2020 Track and Field
Julia Vezaldenos
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- East Union HS
- Hometown:
- Manteca, CA
2022 -- Indoor Season: Did not compete in any meets. Outdoor T&F: Competed in three meets in third year at Cal Poly … finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:07.39) and fifth in the 100 hurdles (15.65) at the Mustang Invitational with personal bests … placed sixth in the 100 hurdles at the Cal Poly Open.
2021 -- Indoor Season: Cal Poly did not compete in any indoor meets due to COVID-19 pandemic. Outdoor T&F: Competed in pair of meets in second year at Cal Poly ... placed sixth in 400 with personal-best time of 1:03.04 at Cal Poly Spring Break Challenge ... seventh in 200 at Cal Poly Four-Way Meet (wind-aided 28.27).
2020 -- Indoor Season: Redshirted first winter on campus. Outdoor T&F: Spring season was canceled due to COVID-19; however, retains the year of NCAA eligibility moving forward ... meanwhile, also earned Big West Conference Commissioner’s Honors academically.
Prep -- While with East Union High School in Manteca, clocked a 300-meter hurdles PR of 47.40 seconds at the 2018 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Finals, good for second place ... also recorded a sub-48 second performance in the prelims at the SJS meet, qualifying second via 47.96 ... won the 300m hurdle event at the Modesto College Invitational as a Lancer senior, with a season-best time of 49.67 ... additionally, came in fourth place at the 2019 Section Division 3 Championship for the 100m hurdles, with a PR of 15.86 seconds, advancing to the Masters meet ... in cross country season, took 12th place at the Sac-Joaquin Finals in the fall of 2018 before finishing 127th overall at the combined State Championship; had a top 5k time of 20:19.2 (winning the Valley Oak League meet) ... also was an honors student, while working and participating in Leadership (as Class Vice President).
Personal -- Majoring in nutrition, with a minor in Spanish ... chose Cal Poly in part due to the nutrition program, location and good reputation ... aspires to become an orthodontist or registered dietician.
