Tarleton State University Athletics

TFRRS

Senior (2024-25)
Cross Country - Competed in six events ... Raced as part of Tarleton State's first NCAA Regional Appearance at the South Central Region Cross Country Championships ... Placed 178th in 23:26.0 in the 6K at the regional ... Finished 59th at the 2024 WAC XC Championships in 23:31.0 ... Posted career-best 23:22.1 in the 6K at the Arturo Barrios Invitational ... Set new personal best in the 5K at the Chile Pepper XC Festival in 18:37.9 ... Recorded best finish at the season opener at the TCU John McKenzie Invitational crossing in 18th.

Junior (2023-24)
Cross Country - Competed in four events ... Earned a 66th place finish at the WAC Championships in 23:42.9 ... Season-best finish came at the TCU John McKenzie Invitational crossing in 30th in 19:06.8 ... Ran career-best time of 19:43.2 in the 5K at Texas A&M Invitational (Sept. 15).

Track and Field - Competed at nine races running the 1500, 3K, 5K and 10K ... Competed in the Outdoor WAC Championships in the 10K finishing in 40:19.55 for 12th place ... Set career-best in the 10K in her first attempt at the Texas Relays crossing in 39:09.25 for 10th place ... Turned in career-bests in both the 1500 (4:58.36) and 3K (10:52.56) at the UTA Invitational (Mar. 7-8). ... Set new personal best in 5K at the Michael Johnson Invitational (Apr. 20) crossing in 18:18.60.

Sophomore (2022-23)
Cross Country - Raced in six events ... Finished 89th at the WAC Championships (Oct. 29) ... Turned in a season-best 29th-place at the Gerald Richey UTA invitational & UIL Regional Preview crossing the 3.12M run in 20:48.4 ... Finished 56th at the Chili Pepper Festival in 19:43.2.

Track and Field - Took part in six different invitationals competing in 1500, mile, 3K and 5K ... Earned a podium finish at the TTU Corky Classic finishing in third in the 3K in 11:25.4 ... Earned a 16th-place finish at the WAC Indoor Championships in the 5K finishing in 18:40.98 ... Finished fourth in the 5K at the North Texas Classic in 19:02.34 (Apr. 9).

Abilene Christian (2021-22)
Cross Country - Competed in four meets ... Best finish came at the Aggie Opener where she ran 4.1K in 17:47.5 to finish 53rd overall (Sept. 1).

Track and Field - Competed in six invitationals across four events (800, 1000, 1500, mile) ... Turned in a pair of seventh place finishes at the HSU Invitational in the 800 and 1500 (Apr. 21) ... Crossed in season-best time of 2:38.40 in the 800 at the Carl Kight Invitational & Multis (Apr. 9).

North Side High School 
Earned four varsity letters apiece in cross country and track and field … Helped team to win three district championships … Had personal bests of 2:22 in the 800m, 5:39.85 in the 1600m, and 12:11 in the 3200m.

Personal 
2021 graduate of North Side HS in Fort Worth, TX … Daughter of Jorge and Gloria Balderas ... Majoring in social work ... Born on Jan. 30.