Marissa Valentini

Class:
Senior
High School:
Prospect
Hometown:
Mount Prospect, IL

Personal Bests (as of June 2023):

Indoor-
800m: 2:19.90
Mile: 5:20.02
3000m: 10:44.35

Outdoor-
400m: 1:02.26
800m: 2:23.68
1500m: 5:14.68
5000m: 18:55.12

XC-
5K: 19:13.0
6K: 23:02.3

TFRRS Profile

2022-23:
Outdoor (Jr.): Competed in five meets … Placed seventh at the Marquette Invitational (Apr. 22) with a time of 2:23.89 in the 800m … Recorded a new personal best time of 1:02.26 in the 400m at the Wisconsin Classic (May 5).
Indoor (Jr.): Appeared in four meets … Ran a PR of 45.13 in the 300 meters at the DePaul Alumni Classic … Took fourth in the 400 meters at the Badger Valentine Invitational on Feb. 17 with a PR of 1:03.26.
Cross Country (Jr.): Competed in six meets for MU … Ran a 5k season-best time of 19:53.3 at the Joe Piane Invite (Sept. 30), finished 122nd … Recorded a season-best 6k time of 24:38 at the BIG EAST Championships (Oct. 29), took 208th.

2021-22:
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Outdoor (So.): Ran distance events for the Golden Eagles in four meets … Ran a 5K PR at the Wash U Distance Carnival (Apr. 1) with a time of 18:55.12 … Finished the 1500-meters at the Warhawk Invitational & Multi (Apr. 22) in a personal best time of 5:14.68 … Scored a point for MU at the BIG EAST Championships (May 13) as a member of the 4x800 team that took eighth (9:19.07).
Indoor (So.): Saw action in five meets for MU … Took second in the 800 meters at the John Tierney Classic with a time of 2:24.99 … Ran a PR of 2:19.90 in the 800 meters at the Parkside Classic (Feb. 4-5) … A member of the 4x800 and DMR teams that scored points at the BIG EAST Championships (Feb. 25).
Cross Country (So.): Took 21st at the Evansville Opener with a time of 19:46.5 ... Took 84th with a time of 23:41.7 (6k) at the Redbird Invite (Sept. 17) ... Finished 267th at the Live in Lou Classic (Oct. 2) with a time of 19:13.0 (5k) ... Placed 160th at the Bradley "Pink" Classic on Oct. 15 (6k; 23:02.2) ... Finished 74th at the BIG EAST Championships on Oct. 29 (24:28.2) ... Took 177th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov.12) with a time of 23:20.0 (6k).

2020-21:
BIG EAST All-Academic
Outdoor (Fr.): Saw action in three meets in the 800m … Recorded season-best time of 2:30.85 en route to fourth-place finish at Marquette Open (April 24).

2019-2020:
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Indoor (Fr.): Competed in two meets during her indoor freshman season ... Placed second in the 800m (2:21.98) at the John Tierney Classic (Jan. 18) ... Was on the fifth place 4x400m relay team (4:19.52) at the JTC ... Took fifth in the 800m at the Notre Dame Invitational (Jan. 25) with a time of 2:23.91.
Cross Country (Fr.): Competed in three meets during her cross country freshman season ... Took 61st at the the Loyola Lakefront Invitational (Sept. 29) with a time of 20:15.1 ... Set a PR in the 5k at the Bulldog Invitational (Oct. 25) with a time of 19:54.6.

Prior to Marquette: Lettered four times in cross country and twice in track and field at Prospect High School… Three-time co-captain for cross country (2016-18) and two-time co-captain for track and field (2018-19)… Three-time all-conference and two-time all-state performer in cross country… Member of the all-state 4x800m relay team in her senior year in 2019… Two-time state qualifier in the 4x400m and 4x800m relays… Holds school records in both the indoor 300-meter and 400-meter dash… Helped her cross country team to two conference championships, three regional championships and one sectional championship… Set personal bests in the 400m (58.89), 800m (2:19.73) and 1600m (5:22.06) in track and in the three-mile (17:41.7) in cross country… Coached by Pete Wintermute.

Personal: Born on August 4, 2001 in Park Ridge, Illinois and the daughter of Gail and Mario Valentini… Has one younger brother, Adam, and one younger sister, Julia… Plans on majoring in exercise physiology at MU.

Championship History (Top-8):

BIG EAST Indoor Championships:
2021-
4x800: 7th (9:20.27)
DMR: 8th (12:20.35)

BIG EAST Outdoor Championships:
2022-
4x800: 8th (9:19.07)

BIG EAST Cross Country Championships:
2022-
84th (24:37.1)
2021-
6K: 74th (24:28.2)