2013 (Senior): Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the high jump for the fourth consecutive year…selected to CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 second team…named the Big West Conference’s Field Athlete of the Year…captured gold medals in the heptathlon (5,060 pts) and high jump (5-10.75/1.80m) at the conference meet…tied for 15
th at the West Prelims with a mark of 5-7 (1.70m)…set personal best jump of 6-0.5 (1.84m) during the heptathlon at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge, where she also finished with a PR of 5,125 points…earned Big West Field Athlete of the Week after winning the Beach Invitational high jump and placing third at the Mt. SAC Relays…ranks No. 2 all-time in school history in the high jump and heptathlon…placed fourth in the high jump and fifth in the pentathlon at the MPSF Indoor Championships, the latter of which she set a PR of 3,809 points…set an indoor PR in the high jump of 5-10 (1.78m) at the Husky Classic...named to the Big West Academic all-conference team.
2012 (Junior): Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the high jump…finished 23
rd posting a mark of 5-7.25 (1.71m)…won a bronze medal at WAC Outdoor Championship in the heptathlon by setting a new personal best mark of 5,015 points which was a 111-point improvement from her previous best and ranks second all-time in school history…also placed fifth in the high jump at WAC Outdoor with a leap of 5-5.75 (1.67m)…earned WAC all-academic honors.
2011 (Sophomore): Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the high jump for the second straight year…tied for 17th with a clearance of 5-7 (1.70m)…multi-event athlete who scored a season-best 4,705 points to finish eighth in the heptathlon at the WAC Outdoor Championships…also placed sixth in the high jump with a mark of 5-6 (1.68) at WAC Outdoor…personal-best high jump mark of 5-10 (1.78m) set at the Beach Invitational…posted all-time Top 10 mark in the 100-meter hurdles (15.19) during the heptathlon at WAC Outdoor…finished fifth in the pentathlon and tied for sixth in the high jump at the WAC Indoor Championships...named academic all-WAC.
2010 (Freshman): Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the high jump and tied for 28th with a jump of 5-6.5 (1.69m)…tied for fourth at the WAC Outdoor Championships with mark of 5-5 (1.65m) and was sixth at WAC Indoor with a mark of 5-5.75 (1.67m)…also competed in multi-events…placed fourth in the pentathlon at WAC Indoor with 3,468 points and was fourth in the heptathlon at WAC Outdoor with a personal-best 4,725 points…season-best high jump mark was 5-8 1.73m in the WAC heptathlon…named academic all-WAC.
Prep: A 2009 graduate of Lodi High School in California…lettered four years in track and field and three years in volleyball…team captured league championship from 2007-09…placed sixth in the state meet in the high jump as a junior and third during her senior year…named league’s most valuable player in volleyball as a senior…team captured league championship from 2006-08…member of the honor roll all four years.
Personal: Born in Castro Valley, Calif…intends to major in family resources…has two brothers and one sister…father is Raymond Balentine of Lodi, Calif.
