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2023 Men's Cross-Country Roster

Tom Valente

Tom Valente

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    155
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Mount Dora, Fla.
  • Prev School:
    Mount Dora Christian Academy

Summary

Biography

Career
Races: 11
Top-10 finishes: 3
In HU's top 7: 8
Scoring runner: 2
HU's leader: 1
Race victories: 0

Awards
2021 Spring All-GAC (first team)
2023 GAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete
2021 Academic All-GAC

Results
Year Meet Host Dist. Time Place HU Place
2021 Lois Davis Inv. Southern Ark. 8K 28:36.6 3rd 1st
2021 GAC Championship Southwestern Okla. 8K 26.22.9 9th 3rd
2021 Chile Pepper Inv. 8K 28:33.8 286th 8th
2021 UAH Inv. Alabama Huntsville 8K 28:14.7 248th 9th
2021 GAC Championship Harding 8K 27:50.4 28th 6th
2021 Central Regional Mo. Southern St. 10K 33:31.3** 143rd 5th
2023 Memphis Twilight 4m 21:55.0 69th 7th
2023 Guymon Inv. Harding 4m 20:57.9 10th 5th
2023 Cowboy Jamboree Oklahoma St. 8K 27:03.3 75th 6th
2023 DBU Gallop DBU 8K 25:32.8* 55th 7th
2023 GAC Championship Arkansas Tech 8K 26:01.1 24th 8th
* - 8K personal best, ** - 10K personal best

Previous School
A 2020 graduate of Mount Dora Christian Academy in Mount Dora, Florida
Stats: Personal-best 16:21.30 over 5,000 meters ... placed third in the FHSAA 1A District 3A (17:05.0), fourth in the FHSAA 1A Region 2 (16:56.8), 24th at the FHSAA 1A State Championship (17:03.5) and seventh at the NXR Southeast Regional Championship (16:21.3) as a senior.

Personal
Major: Political Science
Parents: Thomas and Leigh Ann Valente ... has one sister (Olivia)
Home-schooled until his freshman year of high school ... has seen Niagara Falls freeze over

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    6'1" 155 lbs

  • 2021Sophomore

    6'1" 155 lbs

  • 2022Junior

    6'1" 155 lbs

  • 2023Senior

    6'1" 155 lbs