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2023-24 Cross Country & Track Roster

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Giedrius Valincius

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kalvarija, Lithuania
  • Prev School Sangruda Gymnasium

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS


2021-22

2022 Track
Ran in seven meets on the season... Earned All-WAC First Team honors with a runner-up finish in the 1500 meter (3:48.59) at the conference meet... Set a CBU record in the 1500 at the Bryan Clay Invite (3:42.82)... Logged six top-10 times in program history overall, with an 8:06.91 in the 3K at the RCC Invite, 13:57.76 in the 5K at the West Coast Relays and 29:26.57 at the Ben Brown Invite... Qualified for WAC All-Academic honors.  
  2021 Cross Country
Ran in four meets on the season and scored for CBU each time... Earned All-WAC First Team honors with a third-place finish at the conference meet... Logged a top-10 time in the program's 8K history with a 23:51 at the WAC Championships... Clocked a top-17 time in 8K history at the Florida State Invite/NCAA Pre-Nationals Meet (24:04.2)...  Took third at the Anteater Open (18:46.9, 6K)... Qualified for WAC All-Academic honors.
 
 

2020-21

2021 Track
Ran in three meets and events on the season... Won 2021 WAC steeplechase title in 9:18.52, which was the seventh-best individual time in CBU history... Recorded fourth-best 5K time (14:10.43) in program history at the Ben Brown Invite... Named WAC Runner of the Week on March 16... Also took ninth place in the 1500m (3:58.17) at the WAC Championships... Qualified for WAC All-Academic Team.
 
2020 Cross Country
Ran in all four meets and was a top-three team finisher each time for CBU... Won the 2020 WAC individual championship with a time of 24:28.40 for All-WAC First Team Honors... Named 2020 WAC Runner of the Year... Logged the seventh best 6K time in program history, with a 24:08.4 at the Battle Born Challenge... Named All-Academic by the WAC and in NCAA Division I by the USTFCCAA.
 


2019-20

2020 Track
Appeared at the RCC Invitational in the shortened season, due to COVID-19... Finished fourth in the 3K in 8:27.4, which was the 10th fastest time in program history... Qualified for WAC All-Academic Team.

2019 Cross Country
Competed in four races in 2019... Earned All-WAC First Team honors with a seventh-place finish (25:17.39) at the conference meet... Best 8K time came at the Arturo Barrios Invitational at Texas A&M, where he finished in a time of 24:39.6... Qualified for the WAC All-Academic Team.
   


HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Sangruda Gymnasium in Lithuania, where he graduated in 2019... Owns personal bests of 9:03 in the steeplechase and 3:56 in the 1500 meter... Represented Lithuania at the 2018 and 2019 U20 Cross Country Championships.


PERSONAL

Son of Laima Valinciene and Egidijus Valincius... Born in Kaunas and raised in Kalvarija, Lithuania... Has two siblings, Ernestas Valincius and Jovita Moliuse... Majoring in Kinesiology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'9"
  • 2022-23Senior

    5'9"
  • 2023-24Senior