2019 Men's Track & Field Roster
Biography
2019 (Senior)
• Big West finalist in the 1500m (10th)
• Ran a season-best 3:54.79 to come in ninth at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic
• Added season-bests of 1:57.41 in the 800m and 15:15.70 in the 5000m
• Received Big West All-Academic recognition for the third consecutive year
2018 (Junior)
• Competed in the 1500m and 5000m at the Big West Championships
• Ran a 1500m personal-record 3:53.18 at the Bryan Clay Invitational
• Finished 10th out of 98 at the Steve Scott Invitational (3:53.75)
• Came in fourth at the Big West Challenge (3:55.52)
• Had a lifetime-best 15:08.59 to place seventh in the 5000m at the Ben Brown Invitational
• Notched an 800m season-best 1:56.13 at the UCR Spring Track Classic
• Earned Big West All-Academic honors
2017 (Sophomore)
• Claimed runner-up honors in the 1500m at the Mondo Team Challenge, clocking in at a season-best 3:58.23
• That was the Anteaters’ second-fastest time of the season
• Took fourth at the Big West Challenge (4:00.74)
• Notched a season-best 15:14.29 in the 5000m at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic
• Added a season-best 9:41.00 in the steeplechase at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Also ran the mile and 3000m
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team
2016 (Redshirt)
• Did not compete
Junior College
• Ran one year of cross country and track at the College of the Canyons
• Member of the 2014 cross country state championship team
• Also a 1500m state finalist on the track
High School
• Graduated from West Ranch High School in 2014
• Lettered three years in track & field and two in cross country
• Helped the Wildcats win the CIF-Southern Section Cross Country Prelims
• Earned All-CIF and all-league recognition
• CIF-SS Track & Field finalist in the 1600m
Personal
• Majoring in computer science
• Member of the UC Irvine cross country team
• Mother is Brenda Garcia
• Has five siblings - Koby, Jovan, Brianna, Luis, and Mercedes
TOP MARKS AT UCI
800m = 1:56.13 (2018 UCR Spring Track Classic)
1500m = 3:53.18 (2018 Bryan Clay Invitational)
Mile = 4:17.47 (2018 Bob Larsen Distance Carnival)
3000m = 8:44.74 (2017 All-UC Challenge)
5000m = 15:08.59 (2018 Ben Brown Invitational)
Steeplechase = 9:41.00 (2017 Steve Scott Invitational)
4x400 Relay = 3:26.97 (2018 Steve Scott Invitational)
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