2019 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
2018–19:
Began the cross country season with a 53rd place showing at the Capital Cross Invitational…Finished seventh at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational with a 24:49 8k PR, helping the men’s team to their second title of the day…Placed 15th overall at the UC San Diego Triton Invitational, but just missed making the CCAA line-up….Concluded the fall with a sixth place run at the Doc Adams Invitational…Opened the 2019 track season with a 4:03/2:02/15:21 1,500/800/5k triple at the Wildcat Invitational…Raced to a 14:51 5k at the Hornet Invitational…Recorded a 14:41 5k PR at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic…Notched another PR at the 1,500m distance with a 4:02 time at the Chico Distance Carnival…Illness undermined the remainder of the season, as he concluded the spring campaign with a 32:03 10k at the Mt. SAC Invitational.
2017–18:
Started the fall season with a 25:25 sixth place effort in the open race at the Riverside Invitational…Recorded a 25:17 8k PR and placed 40th overall at the Capital Cross Challenge…Raced to an 11th place finish at the Western Washington Invitational, clocking a swift 31:49 for the hilly 10k layout…Landed the final All-CCAA spot (15th place) at the conference championships as the ’Cats’ No. 9 runner on the day…Concluded the season with a 5k track PR of 14:55 in the team’s annual postseason time trial…On the track, picked up where he’d left off in XC recording a 14:45 PR in the 5k…Sidelined by injuries the remainder of the spring.
2016–17:
Redshirted both seasons during first year at Chico State…Opened season with a fourth place finish at the Rebels Cross Country Challenge in Sacramento running a 19:06 for the 6k course…Finished 97th at the Capital Cross Challenge with a 25:37 8k PR…Placed 45th at the Bronco Invitational with a 26:37 mark…Place 12th at the Doc Adams Invitational with a time of 25:58…Enjoyed a 15:03 track 5k PR in the team’s postseason time trial…Concluded the fall season with a 54th place finish at the Pacific Association USATF Championships in San Francisco…On the track, opened the spring with a 4:08 1,500 meters at the Wildcat Invitational…Enjoyed a nice 25-lap debut running in the USATF Junior Championships and posting a qualifying 31:54 time for the 10k at the San Francisco Distance Carnival…Ran a 4:06 1,500-meter PR at the Chico Twilight Invitational…Managed a 15:18 5k at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational in Berkeley…Posted a 15:25 5k at the West Coast Last Chance meet…Finished the long freshman campaign with a seventh place finish at the USATF Junior Championships in front of his hometown fans in Sacramento.
Pre-Chico Days
Placed third overall (15:34) at the Stanford Invitational while running for Folsom’s Vista Del Lago High School…Won the Sac-Joaquin Section Cross Country Championship as a senior in 16:04 on the difficult Willow Hills 5k course…Concluded senior XC season with an All-State 10th place run (PR time of 15:21) in the Division III Boys race…Recorded a 3200m PR of 9:21 at the Sacramento Meet of Champions…Wrapped up his senior track season with a fifth place finish in the Sac-Joaquin Section Championships 3200m.
Personal Best Marks:
8k XC: 24:48
1,500m: 4:02
5,000m: 14:41
10,000m: 31:54