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Getting To Know: Val Constien, XC/T&F

Tell us your background. How did you get into track and field?

I started running track in middle school; we didn’t have a cross country team in middle school. Once I got to high school, I did cross country three years and track all four. There’s kind of a running culture in Vail, where I’m from, but usually its trail running. There’s a lot of good trail running around the area.

Was there anything that attracted you to CU in particular?

I knew I wanted to be good at running and I knew CU was where you needed to go to get to a high-level.