Tarleton State University Athletics

Career Accolades 
2021 WAC Outdoor 4x400m Relay Champion …Three-time recipient of postseason All-WAC credentials … Earned sets of All-WAC first team honors in the 400m and 4x400m relay in 2021 … Received All-WAC second team recognition in the 4x400m relay at the 2022 WAC Indoor Championships … Ranks seventh in school history in the outdoor 400m (47.66) and ninth in the indoor 400m (49.62) … Garnered Academic All-WAC honors following the 2021 outdoor season. 

Fifth-Year Senior (2022) 

Outdoor: Raced at all seven meets … Narrowly missed out on earning All-WAC second team accolades after he helped Tarleton’s 4x400m relay team place fourth at the WAC Outdoor Championships … Helped Tarleton place third and post a season personal record of 3:14.31 in the 4x400m relay at the SFA Invite … Guided the Texans’ 4x400m relay team to a second-place finish at the UTA Invitational … Qualified for the 94th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays as a member of Tarleton’s 4x400m relay team … Finished eighth and notched a season personal record in the 400m (48.77) at UTA in Tarleton’s regular season finale … Also finished in the top-10 in the 400m at the North Texas Classic and SFA Invite. 
Indoor: Made his 2022 debut at the WAC Indoor Championships … Ran the second leg on a 4x400m relay team that finished sixth in 3:15.89 and earned All-WAC second team honors … Competed in the 400m as well. 

Senior (2021) 
Two-time All-WAC first team honoree … Helped Tarleton claim the WAC 4x400m relay championship with a time of 3:12.67 … Finished third and set a personal record in the 400m (47.66) at the WAC Championships to earn his other set of all-conference first team accolades … Ran the third leg on a 4x400m relay team that took sixth place at the 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in 3:12.14 … Was Tarleton’s fastest 4x400m relay time since 2019 … Was a member of a 4x400m relay team that finished sixth and won its heat at the Michael Johnson Invitational in 3:13.73 … Nabbed third place in the 400m at the Joe Gillespie Invitational in 48.81 seconds … Also competed in the 400m at the Wes Kittley ACU Invitational, UTA Invitational and North Texas Classic. 

Junior (2020)
Appeared in three meets … Placed 18th in the 400m at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships … Notched 17th-place finishes as a part of a 4x400m relay team at the Pittsburg State Invitational and in the 400m at the Corky Classic. 

Sophomore (2019) 
Competed in nine meets … Helped Tarleton’s 4x400m relay teams place fourth in both the LSC Outdoor and Indoor Championships … Member of a 4x400m relay team that won the East Texas Quad … Took second in the 400m (49.81) at the East Texas Quad. 
  
Freshman (2018) 
Ran in 11 meets … Received NCAA All-American honors after helping Tarleton’s 4x400m relay team place seventh at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships … Member of the same 4x400m relay team that finished second (3:10.15) at the LSC Outdoor Championships … Also took eighth place and set a personal record in the 400m (47.95) at the meet … Notched a career-best time in the 200m (21.91) at the ACU Oliver Jackson Twilight … Competed in the 200m, 400m, long jump and 4x400m relay team at the LSC Indoor Championships. 
  
Reicher Catholic High School 
Earned four varsity letters in track and field … Won a TX UIl State Championship in the 200m (21.90) and finished second in the long jump (22’ 7.5”) and triple jump (44’ 0”) as a senior … Received the JJ Kearns Award in 2017, which is given to the top athlete of his school’s graduating class … Also lettered in soccer twice. 
  
Personal 
2017 graduate of Reicher Catholic HS in Waco, Texas … Son of Felicia Martinez … Has a brother, Nicholi … Majoring in kinesiology with an emphasis in athletic training … Born Dec. 17.