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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Salisbury, Mass.
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- High School:
- Triton
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- Major:
- Health Sciences
Bio
Through the end of her sophomore season, was the school record holder in the indoor 3000 meters (10:38.62).
As a Sophomore in 2018-19
Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Academic Honor Roll selection.
Top Outdoor Performances
800m - 2:38.50 (4/13 at Penmen Relays)
1500m - 5:17.94 (4/20 at Eric Loeschner Memorial Invitational)
Mile - 5:40.51 (4/6 at SNHU Spring Invitational)
5000m - 19:23.65 (4/12 at Silfen Invitational)
Top Indoor Performances
Mile - 5:33.98 (2/8 at BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational)
3000m - 11:04.37 (2/16 at Northeast-10 Championships)
5000m - 19:45.44 (2/2 at Panther Invitational)
As a Freshman in 2017-18
Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection.
Top Indoor Performances
800m - 2:38.03 (1/20 at Panther Invitational)
1000m - 3:19.29 (1/13 at Middlebury Winter Classic)
Mile - 5:33.37 (1/20 at Panther Invitational)
3000m - 10:38.62 (1/26 at BU John Thomas Terrier Classic)
5000m - 18:54.14 (2/9 at BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational)
Before Franklin Pierce: Three-year letterwinner in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field at Triton High School (Mass.)...In cross country, All-State selection, All-League selection, Team MVP and team captain as a senior...Two-time Newburyport Daily News All-Star selection...Three-time qualifier for the state championship...Named team's Hardest Working Teammate as a junior...In indoor track & field, three-time All-League selection, three-time qualifier for the state championship and two-time Daily News All-Star selection...Twice named team's Outstanding Distance Runner, and earned Coaches Award as a sophomore...Team captain as a senior...In outdoor track & field, three-time All-League selection and three-time qualifier for the state championship...All-State selection in the two-mile as a senior...Newburyport Daily News All-Star selection as a senior and Honorable Mention selection as a junior...Team captain as a senior...Named team's Unsung Hero as a junior.
Personal: Daughter of Jim and Robin Farago...A health sciences major...Has three brothers: Nicholas, Anthony and Michael.
News Mentions
Brena Wins High Jump, Women’s Track & Field Eighth at NE10 Championships
BOSTON (February 21, 2010) -- Sophomore Paola Brena (Queretaro, Mexico) chalked up her second Northeast-10 Conference indoor high jump title in as...
February 21, 2020
Women’s Track & Field Third at Panther Invitational
PLYMOUTH, N.H. (February 8, 2020) -- The Franklin Pierce University women’s track and field team competed in the Panther Invitational at...
February 8, 2020
Thompson Notches School Record, Women’s Track & Field Second at Bates
LEWISTON, Maine (January 18, 2020) -- The Franklin Pierce University women’s track and field team competed at Bates University on Saturday,...
January 18, 2020
Women’s Track & Field Opens 2020 with Win at Middlebury Winter Classic
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (January 11, 2020) -- Sophomore Paola Brena (Queretaro, Mexico) is currently ranked first in the nation in the high jump,...
January 11, 2020
Brena Hits NCAA Auto Mark in High Jump for Women’s Track & Field at Northeastern
BOSTON (December 14, 2019) -- In just the second week of her sophomore season, sophomore Paola Brena (Queretaro, Mexico) of the Franklin Pierce...
December 14, 2019