2020 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
2020–21
Named to the CCAA Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2019–20
Opened the 2019 cross country season with an 8k time of 28:41.1 and a 59th place finish Septebmer 13 at the Stump Invitational…Posted a 112th place finish and a season-best 8k time of 26:50.2 September 28, 2019 at the Capital Cross Challenge…Finished 66th October 12, 2019 at the Western Washington Classic, running the 10k layout in 33:57.6…Final cross country race of the year came November 17, 2019 at the PAUSATF Championships, resulting in a 76th place finish and a 9.75k time of 35:58…Did not compete in the abbreviated 2020 track & field season…Earned CCAA Fall All-Academic honors…Received the 2019–20 Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award.
2018–19
Injuries limited running and racing throughout the year…In the fall, raced to a 40th place finish at the Doc Adams Invitational…On the track, Perez would place third in the 5k at the Woody Wilson Invitational…Earned a pair of CCAA All-Academic awards.
2017–18
Redshirted both cross country and track & field as a true freshman…Opened the fall season with an 11th place finish at the PAUSATF Rebel Challenge 6k…Ran a 26:30 8k debut at the Capital Cross Challenge…The remainder of the cross country season was lost to injury…Injuries would derail the spring season as well.
Pre-Chico Days
Perez established himself as one of the top distance runners in the Sac Joaquin Section in 2016…Closed out his junior season of track with 9:33 and 9:29 runs at the Finals and Masters meets over the 3,200-meter distance...His senior year of cross country brought an individual league title and a sixth place finish at the Sac Joaquin championships…Finished the fall season with a 16:41 run at the State Championships…On the track, Perez notched an impressive 8:46 3k PR while placing third at the Stanford Invitational…Lowered his 3,200-meter PR to 9:20 at the Sacramento Meet of Champions, where he placed fifth...A 9:23 run at the Masters meet left him just shy of qualifying for the state championships (fifth place) over the 3,200-meter distance.
Personal Best Marks
8k XC: 26:30
10k XC: 33:57
1,600m: 4:30
3,000m: 8:46
3,200m: 9:20
