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Colorado State University Pueblo

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2015 Men's Track and Field

Veronica Burney

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 0
  • Class Redshirt
  • Hometown Yoder, Colo.
  • Highschool Miami-Yoder HS

Biography

Career Results Link

Career Honors

  • CSU-Pueblo School Record Holder in three indoor events 
    • 60m Hurdles - 9.03
    • High Jump - 1.65m (5''5")
    • 4X400m Relay - 3:59.91
  • 4x All-RMAC
    • 2014 Indoor - First Team - 60m Hurdles
    • 2014 Indoor - Third Team - High Jump
    • 2014 Outdoor - Second Team- 100m Hurdles
    • 2014 Outdoor - Second Team - High Jump

2014 Outdoor (Freshman): Continued her solid freshman year competing in the high jump and hurdling events... Led the Pack at the RMAC Championships, claiming third place and Second Team All-RMAC honors in both the high jump and 100-meter hurdles at the RMAC Championships... Cleared a career-best 1.67 meters (5''5 3/4") in the high jump running a wind-aided best of 14.55 seconds... Had a legal best of 14.81 at the West Texas A&M Open... Won both events twice at regular season meets... Was ranked fourth on the RMAC performance list in the hurdles with an altitude-adjusted time of 14.63... Was ranked fifth in the high jump... Also competed in the 400-meter hurdles in the regular-season, posting a season-best time of 1:06.83 (1:06.94-altitude adjusted) at the Colorado Front Range Open to rank 10th on the RMAC''s performance list... Did not compete in that event at the RMAC Championships.

2013-14 Indoor (Freshman): Had a stelllar start to her collegiate career, setting new school records in three different events... Competed in the 60-meter hurdles and high jump events throughout the season, incuding at the RMAC Championships... Set a school-record time of 9.03 seconds in the hurdles to take second place and earn First Team All-RMAC honors... Her altitude-adjusted time of 9.07 ranked her fifth on the RMAC''s season-long performance list... Jumped 1.61 meters (5''3 1/4") to take fifth place and earn Third Team All-RMAC honors in the high jump... Had turned in a season-best and school-record jump of 1.65 meters (5''5") at two regular season meets... Was ranked fifth on the RMAC season-long performance list in that event... Claimed three high jump victories throughout the campaign.. Also a semi-regular performer on the Pack''s 4X400-meter relay team... Helped the team set a school-record time of 3:59.81 at the New Mexico Classic.

High School: Double state champion, who won both the 100 and 300-meter hurdles at the 2013 state championships for the Miami-Yoder HS Buffaloes and coach Don McGatlin... School-record holder in three events (HJ, 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles)... Was an all-state performer as a junior in 2012 as well... Also competed in volleyball, basketbal and baseball... Was an honorable mention all-state pick in volleyball in 2012.

Academics: Is majoring in business management... Was Miami-Yoder''s valedictorian... Graduated with a 3.8 GPA after being on the honor roll for all four years... Was the school''s National Honor Society President as a senior and the FCCLA President as a junior and senior... Also on the student council.

Personal: Daughter of Duane and Esther Burney... Has three older siblings (Chris, David & Vanessa)... Enjoys hanging out with teammates, collecting anything related to giraffes and people-watching.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    Jumps/Hurdles
    5'9"
  • 2015Redshirt

    Jumps/Hurdles
    5'9"
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