The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2020-21 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Valery Tobias
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- Edinburg, Texas
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Edinburg IDEA Quest
- Major:
- Strategic Communication - Grad Certificate
• 2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor First Team All-American - 800m
• 2023 USTFCCCA Indoor First Team All-American - 800m
• 2023 Big 12 1000m Indoor Champion
• NCAA Team Runner Up - Indoor & Outdoor 2022
• Texas Program Record Holder - 800m Indoor, 1000m Indoor
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2022 USTFCCCA First Team All-American - 800m Indoor and Outdoor
• 2020 Big 12 Women’s Indoor Champion - DMR
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• School-record holder – Indoor DMR (2020)
• No. 5 performance in UT history – Indoor 4x800m (2020)
COLLEGIATE BESTS & RESULTS VIA TFRRS
2022-23 (Grad)
OUTDOOR: Ran the 400m at the USF Bulls Invitational in 53.41 for a PB... Won the 800m at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with her time of 2:03.59, ran the anchor leg of the SMR that set the CR with a time of 3:36.10 and ran a leg on one of the 4x400 relay teams... Broke two Texas program records at the Bryan Clay Invitational in the 800m (2:00.31) and the 1500m (4:15.32)... Ran the 1500m at the Payton Jordan Invitational in 4:17.43... Was the 800m runner-up at the Big 12 Championships and added a eighth-place finish in the 1500m... Competed at the NCAA Championships in the 800m and finished sixth with a time of 2:02.39.
INDOOR: Won the 800m at the Cardinal Classic with a time of 2:08.21 and ran the mile in 4:52.66 to finish second... Broke her previous 800m program record at the John Thomas Terrier Classic with her time of 2:02.25 and laster set a new PB in the mile (4:43.97)... Broke the 1000m UT record with her time of 2:40.94 and finished 8th in the 800 with her time of 2:04.09 at the David Hemery Valentine Invite... Was the 1000m Big 12 Champion and helped the DMR finish 5th... Finished sixth in the 800m at the NCAA Indoor Championships...
Cross Country: Opened her final season as a Longhorn in the 5K at the Tornado Watch Invitational finishing seventh with a time of 19:15.0... Recorded a seven-second personal best time in the 6K at the Dellinger Invitational with her time of 21:48.6.... Was the third finisher for Texas in the 5K at the Panorama Farms XC Invitational with a PB time of 17:51.3... Finished in the top-30 at No. 26 at the Big 12 Championships with her time of 21:57.2... Was the fifth finished for Texas in the 6K at the NCAA South Central Regional with her personal-best time of 21:19.4... Was the second finisher for the Longhorns at the NCAA Championships in the 6K with her time of 21:47.4.
2021-22 (Grad)
OUTDOOR: Finished fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:05.67 and helped the DMR break the Texas and Texas Relays record with a time of 10:59.91…Won the 1500m with a PB time of 4:23.41 and finished third in the 800m with a time of 2:08.69 in the dual meet at Texas A&M... Swept the middle-distance runs at the Mt. SAC Relays, first in the 1500m with her PB time of 4:17.09 (the No. 6 performer and performance in Texas history) and then the 800m with a time of 2:04.79... Competed in the 1500m at the Penn Relays that matches her No. 6 performance in UT history with a time of 4:17.09… Finished 5th in the 800m (2:08.10) and ninth in the 1500m at the Big 12 Championships… Qualified for NCAAs with the No. 2 time in Texas history with a personal-best (2:02.14) in the 800m…. Finished sixth in her first NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800m with a time of 2:02.74.
INDOOR: Finished with a personal-best time in the 1000m (2:51.13) at the Clemson Invitational and added a second-place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:06.09... Finished second at the Red Raider Open in the 800m with a time of 2:06.13... Became the No. 3 performer in Texas history in the 800m with her time of 2:05.33 at the Camel City Invite... Ran a personal-best time in the mile at the David Hemery Valentine Invite at 4:45.86... Scored two points in the 800m dash at the Big 12 Championships after a fall to finish with a time of 2:13.00... Finished fourth in the 800m at the NCAA Championships, setting the Texas program record two times, including the Mexican National Indoor 800m record with a time of 2:03.39 - Helped Texas to a runner-up team performance at the NCAAs.
2021-22 (Senior)
Cross Country: Opened the cross country season at the Cowboy Jamboree in the 6K with a time of 23:55.4... Finished 12th at the Concordia Classic with a time of 23:20.0 in the 6K... Finished with a time of 23:37.4 in the 6K at the Big 12 Championships.
2020-21 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Finished second in the 800m at the Longhorn Invitational with a time of 2:06.89... Competed in both the 800m and the 1500m at Texas Relays, finishing with a personal-best in the latter with a time of 4:28.96 to finish second... Competed in two events in the dual meet against Texas A&M - finishing second in the 800m and recording a personal-best in the 3000m at 10:33.79... Competed at the Michael Johnson Invitational in the 800m... Ran a PB in the 800m prelims at the Big 12 Championships (2:05.14) and went on to finish third overall with a time of 2:07.29... Finished the season at the NCAA West Prelims in the 800m with a time of 2:10.09.
INDOOR: Competed in both the 400m and the 4x400m relay at the Wooo Pig Classic... Won the 800m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with a time of 2:08.26 and finished fourth in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:53.33... Ran a personal-best in the 400m with a time of 55.21 and finished third in the 800m with her time of 2:05.65 at the Tyson Invitational...Won the silver medal in the 800m at the Big 12 Championships with her time of 2:06.64 and helped the DMR finish third with a time of 11:40.46.
CROSS COUNTRY: Did not compete.
2019-20 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
INDOOR: Ran six times … opened with three top-two finishes, including one win, at the Leonard Hilton Invitational … helped the Horns win the DMR and took second in the 400m and 4x400m … finished ninth in the 800m with a personal-best 2:07.37 and helped UT win the 4x800m at the John Thomas Terrier Classic … the Longhorns’ 4x800m win was the fifth-fastest performance in school history …her individual 800m time ranks her as the eighth-best indoor half-miler in school history … took fourth in the DMR, ninth in the 800m and 10th in the 4x400m at the Razorback Invitational … ran the third leg of the DMR team which finished in a school-record 11:04.81 – six seconds faster than the previous UT-best … clocked an eighth-place finish in the 800m at the Husky Classic … helped the Longhorns place third in the DMR with an 11:06.23 at the Alex Wilson Invitational … it was the second-fastest DMR in school history, behind the record set at the Razorback Invitational … won her first Big 12 title as part of Texas’ DMR team … also took third individually in the 800m.
2018-19 (Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Opened her season by running a personal-best 400m at The Reveille Meet … clocked another personal best, this time in the 1,500m, at the Bryan Clay Invitational … finished seventh in the 800m at the National Relay Championships … also helped UT place third in the 4x800m … placed ninth in the 800m at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships.
INDOOR: Finished fourth in the 800m at the Ted Nelson Invitational … helped Texas win the DMR at the Houston Invitational … placed third in the 800m at the Texas A&M Aggie Twilight … finished seventh in the 800m at the Big 12 Indoor Championships.
CROSS COUNTRY: Placed ninth in the Texas Invitational during her collegiate debut.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four times in both cross country and track … ranked No. 1 in the Texas Class of 2018 in the 800m … a three-time Texas Class 3A state champion in the 800m … finished fourth in the 400m and the high jump … was a three-year member of the National Honor Society and the NHS publicist … also a four-year member of Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, including serving as president in 2017-18 … was district champion in the 400m, 800m, long jump and high jump in 2015 and 2016 … a UIL regional champion in the 800m in both 2015 and 2016 … was the UIL state silver medalist in the 800m in 2015 … earned the Tom Landry Award of Excellence … a regional champion and three-time district champion in cross country … finished fourth at the state cross country meet in 2016.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Linda and Emilio Tobias … also has a brother named Emilio.
