ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Hometown: Newport Beach

Born: March 2, 1989

Height: 5-foot-4

Weight: 112 pounds

Sport: Track and field

Event: 1,600 meters

Coach: Bill Sumner

Favorite food: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich

Favorite movie: “Wedding Crashers”

Favorite athletic moment: “Winning the national championship in the distance medley relay last year. I ran the 800 leg. It was in North Carolina, the NIKE Outdoor Nationals.”

Week in review: Placed ninth with a time of 4 minutes, 55.54 seconds in the 1,600 meters at the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet in Norwalk, qualifying her for the State Meet in Sacramento Friday.

— David Carrillo Peñaloza