The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2017-18 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Claudine Blancaflor
- Position:
- Distance/XC
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Allen
- Prev School:
- Southern Arkansas
- Hometown:
- Allen, Texas
- Major:
- Special Education
• Three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team (Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
• 2019 All-Big 12 Cross Country
2019-20 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
INDOOR: Clocked collegiate-bests for the indoor mile (5:00.38), 3,000m (9:43.81) and 5,000m (16:47.30) … opened her indoor season with her personal-best mile, finishing third at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational in Houston, Texas on Jan. 17 … posted her 3,000m personal-best one week later at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, placing 13th … scored at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, placing fifth, behind her personal-best 5,000m mark.
CROSS COUNTRY: Ran seven times, posting personal-best times in 4K, 5K and 6K races throughout the year … opened with a collegiate-best 13:56.0 mark (4K) at the Bear Twilight in Waco, Texas on Aug. 30, placing seventh … dropped a personal-best 5K at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Ark. on Oct. 5, clocking 17:27.8 … ran her best 6K one month later, finishing the Big 12 Championship course in 20:45.0 … finished fifth at the Big 12 Championships to earn All-Big 12 honors … closed her season by competing at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind.
2018-19 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Opened her season with a third-place finish in the 1,500m at the Road Runner Invitational … posted a pair of top-five finishes at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, taking fourth in the 4x800m and second in the 1,500m … ran a pair of personal-bests at The Reveille Meet in April, finishing sixth in the 1,500m and seventh in the 800m … Took second in the 1,500m at the Michael Johnson Invitational, clocking a 4:31.64 time … helped UT place second in the 4x1,500m at the National Relay Championships in April.
INDOOR: Helped UT win the DMR at the Houston Invitational … ran a personal-best mile (5:03.98) at the Ted Nelson Invitational, finishing 12th … ran a personal-best 3,000m (10:12.80), finishing fifth, at the Houston Invitational.
CROSS COUNTRY: Placed 13th at both the Texas and Rice invitationals … ran in the Arturo Barrios and Nuttycombe invitationals … competed at the Big 12 Championships.
PRIOR TO TEXAS: Attended Southern Arkansas University prior to arriving at UT … had top times of 2:16 in the 800m; 4:35 in the 1,500m; and 17:38 in the 5,000m … ran cross country and track as a junior and senior after playing tennis during her first two years of high school … named GAC Freshman of the Year in cross country and 2016 first-team All-Conference … earned 2016 All-Academic team honors and was recognized with the Outstanding Athlete award twice … member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Full name is Claudine Norico Blancaflor … daughter of Aileen Blancaflor, Marcus Atkinson and Brian Blancaflor … has two brothers, Justin and Joey Blancaflor … her cousin, Chase Wells, runs track at UCLA … was born in Bakersfield, Calif.
