2024 Cross Country Roster
Biography
TRRFS
Senior (2024-25)
Cross Country - Ran in six meets ... Raced as part of Tarleton State's first NCAA Regional Appearance at the South Central Region Cross Country Championships ... Crossed in 31:26.9 to record 62nd place at the event ... Placed 45th at the 2024 WAC Cross Country Championships in 25:37.0 ... Ran program record 23:44.5 in the 8K at the Arturo Barrios Invitational ... Posted best 8K finish at the Texas A&M Invitational in 19th place in 24:06.2 ... Opened season crossing in 13th in 5K personal best time of 15:24.3.
Junior (2023-24)
Cross Country - Ran in four meets ... Placed 34th at the 2023 WAC Cross Country Championships in 25:20.7 ... Named Academic All-WAC ... Finished in the top 10 of the Texas A&M Invitational for the second year in a row crossing ninth in 24:28.4 ... Second Texan to finish at the John McKenzie Invitational finishing in 15th in the season opener.
Indoor Track and Field - Competed in four meets in the mile, 3000, 5000 and DMR ... Named Academic All-WAC ... Won the 5000 at the Jarvis Scott Open crossing in 14:52.45 the second fastest in Tarleton program history at the time... Earned silver in the DMR at the 2024 WAC Indoor Championships for the second straight year ... Also finished 16th in the 3000 in 8:43.23 ... Posted seventh best time in program history in the mile at the New Mexico Team Open 2024 in 4:20.32.
Outdoor Track and Field - Competed in three meets ... Set School Record in 10,000 crossing in 31:14.6 at the Texas Relays (March 30) ... Finished fourth at the Clyde Hart Classic in the 1500 in 3:52.86.
Sophomore (2022-23)
Cross Country - Competed in five meets ... Named Academic All-WAC in the spring following his first full year at Tarleton ... Second Texan to finish at the Texas A&M Invitational finishing in ninth in 24:43.2 ... Finished 11th in the 6k at the Big Country XC Festival in the 6K in his Texan debut ... Earned a 37th place finish at the 2022 WAC Cross Country Championships in 24:45.6.
Indoor Track and Field - Competed in two meets in the 3000 and DMR ... Earned silver at the 2023 WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships in the DMR helping the four-man team to a 10:01.99 finish ... Also finished 17th in the 3000 at the event in 8:35.28, the second fastest mark in program history at the time.
Outdoor Track and Field - Competed in six meets in the 1500, 5000 and DMR ... Finished 10th at the 2023 WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5000 in 14:45.46 ... Also finished 25th in the 1500 ... Placed in the top seven in an event in each of the five regular season races ... Earned third in the 5000 at the Carl Kight Invitational and third at the Oliver Jackson Twilight in the 1500.
University of Texas at Tyler (2020-22)
All-Lone Star Conference First Team as a redshirt freshman in the indoor track and field season after recording eight top five finishes in all eight events ran … Finished second in the mile at the Corky Classic … Finished 2nd at the Gorilla Classic in the 5000 meters … Won the 5000 meters at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships … Set school records in the Mile, 3000 meters, and 5000 meters … In the outdoor season, finished 2nd at the Carl Kight Invitational in the 5000 meters ... Finished 4th in the 5000 meters at the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Championships.
Chapin High School
Lettered three years in cross country and soccer and four years in track and field … Three-time first team all-district in cross country … three-time first team all-district in track and field … 1-5A cross country individual champion in 2019 … Two-time 5A cross country state qualifier
Personal
2020 graduate of John L. Chapin HS in El Paso, TX ... Son of Saul Contreras and Laura Aguirre … Has one brother and one sister, Saul and Valeria Contreras … Majoring in computer science ... Born on April 22.
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