Gatorade 2020 - 2021: Player of the Year

Girls Track & Field - California

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GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Mia Barnett

Distance
CRESCENTA VALLEY HS
LA CRESCENTA, CALIFORNIA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

4:37.58

1600m (Season Test)

9:52.23

3200m (Career Best)
“Mia was untouched in competition this year and elevated herself into historic company, even surpassing names like Jordan Hasay and Alex Kosinski and Kim Mortensen. She’s a fierce competitor, unrelenting on the track. She sets her sights high and then does everything it takes to get there.”
Rob Evans
Head Coach - Crescenta Valley coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8 senior clocked the nation’s fastest prep times in the 1600- and 3200-meter run this past season, with both clockings ranking among the top 10 performances in U.S. girls prep history. Barnett recorded her national season-best time of 4:37.58 in the 1600 at the Pacific League finals, while she posted her career-best time of 9:52.23 in the 3200 at the Laguna Beach Distance Carnival. She also ran the nation’s second-fastest mile, 4:39.41, and had a state-best finish of 2:07.31 in the 800, the seventh-fastest prep time in the U.S. this spring. Undefeated at all distances this year, Barnett won the 1600 at the CIF Southern Section Div. 1 finals in 4:42.89.

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Academic Achievement

Barnett has maintained an A average in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at the University of Virginia this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Barnett has volunteered locally on behalf of the Dream Center, a homeless shelter that also provided daily food for the needy during the COVID-19 pandemic.