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2023-24 Women's Track & Field Roster

Brenna Barkley
Brenna Barkley
Colorado Mines Athletics

Venesa Handzhiyska

  • Events Sprints/Jumps
  • Hometown Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
  • High School Za Zavarsheno Sredno Obrazvanic
  • Indoor Yr. Freshman
  • Outdoor Yr. Fr.

Biography

TFRRS Career Results Page
World Athletics Profile Page (Bulgaria)

Career Honors
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 2024 Indoor (Triple Jump)
  • 3x Overall All-RMAC
    • 2x First Team
      • 2024 Outdoor - Long Jump & Triple Jump
    • 1x Second Team
      • 2024 Indoor - Long Jump
2024 Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in all three of CMU’s home meets, including the RMAC Championships… Earned a pair of First Team All-RMAC honors and bronze medals with third place finishes in both the long and triple jump events at the RMAC meet… Set a season-best mark of 11.94 meters (39-2.25) in the triple jump to rank fifth in program history… Was ranked fourth on the RMAC’s season-long performance list… Had a season-best long jump effort of 5.79 meters (19-0) in the long jump to win that event at the Maverick Invite & Multi… Is tied for third in CMU history with that effort… Was tied for seventh on the RMAC’s season-long performance list… Won the triple jump at the Maverick Invite #2… Finished in the top-3 in five of her six total events throughout the season.

2023-24 Indoor (Freshman): Competed in five meets in her debut season… Earned USTFCCCA All-South Central Region honors in the triple jump… Scored in both the long and triple jump events at the RMAC Championships… Placed sixth in the long jump to earn Second Team All-RMAC honors… Took seventh in the triple jump… Was a NCAA provisional qualifier in both events… Tallied a season-best triple jump mark of 12.10 meters (39-8.5) at the Colorado Running Company Pre-Holiday Invite… Moved into the No. 3 position of CMU history with that mark… Was also ranked second in the RMAC and fourth in the region with that mark… Went on to record a long jump mark of 5.78 meters (18-11.75) in the long jump at the Mines Winter Classic & Multi… Ranks second in CMU history with that effort… Also finished fifth on the RMAC’s season long performers list… Ended up 24th in the triple jump and 36th in the long jump on the NCAA performance lists… Competed in the 60 meters on three occasions… Had a season-best mark or 7.97 second at the Colorado Running Company Pre-Holiday Invite.

Before CMU (2023): Won the 200 meters at the 2023 Bulgarian U20 Indoor Championships... Placed fourth a week later at the national senior championships...Took third in that event at the 2023 Outdoor Championships.

Before CMU (2022): Won the 200-meter title at the Bulgarian Outdoor U20 Championships with a career-best time of 25.12 seconds... Went on to win her heat of the Balkan U20 Championships in Turkey.. Also took third in the triple jump at the national championships with pre-collegiate best of 11.82 meters... Took fourth in the 100 meters, sixth in the 200 and tenth in the long jump at the senior championships a week earlier... Also won the national U18 title in the 200... Won the national U20 title in the 200 in February before placing fourth in the senior championships later that month.