Diana Montano-Salama
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- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Omaha South HS
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- Previous School(s):
- Omaha South HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
- 2021, NSAA Scholar-Athlete (Track)
- 2020, Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
- 2020, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
- 2019-20, Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
- 2020, NSAA Scholar-Athlete (Track)
- 2019, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
- 2019, NSAA Scholar-Athlete (Outdoor Track)
- 2018, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
2020 Season (Senior): Ran a season-best time in the 5k (25:47.0) at the Briar Cliff Open on October 3 ...Finished in a season-best time in the 1500-meter run (7:13.59) at the NSAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... Ran a season-best mark in the 800-meter run (3:23.01) ... Selected as the NAIA Champion of Character for the Bruins' 2020 Cross Country season.
2019 Season (Junior): Has two varsity letters in Bruin cross country and has shown remarkable improvement since her first race as a sophomore ... Slashed nearly five minutes from her 5K time and now holds a personal best of 24:26 in the 5K ... An excellent student, Diana is a member of the cybersecurity competition team and holds a GPA hovering near 4.0 in Computer Information Systems.
2018 Season (Sophomore): Participated in all seven of the team's events ... Posted a season-best time of 25:42.5 in the Briar Cliff Invite ... Finished in 41st place at the NSAA Championships with a time of 26:07.6 ... Earned NSAA Scholar-Athlete honors.
High School: Prepped at Omaha South High School under coach John Tripp.
Personal: Daughter of Antonio Montano and Sonia Salama-Montano ... Twin sister Dayana is also a member of the BU cross country team ... Born on Aug. 20, 1998 ... Majoring in Computer Information Systems.
News mentions
All four members of the Bruin women’s cross country team running in today’s Briar Cliff Invite came away with season-best times. This was the fifth consecutive weekend of racing for the Bruins as a very deep and talented field lined up at the Adams Nature Preserve in North Sioux City, S.D. on a perfect day for racing (50 degrees and calm winds).
Bruin cross country runners and twin sisters Dayana and Diana Montano-Salama recorded season bests at today’s Morningside Invitational held at the Adams Nature Preserve in North Sioux City, S.D.
The injury-depleted Bellevue University women’s cross country team competed in Saturday’s Herb Blakely Invite hosted by Dakota State. Freshman Taylor Caba, running in just her second cross country race, was the Bruins' only finisher.
After a six-month layoff since its last competition, the Bellevue University women's cross country opened the 2020 season with a seventh-place finish in the Dordt University Sunflower Opener Saturday morning.
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