2023 Cross Country Roster
Biography
Junior (2021)
Was Tarleton’s No. 1 performer in all five meets … Clocked Tarleton’s fastest recorded 8k cross country time (24:01.30) to place sixth at the Texas A&M Invitational … Began his junior year by earning a cross country 5k personal record of 14:58.40 and finishing fourth at the UTA XC Invite … Finished 37th in a 268-man field at the Arturo Barrios Invitational on an 8k course in 24:26.90 … Placed 30th at the WAC Cross Country Championships with an 8k time of 24:52.60 … Won the Ranger College Cross Country Invitational to help Tarleton post a combined score of 19 points and capture the team title.
Sophomore (2021)
Earned All-WAC second team honors after placing 10th at the WAC Championships in 25:04 on an 8k course … Became the first athlete in Tarleton’s WAC and Division I era to be named to an All-Conference team … Was Tarleton’s top overall finisher in both meets during its abbreviated spring 2021 season … Placed sixth and set a 6k personal record (24:43.20) at the Incarnate Word Invitational … Has four top-10 finishes in 8k races in his collegiate career.
Freshman (2019)
Competed in four meets for the Texans … Won the Bob Gravett Invitational and set a personal record in the 8,000m (25:59.90) … Took third in the Angelo State Blue/Gold Classic (26:15.50) to help Tarleton win the meet … Placed 53rd at the Lone Star Conference Championships … Ran in the NCAA South Central Regional Championship and took 39th on the 10,00m course with a time of 32.59.34.
Industrial High School
Earned four varsity letters apiece in cross country and track and field … Won three individual UIL Track and Field State Championships … Set personal records in the 800m (1:58), 1,600 (4:20) and 3,200m (9:34) … Named Team MVP and recognized as a distinguished scholar.
Personal
2019 graduate of Industrial HS in Vanderbilt, TX … Son of Leonardo and Agustina Baez ... Had two brothers, Leonardo Jr and Alan, and four sisters: Maricela, Crisna, Belem, and Cielo ... Majoring in mechanical engineering ... Born on Dec. 15
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