Biology major … Decorated runner who is returning for his final season of outdoor track … Has shown consistent improvement throughout career and should be one of team’s top performers … A 10-time NAIA/NCCAA All-America selection in track and cross country, making him the second-most-decorated track/XC athlete in school history … Member of two national championship teams in cross country … Two-time Capital One Academic All-America first-team selection (2012, 2013), one of only six student-athletes in OC history to achieve that honor twice … 2012-13: Had one of the greatest national-meet performances in OC history at the NCCAA Indoor Championships, accounting for 30 team points while leading OC to a fourth-place finish … Anchored OC’s title-winning distance medley relay team that also included Roberto Diaz, Ryan Lutterloh and Nick Stoots and finished in an NCCAA-record time of 10:15.92 … One day later, anchored the 4x800-meter relay team that included Stoots, Diaz and David Koistinen and finished second in 7:30.66 … Later that day, took third in both the mile (4:22.15) and 800 meters (a season-best 1:57.11) … Earned All-America honors in all four events … Posted top mile time of season at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., running a 4:10.45 … Won the mile at the Texas Tech Masked Rider Open on Jan. 19 in 4:13.49 … Also won mile at Missouri Southern on Jan. 12 in 4:16.26, a performance which helped earn him NCCAA student-athlete of the week honors … Won the 1,000 meters at the Central Oklahoma Indoor Invitational on Jan. 26 in 2:32.83 … Also ran the 3,000 meters at the Texas Tech meet, finishing in 9:11.39 … Redshirted during the outdoor season … During cross country season, helped OC win the NCCAA championship, its second straight national team title after taking the NAIA title in 2011 … Finished fifth individually at the NCCAA Championship, covering the 8,000 meters in 25:20.7 and taking All-America honors … Before school season began, won the 10-kilometer Kansas Health Foundation River Run in his hometown in June … 2011-12: Earned NAIA All-America honors in the indoor 1,000 meters, indoor DMR and outdoor 1,500 meters … At NAIA Indoor Championships, took second in the 1,000 with a career-best 2:25.18 … OC’s DMR team of Barrientez, Casey Block, Stoots and Nathan Mesta took eighth in 10:09.25 ... Also qualified for nationals in the 3,000 meters and mile but chose not to run in those events … Ran a career-best time of 4:09.51 in the mile at the Nebraska Tune-Up on Feb. 17 … Also posted career-best 3,000-meter time of 8:30.86 at Texas Tech Indoor Open on Feb. 4 … Ran the 800 in the Missouri Southern Invitational on Feb. 21, finishing in 1:58.55 … Won the 1,000 at the OC Indoor Invitational on Jan. 28 with a time of 2:33.31 and was part of the winning 4x800-yard relay team, helping him earn Sooner Athletic Conference runner of the week honors … During outdoor season, finished eighth in the 1,500 at the NAIA Championships, earning All-America honors with a 3:50.68 clocking … Also qualified for nationals in the 800, 5,000 meters and marathon, but ran only the 1,500 and 800 … Finished 25th in the 800 in 2:08.93 … Broke a 29-year-old school record as part of a 4x1 mile relay team at the prestigious Penn Relays on April 28, as the quartet of David McWilliams, Silas Kisorio, Barrientez and Nathan Mesta finished in 16:59.23 … Top 800 time of outdoor season was career-best 1:53.63 at the Oklahoma Baptist Last Chance meet on May 10 … Two days later, won the 1,500 at the Sam Williams Twilight Qualifier at Emporia State with a time of 3:51.58 … Ran career-best 1,500 time of 3:49.94 in the Oklahoma Baptist Bison Invitational on March 31 … Posted career-best 5,000 time in the prestigious Stanford Invitational, finishing in 14:20.39 … During cross country season, was No. 4 runner on team that captured OC’s first national title in the sport … Finished 34th in NAIA Championships, narrowly missing All-America honors but helping Eagles win their first national team title … Finished eighth in the Sooner Athletic Conference meet … Also recorded top-10 finishes in Central Oklahoma Land Run and Oklahoma City University Fall Classic … 2010-11: Earned the second All-America honor of his career as part of OC’s second-place team in the distance medley relay at the NAIA Indoor Championships … Was the leadoff runner on a team that included Thomas Ducat, Stoots and Kisorio and finished in 9:58.44 … Also qualified for indoor nationals in the 1,000 and the mile, but chose to focus on mile at the NAIA meet and finished eighth in 4:16.05 … Had season-best mile time of 4:14.02 at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., on Feb. 12 … Posted season-best 1,000-meter time of 2:30.22 in the OC Indoor Invitational on Feb. 5 … Recorded career-best time in the 600 meters with a 1:27.00 clocking at the OC Indoor Invitational on Jan. 29 … Also competed in 800- and 3,000-meter races during indoor season … During outdoor season, qualified for the NAIA Outdoor Championships in the 1,500, 5,000 and marathon … Ran in only the 5,000 at the national meet, finishing 25th in 15:40.67 … Had a season-best time of 14:51.58 in the 5,000 at the Pittsburg State Gorilla Classic on April 16 … Ran a season-best 1,500 time of 3:56.53 at the Southwestern Relays on April 30 … Also competed in the 800 and distance medley relay during the outdoor season … During cross country, ran as the Eagles’ No. 4 man during the 2010 NAIA meet, finishing 99th overall … Ran 72nd out of 175 runners in the university division of the 2010 Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree … Was 21st in the Mid-States Classic … Ninth in the SAC Championships … 2009-10: Earned first career All-America honor by running the 800-meter leg on OC’s third-place distance medley relay squad at the NAIA Indoor Championships … Joined Geoffrey Njonjo, Brady Watson and Silas Kisorio on the team that finished in 10:02.67 … Ran his leg in 1:58.3 … In first collegiate meet, the OC Indoor Invitational on Jan. 23, finished second to teammate Frezer Legesse in the mile with a time of 4:26.55 … During outdoor season, ran a 3:58.15 in the 1,500 at the Emporia State Twilight Meet on May 15 … Was the leadoff runner on a distance medley relay team that included Scotty Brasher, Legesse and Kisorio that won in 10:12 at the Kansas Relays on April 17 … During cross country season, ran as No. 7 man on team that qualified for the 2009 NAIA Championship, finishing 301st individually … Was 13th in 2009 SAC Championship … Finished 15th in the Oklahoma Baptist University Invitational and fifth in the Central Oklahoma Land Run … Previous school: Starred at Campus High School in Haysville, Kan., winning the Kansas Class 6A title as a senior in 2008, while leading Colts to a third-place team finish … In track, finished second in Class 6A in the 3,200 meters and third in the 1,600 meters in 2009.
