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2017 Men's Cross Country Roster

Derek Espinoza

  • HEIGHT 5-7
  • CLASS Sophomore
  • HOMETOWN Waxahachie, Texas
  • HIGHSCHOOL Waxahachie HS

Biography

Accounting/Finance major … Looking for a breakout season after a promising freshman campaign …Heralded prep distance runner who set three major distance records and was called by his high school coach as perhaps the best in his school’s history … Has personal-best times of 26:28.4 in 8,000-meter cross country, 15:33.66 in the 5,000 meters, 8:57.72 in the 3,000 meters, 4:36.49 in the mile and 4:15.66 in the 1,500 meters … 2017-18: Ran in four cross country meets … Posted by 10K XC time of 33:00.1 in the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark. … Best 8K time of 26:28.4 was recorded in the Heartland Conference Championship in Wichita, Kan., and was good for a 19th-place finish … At the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Championship in Canyon, Texas, covered the 10,000 meters in 33:19.6 and placed 65th … Did not compete during indoor track or outdoor track seasons … 2016-17: Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (fall semester) … Ran in two cross country meets … In collegiate debut, covered the four-mile Central Oklahoma Land Run in 21:53.1 … In the 5,000-meter Missouri Southern Stampede, finished in 27:25.4 … In indoor track, competed in the mile and 3,000 meters … Best mile time was 4:36.49 in the Missouri Southern Open … Ran season-best 3K time of 8:57.72 in the Nebraska Tune-Up … In outdoor track, ran in the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters … In 1,500, recorded best time of 4:15.66 in Wichita State’s K.T. Woodman Classic … Best 5,000-meter time was 15:33.66 in the Great American Championships in Searcy, Ark. … Previous school: Attended Waxahachie High School, where he set school records in the 1,600 meters, 3,200 meters and 5,000-meter cross country … In cross country, qualified for the Texas Class 5A state meet and finished 27th on a muddy course in 17:22.05 … Earlier that year, won the district championship … Had six top-three finishes in 5K cross country as a senior, including two wins … In track, won the 3,200-meter district title and was second in the area meet as a senior … Also that year, finished second in the district meet and third in the area meet in the 1,600 meters.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2017Sophomore

    5'7"