2021 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
Career Times (Cross Country)
2017-18 Times (Track and Field)
2019 Times (Track and Field)
AT GOSHEN:
2019: Ran in five regular-season meets ... finished 139th overall and third on the team at the NAIA national championship ... was among the top three on the team in every race he ran ... clocked the fastest time of his career 9/7 at the Knight Invitational (26:14.0) ... shaved nearly a minute off that time two races later, finishing in 25:15.9 at Louisville Classic on 10/5 ... was 134th in the field there with the ninth-fastest time in GC history ... that was his first career race below the 26:00 threshold.
2018: Ran in five regular-season meets ... finished among the team's top 6 runners every time with three appearances in the top three ... posted best overall finish place of his career 9/7 at the IWU Twilight Classic ... finished in top 40 of conference meet for second consecutive season ... ran as high as second on the team twice, 9/29 at Louisville Classic and 10/20 at Great Lakes Invitational ... set new career-best times at both events, finishing with 26:48.96 at latter meet.
2017-18: Ran in all six regular-season meets ... finished in top four of team and top 36 of overall race four times each ... personal-best cross country time was 27:15.5 in collegiate debut Sept. 8 at Indiana Wesleyan ... contributed to team placing in all six races ... also saw action at six distances between 600 and 5,000 meters ... part of DMR team that finished first at IWU Feb. 3 and sixth in conference indoor meet Feb. 10 ... individually, finished fourth in 1500 at Grace April 28 and ninth in 5,000 at Little State April 21.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Ran for coaches Matthew Nicoson and CJ Shafer at Concord High School ... all-conference in both cross country and track and field ... team MVP ... named 2017 Kiwanis Athlete of the Year ... also took first place in 2017 art show for photography.
PERSONAL:
Born on April 13 ... parent is Ana Herrera ... has two siblings, Kimberly Ortiz (27) and Stephanie Escamilla (23) ... chose Goshen "because not only is it close to home, but I enjoy the atmosphere of having a smaller campus" ... admires his high school cross country coach, Matthew Nicoson, because "he was the man who helped me get into running which it looks like I'll be doing for the rest of my life."
QUICK FACTS:
MAJOR: Computer science
FUTURE GOALS: Qualify for nationals
HOBBIES: 3D modeling, running, Ultimate Frisbee, video games
FAVORITES:
TV SHOW: Friends
MOVIE: The Iron Giant
VACATION SPOT: California
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