Diana Montano-Salama
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- Hometown:
- Omaha
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- Year:
- Sr
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- Previous School(s):
- Neb.
Bio
Honors and Awards
- 2021, Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete (Track)
- 2020, Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
- 2021, NSAA Scholar-Athlete (Track)
- 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
The Bruin Distance Track squad came home with three all-Conference medals at the NSAA outdoor track and field championships hosted by Waldorf University on Thursday and Friday, May 13-14. All-Conference awards are presented to the top three finishers and top relay team at the meet.
The Bellevue University distance track teams completed one final tune-up meet before taking on the North Star Association Meet on May 13-14. A brutal day for distance running with temperatures in the 80’s and steady winds of 25 miles per hour accompanied by gusts up to 40 mpg ruled out chances for personal bests at the Statesmen Relays on the William Penn University campus.
The Bruin men's and women's distance track teams were in action again on Thursday, April 22, as they traveled to Nebraska Wesleyan's Prairie Wolf Invitational. Times continued to fall as three Bruin Bests (school records) were established in cool and breezy conditions.
Perfect conditions for distance running greeted the Bruin distance track squad at the 56th annual running of the Sioux City Relays on the campus of Morningside University in Sioux City. The cool temperatures and light winds produced some fast times, personal bests, and several new school records.
Bruin distance runners turned in a number of big improvements at today’s Concordia Track Invitational in Seward, held in cool and breezy conditions.
A very challenging wind had an impact on results today but the Bruin distance track squad gained more racing experience and lowered three more record marks at today’s Bronco Invite in Hastings.
After 22 months, the Bruin distance track team was able to take to the outdoor track again with a promising first meet held in blustery conditions at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan.