Valery Tobias (born 24 September 2000) is an Americanmiddle-distance runner. She was runner-up at the2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships over800 metres.^[1]

FromLower Rio Grande Valley inTexas, she attended Edinburg IDEA Quest.^[2]

Running for theUniversity of Texas, she was one of a quartet, along withJulien Alfred,Rhasidat Adeleke, andKennedy Simon that broke the collegiate record in the sprint medley, running 3:36.10 in April 2023 at the Texas Relays.^[3][4] She set new college records for the 800 metres, both indoors and outdoors. Tobias joined the Brooks Beasts Track Club in 2024.^[5]

She was runner-up toNia Akins at the2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, running a 1:59.55 seconds personal best for the800 metres.^[6][7] She was selected for the2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships inNanjing in March 2025, where she placed fifth in her semi-final.^[8][9][10]

In May 2025, she set a new personal best for the 800 metres, running 1:59.49 in Los Angeles.^[11][12] She was a finalist in the 800 metres at the2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, running 1:59.40 in the semi-final before placing eighth overall in the final.^[13][14][15]

• 2000 births
• Living people
• Track and field athletes from Texas
• American women middle-distance runners
• United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field)
• Texas Longhorns women's track and field athletes
• 21st-century American sportswomen

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