Background
Flores grew up in the State of Mexico near the Mexican capital.
Flores grew up in the State of Mexico near the Mexican capital.
She was a double gold medallist for Mexico at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and a silver medallist at the 2015 Pan American Games. She represented the Americas at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup. She was inspired to take up athletics after seeing Mexican Ana Guevara claim the 400 metres world title in 2003.
Flores made her start over 800 metres, but gradually moved up in distance as she failed to progress at shorter ones.
She also gained her first global level call-up that year, representing the Americas at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, where she placed sixth in the 5000 m. Flores ran at the New York Half Marathon in March 2015 and although she set a new best of 73:54 minutes for the distance, this was only enough for 19th in the high calibre race.
Returning to the track, she knocked over a minute off her 10,000 m at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in May. She reached another international podium at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, taking the 5000 m silver medal behind Brazil"s Juliana Paula dos Santos.
3000 metres – 9:10.29 minimum (2014)
5000 metres – 15:30.87 minimum (2014)
10,000 metres – 31:45.16 minimum (2015)
Half marathon – 73:54 minimum (2015).