2019 Outdoor Season: Saw action in four meets in the distance events for the Trojans ... Set a personal-best in the 5,000 meters at the UCA Open (Apr. 12), running a 15:37.89 and placing third ... Finished third in the steeplechase at the Ole Miss Classic (Mar. 30), running a 10:07.00 ... Competed in the 5,000 meters at both the Little Rock Open (Apr. 6) and the Bobby Lane Invitational (Mar. 23).

2019 Indoor Season: Competed in five meets for Little Rock in the distance events ... Posted a PR of 4:39.59 in the mile at the Arkansas State Invitational (Jan. 25), placing 15th ... Competed in the 3,000 meters in three events, winning the ASU Scarlet and Black Invitational (Feb. 8) with a PR time of 9:07.15 ... Placed 18th at the Sun Belt Championships (Feb. 19) with a 9:14.88 ... Ran the 5,000 meters at the Samford Open (Jan. 19) with a time of 16:19.15.

2018 Cross Country Season: Competed in three meets for Little Rock ... Posted his best time at the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 13), running a 26:51.40 in the 8K race ... Posted a 28:33.80 at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville on Sept. 22 ... Placed 64th at the Sun Belt Conference Championship, running a 29:34.37.

2018 Outdoor Track Season: Had a season-best time of 4:11.63 in the 1500 at the Ole Miss Classic (March 31) and placed 25th... Placed fourth in the 1500 at the Red Wolf Open (April 20-21) with a time of 4:16.88... Recorded a season-best time of 10:06.55 and finished 12th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Rhodes Invitational (March 16-17)... Placed 13th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Sun Belt Championships (May 11-13) with a time of 10:10.25... Took 13th with a time of 16:10.55 in his lone 5,000-meter run of the season at the UCA Open (April 13-14).

2017-18 Indoor Track Season: Placed seventh in the 5,000-meter run at the A-State Invitational with a time of 16:00.83... Had a season-best time of 9:08.74 in the 3,000-meter run at the A-State Kickoff Klassic (Dec. 3) and finished ninth... Placed 10th in the 3,000-meter run at the Jaguar Invitational (Feb. 4) with a time of 9:13.45... Took 16th in the 3,000 at the Samford Open (Jan. 19-20) with a time of 9:16.99.

2017 Cross Country Season: Had a season-best time of 26:44.6 in the 8K at the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 14) and finished eighth... Took eighth in the three-mile run at the UCA XC Open with a time of 15:11.7... Placed 28th in the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic (Sept. 2) with a time of 21:32.1 in the four-mile run... Finished 50th in the 8K at the Sun Belt Championships (Oct. 28) with a time of 27:41.5... Placed 72nd at the Chile Pepper XC Festival with a 10K time of 33:36.9.

Before Little Rock: At Meridian, was part of the 4x800 relay team that won the national championship...Was an All-American in the 3K steeplechase...In high school, was one of the most decorated athletes in school and county history...Was a three-time individual cross-country champion...Was the Osceola County runner of the year in 2013-14 and 2014-15...Named All-State in cross country twice and in the mile once...Holds his school record in the mile (4:23), the two-mile (9:50) and the 5K (16:06).

Personal: Born September 2, 1995...Son of Rovelio and Guillermina Araiza...Has one brother, Jose...Has two sisters, Diana and Luz...Majoring in criminal justice.

ARAIZA'S PERSONAL-BESTS
1,500 Meters: 4:11.63 - Ole Miss Classic (Mar. 31, 2018)
Mile: 4:39.59 - ASU Invitational (Jan. 25, 2019)
3,000 Meters: 9:07.15 - ASU Scarlet and Black Invitational (Feb. 8, 2019)
5,000 Meters: 15:37.89 - UCA Open (Apr. 12, 2019)
Steeplechase: 10:06.55 - Rhodes Invitational (Mar. 17, 2018)
8K (XC): 26:44.6 - Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 14, 2017)
3 Mile (XC): 15:11.7 - UCA Cross Country Open (Sept. 9, 2017)
4 Mile (XC): 21:321 - Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic (Sept. 2, 2017)