CONSTIEN Valerie

21 Mar 1996
25
Female
VAIL, CO
 
United States of America
BOULDER, CO
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Women's 3000m Steeplechase 12

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Track
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
620213000m SteeplechaseWorld Athletics Continental TourWalnut, CA, USA9:35.73


Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final
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Val (womensrunning.com, 25 Jun 2021)
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Baking, crafts, reading. (cubuffs.com, 01 Jan 2018)
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Athlete, Customer Service
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Environmental Engineering - University of Colorado Boulder, United States of America
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English
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Tracksmith Amateur Support Program [United States of America]
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Mark Wetmore; Heather Burroughs
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She broke her foot while she was studying at the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States of America. (citiusmag.com, 14 Jun 2021)
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She trains twice a day. (buffzone.com, 21 Jul 2021)
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Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games. (buffzone.com, 21 Jul 2021)
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"It's all about consistency, and being happy. For the longest time in college I was miserable for a lot of different reasons. Mental health is huge. If you can figure out to be happy and get a year of training under your belt, you can accomplish anything." (womensrunning.com, 25 Jun 2021)

General Interest

General
LEARNING FROM SIMPSON
She has spent time training with Jenny Simpson, who won bronze in the 1500m at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "Training with Jenny is amazing. She's not only a legend at CU [University of Colorado Boulder], but she is a track legend in general. And to top it all off she's like the nicest woman in the world. She's really brought me under her wing these last two years [speaking in 2021] and she's helped me out a lot. She was an amazing steeplechaser so she does sometimes give me advice in practice or she'll just compliment me on my form, which is really, really great." (womensrunning.com, 25 Jun 2021)

COLLEGE STRUGGLES
She had issues with her mental health while she was at university. "I actually did suffer from some eating disorders early on in college. Freshman and sophomore year there was a lot of pressure to be good. I kind of saw that as a shortcut. I did end up qualifying for nationals in the steeplechase that year but shortly after that success and making it to nationals, I actually broke my foot due to bone density problems. After that, I had to take a lot of time off. I transitioned straight from an eating disorder to some depression, which was horrible. When you can't run and you're not really looped in at practice and you can't see your friends every day and school's really hard, it's just easy to fall into these really bad cycles. My junior year I was dealing with that. Going into my fourth year of college, I started to feel better. Things got better and I was able to take that momentum into my fifth year. It was a long road and I think I'm finally far enough removed from all those mental health problems where I can finally focus on being happy and my physical health too. I'm really happy that other women have been open about their mental health illnesses so that it's easier to share my own." (citiusmag.com, 14 Jun 2021)

OCCUPATION
She works as a customer service agent for a running tech company called Stryde. "I answer emails with technical questions about the product. Luckily my boss is very supportive [of my running], but I am still obsessed about having good numbers. I am still committed to working 40 hours a week. I want to be a contributing member of that team as well. I think that being a blue-collar runner is really cool. Anybody with a full-time job can still have Olympic aspirations." (womensrunning.com, 25 Jun 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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