Abrianna Torres

Position:
Combined Events
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
High School:
San Luis Obispo

PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Pentathlon: 4,025 (2015)
60-Meter Hurdles: 8.88 (2015)
High Jump: 5-7/1.70m (2016)
Shot Put: 44-8/13.61m (2015)
Long Jump: 19-8.75/6.01m (2013)
800 Meters: 2:26.66 (2015)
OUTDOOR
Heptathlon: 5,545 (2015)
100-Meter Hurdles: 14.35 (2015)
High Jump: 5-10/1.78m (2016)
Shot Put: 45-4.50/13.83m (2013)
200-Meters: 25.58 (2015)
Long Jump: 20-2.25/6.15m (2013)
Javelin: 132-11/40.52m (2013)
800-Meters: 2:23.02 (2016)

MPSF SCORING
2013 Pentathlon, 4th (3,832)
2015 Pentathlon, 1st (4,025)
2016 Pentathlon, 4th (3,960)

PAC-12 SCORING
2013 Heptathlon, 3rd (5,357)
2013 Long Jump, 7th (19-11.75/6.09m)
2014 Heptathlon, 8th (4,810)
2015 Long Jump, 8th, 19-4.25/5.90m)
2015 Heptathlon, 5th (5,455)
2016 Heptathlon, 4th (5,440)

ACADEMIC HONORS
Academic All-MPSF (2015, 16)
Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2015, 16)

CAREER UPDATE: Torres is one of CU’s best all-time combined events athletes. She ranks third in both the pentathlon (4,025) and heptathlon (5,545), as well as in the indoor (19-8.75) and outdoor (20-2.25) open long jump. Torres is the CU pentathlon and heptathlon shot put record holder and ranks high in several other categories. She advanced to NCAA outdoors in 2015, the first Buff since 1997 to do so.

2016: Indoor: Torres competed in four pentathlons as a senior, and won two. She took top honors in the first two pentathlons of the season, the CSM Alumni Classic (12/11/15) and the Air Force Invite (1/21). Torres recorded a season best score at the Alumni Classic with 3,860 points and followed that up with 3,794 points at the AFA Invite. She placed fourth at the MSPF Championships, finishing with 3,852 points. Torres also competed at the championship in the high jump and long jump. She tied for 15^th in the high jump, clearing 5-4.50, and was ninth in the long jump (18-5).
Outdoor: Torres finished her career with the Buffs in the spring, excelling in the heptathlon and the open jumps. She competed in three heptathlons, and earned a season best score of 5,528 at the California Invitational, placing fifth overall. At the Pac-12 Championships, Torres continued to do well, placing fourth overall in the heptathlon (5,440). She cleared a personal best 5-10 at the multi meet, which was the fourth best jump by a CU heptathlete. Torres also competed in a couple of open events at the conference meet, placing 10^th in the long jump (19-0.75) and 12^th in the high jump (5-5.25). She went on to compete at the NCAA West Preliminary round in the high jump, clearing 5-9.25 for 17^th overall.

2015: Indoor: Torres had an outstanding junior indoor season, becoming the third best CU performer in the event. Torres competed in four pentathlons and with each one, she showed huge improvement. She started the year winning the first two at the CSM Alumni Open (12/12/14) and at the Air Force Invite (1/22). Torres broke 4,000 points when she placed second at the UW Open (1/30) with 4,002. She didn’t stop there and at the MPSF Championship, she recorded 4,025 points for the third best score in CU history and won her first conference championship. Torres tallied three PRs at the championship. She ran the fourth fastest pentathlon 60-meter hurdle time (8.88) and broke her shot put record of 44-8. Torres also ran 2:26.66 in the 800.
Outdoor: Torres continued to have a great deal of success during the outdoor season, recording three of the top 10 CU heptathlon scores. She became the third best CU performer after scoring 5,545 points at the California Invitational (4/16), which placed fourth overall at the meet and ranks fifth in CU history. Torres, at that time, tallied personal bests in the high jump (5-6), 200 (25.58), long jump (20-1), javelin (123-8) and 800 (2:23.59). The long jump mark ranks fifth in CU heptathlon history. At the Pac-12 Championships, she placed fifth with the ninth best total in CU history (5,455). Torres recorded season bests in the 100-meter hurdles (14.35) and broke the CU heptathlon shot put record with a mark of 45-3.50. She also placed eighth in the open long jump at Pac-12s, jumping 19-4.25. Torres ranked 22^nd overall in the NCAA and became the first Buff since 1997 to qualify for the NCAA Championships. She earned a 20^th place finish. Her score of 5,483 points ranks seventh at CU and included a high jump PR (5-6.50).

2014: Indoor: Torres only competed in one pentathlon during the season, but had a successful performance. She placed second at the Oredigger Early Bird Multi (12/5/13) with 3,583 points that included a pentathlon record in the shot put after she launched a throw of 42-3.25. Torres recorded a personal best in the shot put the following week, throwing a mark of 42-4.75 for a fourth-place finish at the Holiday Open (12/13/13). She came close to her PR in the long jump at the Potts Invite (1/18), jumping 19-8, the best leap by a Buff during the season, and just missed her PR by .75 inches. Torres went on to compete at the MPSF Championship in the shot put and placed 19^th with a mark of 41-00.50.
Outdoor: Torres participated in two heptathlons and posted a season best score of 5,241 points at Mt. SAC Multis, placing 17^th overall. Torres recorded five season bests at Mt. SAC. She raced to a time of 15.05 in the 100-meter hurdles, 26.58 in the 200 and 2:27.72 in the 800. She had a mark of 19-7 in the long jump and 122-0 in the javelin. She also scored for CU at the Pac-12 Championships, placing eighth with 4,810 points. Torres competed in the open long jump at Pac-12s as well, placing 10^th with a jump of 18-10.50.

2013: Indoor: Torres had a breakout redshirt freshman season and competed in three heptathlons. She recorded a season-best and the eighth-best pentathlon score in CU history (fourth on the performers list) with 3,832 points at the MPSF Championships (2/22). Torres placed fourth overall at the meet and set a pair of CU pentathlon records in the process. Torres threw the shot put 41-7, second at the meet, to break Carol Hood’s mark of 40-10.25 from 1991. She followed that performance up by winning the long jump with a mark of 19-8.25, breaking Heather Sterlin’s jump of 19-3.25 from 1997. Torres also earned a season-best in the 800 at the championships, finishing in 2:33.24. At the USA Indoor Championships the following week, Torres placed 14^th (3,110).
Outdoor: Torres continued to impress, becoming the sixth-best CU heptathlon performer and etched her name in other record books as well. She started the season by placing seventh in the Jim Click Combined Events (4/5-6) with 5,174 points. At the meet, Torres recorded CU’s heptathlon record in the shot put (42-7), placing second in the meet. Her second heptathlon was at the Pac-12 Championships, where she recorded 5,357 points as well as a third-place finish. She won the shot put portion of the meet with the second best toss in school history (41-11.25) and recorded the 10^th best jump in CU combined events history (19-4), which was second at the meet. Her javelin throw (132-11) was the third best throw by a Buff. Torres also did well in individual competition. She became the first Buff since 1997 to jump over 20 feet, doing so twice during the season in back-to-back days of competition. Torres won the long jump (20-0.25) at Mt. SAC Relays (4/19), and the following day, she placed second (20-2.25) at the Beach Invitational (4/20). She also picked up points for the Buffs at the conference meet in the long jump, taking seventh overall (19-11.75).

2012: Indoor: Torres was only able to compete in two meets for the Buffs as her season was cut short due to injury. She got off to a great start, finishing fifth overall in the pentathlon at the Potts Invite (1/20) with 3,406 points. The total made her the 11^th best CU pentathlon performer. She excelled in the shot put, recording the eighth best toss in CU history at 38-07. Torres was a good long jumper as well. She had a season best mark of 18-09.75 for third place at the Air Force Team Challenge (1/28).
Outdoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Torres earned four letters at SLOHS and owns school records in the long jump (19-11.50), triple jump (39-06.50), 100-meter hurdles (14.45), heptathlon (4,826) and the 4x100-meter relay (48.12). She also owns Pac 7 League records in the 300-hurdles, 100-hurdles, long and triple jumps. Torres helped the Tigers with the Pac 7 League Championship in 2008, 09, 10 and 11, as well as the CIF DIII Championships in 2008 and 09. As an individual she won the 2011 DIF long jump and triple jump. Torres earned a runner-up finish in the long jump at the 2009 USATF Junior Championships and was 10^th overall at the 2011 USATF Junior Championships in the heptathlon with 4,707 points. She was a scholar athlete all throughout high school.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 100-Meters: 12.32; 200-Meters: 25.65; 800-Meters: 2:31; 100-Meter Hurdles: 14.45; 300-Meter Hurdles: 44.23; Long Jump: 19-11.5; Triple Jump: 39-06.5; High Jump: 5-3.75; Shot Put: 33-05; Javelin: 91-06; Heptathlon: 4,826.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Torres graduated with a degree in sociology with a GPA greater than 3.00.

PERSONAL: Abrianna Nicole Torres was born on Jan. 3, 1993 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. She is the daughter of Victor Sr. and Zona (Cece Chandler) Torres. She has two sisters, Katrina and Grace, and two brothers, Victor Jr. and Chandler. Both of her parents were school record holders at Col Poly in the jumps and hurdles. She enjoys adventuring outdoors, watching the news and hanging out with family and friends. She was named the SLOHS Homecoming Princess as a junior and the Homecoming Queen as a senior.