2019-20 Men's Cross Country & Track & Field Roster

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Emilio Medina

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Ht./Wt.:
    - /
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Letters:
    3
  • Hometown:
    Alma, Ark.
  • High School:
    Van Buren HS
  • Prev School:
    Van Buren HS

Summary

Biography

2019 Outdoor Season: Competed in six events for the Trojans in the distance events ... Set a personal-best in the 1,500 meters at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 12) with a 3:58.69, finishing ninth ... Placed 23rd in the 5,000 meters at the conference meet ... Posted a personal-best time of 1:58.33 at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (Apr. 27) ... Won both the 1,500 (4:01.37) and 5,000 (15:40.35) runs at the Little Rock Open (Apr. 6) ... Captured the 5,000 meter title at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (Mar. 23) with a 15:20.51 ... Placed fourth in the 1,500 meters (4:11.74) at the ASU Red Wolf Open (Apr. 20).

2019 Indoor Season: First team All-Sun Belt Conference selection after finishing first in the mile at the conference meet (Feb. 19) with a PR of 4:17.60 ... Also finished 11th in the 3,000 meter run (8:43.24) and was a member of the distance medley relay team that placed seventh (10:23.69) ... Set a PR of 8:35.97 in the 3,000 meter run at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 2) ... Placed third in the mile at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 25) with a time of 4:24.99 ... Placed fourth in the 3,000 meter run at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener (Dec. 1) at 8:58.00 and fifth at the Samford Open (Jan. 19) with a time of 8:57.89.

2018 Cross Country Season: Competed in all five events for Little Rock and was the Trojans' top finisher in the last three ... Ran a season-best 8K time of 26:10.40 at the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 13), finishing 13th ... Little Rock's top finisher at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival (Sept. 22), running a 27:01.30 and placing 146th ... Placed 51st at the Sun Belt Conference Championship with a time of 27:30.47 ... Opened the season with a four mile time of 22:45.55 at the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic (Sept. 1) ... Finished 15th at the UCA Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 8), running the 5K course in 17:09.03.

2018 Outdoor Season: Put up a season-best time of 4:07.41 in the 1500 at the Ole Miss Classic (March 31) and finished 20th... Had a season-best 5,000 time of 15:56.67 at the UCA Open (April 13-14) and finished 11th... Took second in the 1500 at the Little Rock Open (April 7) with a time of 4:09.78.

2017-18 Indoor Season: Recorded a season-best time of 8:44.78 in the 3,000-meter run at the Sun Belt Championships (Feb. 19-20) and finished 13th... Mile time of 4:24.03 at the Sun Belt Championships was a season-best time and good enough for 18th.

2017 Cross Country Season: Had a season-best finish of sixth with a time of 26.22.0 in the 8K at the Little Rock Open (Oct. 14)... Took ninth in the three-mile run at the UCA XC Open (Sept. 9) with a time of 15:11.9... Placed 29th in the four-mile run at the Brooks Memphis Twilight XC Classic (Sept. 2) with a time of 21:35.5... Took 41st in the 8K at the Sun Belt Championships (Oct. 28) with a time of 27:07.9... Placed 55th in the 10K at the Chile Pepper XC Festival (Sept. 30) with a time of 32.46.3.

2017 Outdoor Season: Took 15th place in the 1500 at the Sun Belt Championship (May 12) with a time of 4:02.69...Ran eighth place at the Memphis Invitational (April 28) in the 1500 in 4:03.23...At the ASU Red Wolf Open (April 21), took third place in the 3K in 8:57.30...Came in second place in the 1500 at the Little Rock Open (April 7) with a time of 4:05.93...Began his season with a 10th-place showing in the 5K at the UCA Opener (March 10).

2016-17 Indoor Season: Came in eighth to begin the year at the ASU Kickoff Klassic (Dec. 2) with a time of 9:38.68...At the USA Invitational (Feb. 5), placed 27th in the mile with a time of 4:42.74.

2016 Cross Country Season: Placed 47th at the Sun Belt Championship, crossing the finish line of the 8K course in 27:19.6...Came in 12th at the Little Rock Invitational with a time of 26:19.5 over eight kilometers...Picked up 88 points at the Chile Pepper Festival with a time of 26:20.17...Placed 18th overall and fourth among Trojan runners at the UCA Cross Country Challenge in 20:02.8...Came in 94th at the Memphis Twilight Invitational, opening the year with a time of 21:46.62.

Before Little Rock: Ran four years of track and cross country at Van Buren...Named All-State cross country in 2014 and 2015, named All-State in track in 2015 and 2016...Was the captain of his distance team as a senior.

Personal: Born August 27, 1997...Son of Jose and Mychel Medina...Has one older sister, Hannah...Intends to work in graphic design.

MEDINA'S PERSONAL-BESTS
800 Meters: 1:58:33 - Memphis Tiger Invitational (Apr. 27, 2019)
1,500 Meters: 3:58.69 - Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 12, 2019)
Mile: 4:17.60 - Sun Belt Indoor Championships (Feb. 19, 2019)
3,000 Meters: 8:35.97 - Meyo Invitational (Feb. 2, 2019)
5,000 Meters: 15:20.51 - UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (Mar. 23, 2019)

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