Chico State Athletics

2016-17
Opened the 2016 season with a fifth-place effort at the Humboldt Invitational, helping the 'Cats to a perfect 1-6 sweep…Placed 2^nd overall at the Capital Cross Challenge in Sacramento behind teammate Will Reyes in a new 8k PR of 23:45…The fourth 'Cat to cross the finish at the Triton Invitational in San Diego (6^th overall), helping the ‘Cats remain undefeated on the season…Sealed the 'Cats' 15^th straight CCAA team title as the team’s fifth and final scorer while placing 7^th at the CCAA Championships in Ontario…Placed 2^nd overall in the West Region Championship, as part of the ‘Cats 1-2-3 finish and eventual team title...Concluded the season with an 11^th place effort at the NCAA Championships, earning his second XC All-America honor…On the track, Medina moved his focus from the 800 and 1500 events, to the 1500 and 5k…Opened season with a meet record and PR of 13:54 for the 5k at the SF Distance Carnival...The new personal best was also second all-time on Chico State's Top-10 list…Won the Invitational mile at the Chico Twilight meet in 4:06.06…Recorded a 3:46 seasonal best 1500-meter effort at the Mt SAC Invitational…Placed 8^th overall in the 1500 with a seasonal best 3:44.05 at Stanford’s Cardinal Classic....Won his second CCAA 1500-meter title in three years with a victory on his home track…Followed up the 1500-meter title with a runner-up finish in the 5k behind teammate Will Reyes….At the NCAA Championships, Medina placed second in the 1500-meter final by just .22 seconds, making him the runner-up for the second straight year…Several hours later he earned another All-America honor (his sixth to date) with a fourth-place finish in the 5k (14:16) while recording a swift 57-second final revolution of the track....Medina’s standout season earned him the CCAA Male Track Athlete of the Year honors.

2015-16
Began fall season with a third place finish (behind two teammates) at the Ash Creek Invitational…Placed 21st overall at the Stanford Invitational, helping the ’Cats to a second place team effort behind the host Cardinal…Placed 14th overall at the San Francisco State Invitational…Endured his worst outing of the season at the CCAA Championships, finishing 41st overall…Earned a spot on the NCAA team after winning the Doc Adams Invitational with a time of 24:15…Finished 34th overall at the NCAA Championships earning his first cross country All America honor…On the track took some big steps forward at the 1500m distance…Opened the season with a 3:47 heat win at the Stanford Invitational…Followed with a 3:41.80 1500m PR (breaking Scott Bauhs’ eight-year old school record in the event) at the Bryan Clay Invitational – it would be the fastest 1500m time posted by a Division II athlete on the year, and the 19th fastest of any collegian in 2016…Won the Beach Invitational 1500m the following day with a time of 3:46…Placed third in his heat at the Payton Jordan Invitational 1500m with a 3:43.2…Placed second at the CCAA Championships behind NCAA 800m leader Abraham Alvarado of Stanislaus State in a kicker’s race…Finished the season with a second place performance at the NCAA Championships, missing the national title by a scant 0.38 seconds but earning First Team All-America honors.
 
2014-15
Enjoyed a banner freshman year in both cross country and track…Started the fall season as the ’Cats’ No. 4 runner…Placed 30th at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 24:28…Placed 10th at the Charles Bowles Invitational with an 8k clocking of 24:30…Placed 26th at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational with a new 8k PR of 24:13…Earned first All-Conference honor with a fourth place finish at the CCAA Championships…Helped the ’Cats to a NCAA West Regional Championship with a fifth place finish while completing his first 10k race…Took 62nd place at the NCAA Championships…On the track, opened the spring season with a 3:49.09 run in the Wildcat Invitational 1500m…Despite focusing his training on the middle distances, recorded a 14:27 NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the 5000m while finishing third at the Johnny Mathis Invitational…Won the inaugural Invitational Mile at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival with a 4:05.12 PR…Raced to a 1:52 clocking in the 800m the following day at the Stanford Invitational…Recorded a PR time of 1:51.7 in the 800m at the Brian Clay Invitational despite nearly falling with 150 meters remaining…Sealed a spot on the line at the NCAA Championships with a 3:46.06 run in the Beach Invitational 1500m…Won first CCAA title with a 3:52 effort in the 1500m at the Conference Championships…Followed with a fifth place 800m effort shortly after…Earned All-America honors for placing fifth overall in the 1500m at the NCAA Championships.

2013-14
Redshirted in track and cross country…Placed 23rd overall in the Sundodger Open 8k with a 25:31 debut in the distance…Ran 11th at the Willow Hills Open race…Finished cross country with a 5k track time trial time of 15:00…During track season, recorded some of the best marks ever by a Wildcat true freshman in the 800 meters, 1500 meters and 5k…Opened spring with an 8:26 at the Humboldt Invitational 3k...Ran the fastest 5k debut ever by a Wildcat with his 14:33 mark at the Johnny Mathis Invitational, good for third place…Ran second in the 800m at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival with a time of 1:50.9…Placed second at the Chico Distance Carnival 1500m with a 3:51 clocking…Narrowly missed breaking the 3:50 barrier for the 1500m with a season-ending 3:50.33 – also the fastest mark ever among the program’s true freshmen.

Pre-Chico Days
Recorded a time of 15:33 PR at the Clovis Invitational, placing sixth overall...Finished 13th at the Mt SAC Invitational’s Individual Sweepstakes race with a 15:11 PR…On the track enjoyed considerable success in the middle distances…During his senior season ran to a 4:17 PR for the 1600 at the Adidas Meet of Champions…Finished third at the CIF Southern Section Finals in the 800m event and qualifying for the Masters meet with a PR time of 1:53.2. 
 
Personal Best Marks
8k XC: 23:45
800m: 1:51
1500m: 3:41.80 (fastest time in Chico State history)
3000m: 8:10
5000m: 13:54