2013 Men's Cross Country

Steven Melena

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lancaster, Calif.

Biography

2013 (Senior)
• Did not compete

2012 (Junior)
• Earned All-Big West honors with a fourth-place finish at the Big West Championships
• Finished the 8K course in a personal-best 24:16.8
• Runner-up at the Highlander Invitational 6K (17:45.8)
• Placed 33rd at the adidas/UCI Invitational and 42nd at the Stanford Invitational

2011 (Sophomore)
• UCI's No. 3 runner at the NCAA West Regional, covering the 10K course in 31:32
• Came in 24th overall at the Big West Championships (24:47.2)
• Took 11th at the Cal State Northridge Invitational (25:14.72)
• Team's top finisher at the Bill Dellinger Invitational and Stanford Invitational
• Ran an 8K season-best 24:33.52 at the Bill Dellinger Invite

2010 (Freshman)
• Competed at the NCAA West Regional, registering a 10K time of 31:58.64
• Finished 24th at the Big West Championships with a season-best 25:02.1
• Had a top-10 finish at the Cal Poly Invitational 8K (27:07.9)

High School
• Graduated from Eastside High School in 2010
• Competed in track, cross country and soccer
• Claimed the Golden League title in the 3200m as a junior and in the 1500m as a senior
• Earned All-CIF honors in cross country
• Won the individual league championship in 2009

Personal
• Majoring in informatics
• Parents are Yolanda and Albert Melena
• Has three siblings, Jose, David and Guillermo

TOP MARKS AT UCI
8K = 24:16.8 (2012 Big West Championships)
10K = 31:32 (2010 NCAA West Regional)

Historical Player Information

  • 2011Sophomore

  • 2012Junior

  • 2013Senior