Bella Gutierrez

Height:
5-3
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Abilene HS
Hometown:
Abilene, Texas

2014 (Freshman): Competed at all six cross country competitions including the Southland Conference Championships where she placed 18th overall with a season-best 6K time of 21:49.7 ... Recorded top-15 showings at Red Raider Open, Cowboy Jamboree and Incarnate Word Invitational ... Posted fastest 5K of 18:13.2 at Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark. ... Highest overall finish was fourth place at the season-opening West Texas College Open (21:23).

High School: Graduated in 2014 from Abilene High School ... Eight-time letterwinner between cross country and track and field ... Personal records include an 18:13.88 (5K), 5:01 (1600m), and 11:17 (3200m) ... Ran the 19th fastest mile in the state of Texas ... Part of a team that won a 2010 cross country district championship ... Four-time regional qualifier (XC/TF) and 2013 state qualifier ... Winner of two district championships in the 1600m (2011, 2013) ... 1600m area champion in 2013 ... Runner-up in the 2014 District 2-5A 1600m and 3200m before placing eighth and fourth in these respective events at the Region I-5A meet ... Named Outstanding Distance Runner on four occasions ... Recipient of the Abilene High Bev Ball Outstanding Female Athlete Award.

Personal: Given name is Victoria Isabella Gutierrez ... Born 20 June 1996 in Abilene, where she still resides ... Daughter of Christopher and Ellen Gutierrez.