University of Missouri Athletics

MIZZOU PERSONAL RECORDS
Indoor Track & Field
High Jump (ITF) – 1.83m (6-0) // Missouri Collegiate Challenge (2/16/18)
Outdoor Track & Field
High Jump (OTF) – 1.75m (5-8.75) // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/13/18)

NOTEWORTHY

• School Record Holder in the Indoor High Jump (1.83m/6-0)

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2017-18
Season Bests
High Jump (ITF) – 1.83m (6-0) // Missouri Collegiate Challenge (2/16)
High Jump (OTF) – 1.75m (5-8.75) // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/13)

Indoor Track – Never finished lower than seventh in the high jump, including two second-place finishes and a first-place finish … Finished second in the high jump at the Missouri Holiday Opener (Dec. 8), clearing 1.75m (5-8.75) … Placed second in the high jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 19), producing a mark of 1.75m (5-8.75) … Jumped 1.83m (6-0) at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge (Feb. 16) setting a new personal record, a new school record and placing first … Scored in the high jump at the SEC Indoor Championships, placing tied-fourth with a clearance of 1.80m (5-10.75).

Outdoor Track – Continued her stellar junior season with four top-ten finishes during the indoor season … Started the season strong with a fourth-place finish at the John McDonnell Invitational (April 14) after jumping 1.65m (5-5) … Finished sixth at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/13) with her best jump of the season, 1.75m (5-8.75).

PRE-MIZZOU
Bests
Indoor High Jump – 1.80m // Outdoor High Jump – 1.83m

NOTEWORTHY

• Ukrainian National High Jump Champion in 2015
• National team member at the European Championships Junior in 2015
• 2017 NJCAA Indoor National Champion – High Jump

Valeria ran for “Hogos” School #329 in Kiev, Ukraine … TRACK & FIELD … Went on to attend Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kan. … In 2016, was the NJCAA Outdoor National Championships Runner Up in high jump and earned All-American Honors … Went on in 2017 to be the NJCAA Indoor National high jump champion.

PERSONAL

Parents are Serhii Kostiuk and Olena Litvinchuk … Born on April 17, 1997 in Kiev, Ukraine … Plans to major in International Business.