`Runners Sign Helena Valentic to NLI

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The CSU Bakersfield women's cross country and track & field programs each gain from the newest National Letter of Intent signed by Helena Valentic (Karlovac, Croatia). Specializing in steeplechase, distance, and middle-distance events she'll join the Roadrunners this Fall.

Director of Track & Field, Cross Country Marcia Mansur-Wentworth said, "I'm excited about having a new steeplechaser and seeing what she can do. I know she will be competitive within the Big West right away."

Helena Valentic | Distance, Mid-Distance, Heptathlon | Karlovac, Croatia | Gymnasium Karlovac
Helena Valentic, an international runner from Croatia, will transfer from the University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb once graduating with a bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy.

In the last three consecutive years, Valentic has earned national championship titles in the 3000m steeplechase. In 2019, Valentic was a national U20 champion then became a back-to-back national U23 champion in 2020 and 2021.

She went to high school at Gymnasium Karlovac in her Croatian hometown graduating in 2019.

"Being a graduate student, she will bring some maturity to the program where everybody else is so young right now. I look forward to welcoming her to the program and getting to work with her in person," said Marcia Mansur-Wentworth.

~GoRunners.com~

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