 | 5k | ||
| Big West Championship | Oct. 28, 2007 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21:56.60 | 6k | ||
| NCAA West Regional | Nov. 10, 2007 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 21:02.84 | 6k | ||
| NCAA Championship | Nov. 11, 2007 | 138 | --- | 1 | 21:48.40 | 6k | ||
| UCR Season Opener | Sept. 1, 2006 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 14:38.00 | 4k | ||
| Sundodger Invitational | Sept. 16, 2006 | 59 | 52 | 7 | 22:20.00 | 6k | ||
| UC Riverside Invitational | Sept. 30, 2006 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17:44.10 | 5k | ||
| Chili Pepper Invite | Oct. 14, 2006 | 77 | 77 | 3 | 22:19.20 | 6k | ||
| Big West Championship | Oct. 28, 2006 | 34 | 33 | 7 | 24:20.10 | 6k | ||
| NCAA West Regional | Nov. 11, 2006 | 62 | 60 | 3 | 22:58.72 | 6k | ||
| Craig Regional Park | Sept. 3, 2005 | 84 | 81 | 1 | 21:03.90 | 5k | ||
| Stanford Course | Sept. 24, 2005 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 14:52.00 | 4k | ||
| UC Riverside Invitational | Oct. 1, 2005 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17:55.10 | 5k | ||
| Drews/Neubauer | Oct. 15, 2005 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21:57.00 | 6k | ||
| Big West Championship | Oct. 29, 2005 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 21:43.50 | 6k | ||
| NCAA West Regional | Nov. 12, 2005 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 21:39.60 | 6k | ||
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