2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

Jacob Bustamante

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Temecula, Calif.

Biography

2024 (Senior)
• Set an 8K personal-record 24:16.1 at the Highlander Invitational, the eighth-fastest time in school history
• Finished 22nd at the Big West Championships (24:27.0)
• Completed the NCAA West Regional 10K in 31:21.8
• Earned Big West Fall All-Academic honors

2023 (Junior)
• Competed in all five meets
• Ran an 8K season-best 24:54.6 at the Bronco Invitational
• Took 35th at the Big West Championships
• Completed the 10K in 31:41.5 at the NCAA West Regional
• Named to the Big West Fall All-Academic Team

2022 (Sophomore)
• Clocked a season-best 24:42.5 in the 8K at the UCR Invitational
• Had an eighth-place showing in the Anteater Opener 6K (18:52.7)
• Came in 44th at the Big West Championships (25:21.7)
• Crossed the finish line in 31:05.6 in his first 10K at the NCAA West Regional
• Big West Fall All-Academic selection

2021 (Freshman)
• Made his collegiate debut at the Highlander Invitational on Oct. 16
• Established an 8K season-best 26:23.6 at the Big West Championships

High School
• Member of the cross country and track teams at Chaparral High School
• 2021 CIF-Southern Section Division I finalist in the 1600m (9th)
• Runner-up in the 1600m and 3200m at the Southwestern League Finals
• Three-time CIF-SS cross country finalist
• Led his team at the league meet three years in a row with a high finish of second as a senior

Personal
• Majoring in mathematics

TOP MARKS AT UCI
6K = 18:52.7 (2022 Anteater Opener)
8K = 24:16.1 (2024 Highlander Invitational)
10K = 31:05.6 (2022 NCAA West Regional)


Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2022Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2023Junior

    6'0"
  • 2024Senior

    6'1"