Biography
2024 Outdoor Track & Field (Junior): Competed at three meets… Took fifth in the 1,500-meter run at the Cactus Cup… Ran a personal-best 3:59.82 in the 1,500 at the Texas A&M Invite… Ran a personal-best 1:58.04 in the 800-meter run at the Kirk Baptiste Spring Break Invitational.
2024 Indoor Track & Field (Junior): Was ninth with the distance medley relay at WAC Indoor Championships, running 10:36.89 … Was fifth with the distance medley relay at the Robert Platt Invitational, running 10:25.42 … Took sixth in the 3,000-meter run at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational… Finished 25th in the 3,000-meter run at the Arkansas Invitational in a season-best time of 8:50.40.
2023 Cross Country (Junior): Finished 140th at the NCAA South Central Regional… Was 67th at WAC Championships… Ran 8K personal-best 25:35.1 at the UIW Invitational to take 18th… Was 70th at the UIW Twilight.
2023 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Competed in four meets ... Finished second in the 5,000-meter run at the Charles Austin Classic in a PR time of 15:09.08 ... Ran a PR of 4:02.80 in the 1,500-meter run to finish 29th at the WAC Outdoor Championships.
2023 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Earned a top-20 finish in the mile at the Robert Platt Invitational, running a PR of 4:25.09 ... Was 31st in the 3,000-meter run at the WAC Indoor Championships in a PR time of 8:50.03.
2022 Cross Country (Sophomore): Was 71st at the Western Athletic Conference Championships in an 8K PR of 25:36.7 ... Placed 154th at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (8K) on 10/15, running a new 8K PR (25:50.4) ... Finished 31st at the UIW Invitational (8K) on 10/1 ... Led the team with a 10th place finish (19:09.2) at the UIW Twilight (6K) to open the season on 9/2.
2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): Placed 24th in the 1,500-meter run at the WAC Outdoor Championships and at Texas A&M’s Alumni Muster … Set personal records in both the 1,500 (4:07.34) and the 800-meter run (2:02.94), finishing 24th and 29th, respectively, at the UIW Invitational … Took 11th in the 1,500 at the Roadrunner Invitational … Finished third in the 1,500 at the South Texas Showdown and ran on the second-place 4x400-meter relay.
2022 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Competed in two meets … Finished 32nd in the 3,000-Meter Run at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 9:13.36 … Also competed on the distance medley relay at WAC Championships, helping the team to an eighth place finish … made his outdoor debut at the FasTrak Collegiate Challenge and placed 25th in the mile in 4:39.77.
2021 Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in six meets … Best finish was at the OLLU Westside Classic, where he finished 23rd in an 8,000-meter race in a time of 28:42.2 … Recorded three top-50 finishes, including placing 25th at the UIW Cross Country Invitational (26:25.6) and 40th at the UIW Cross Country Twilight (20:27.9) … Finished 74th at the WAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 26:30.3 … Placed 109th at the NCAA Division I South Central Region Cross Country Championships, running 10,000-meters in 34:11.4
2017-21 (Rio Grande City High School): Won two cross country meets as a senior, including the UIL 5A District 30 Championship … Finished fifth in Region 4 and 62nd in the state … Best 5K of senior year was 16:00.1 to win Rio Grande City Rattler Invitational … PRed in 5K with time of 15:59.4 at 2019 RGVCCCA Meet of Champions … Earned six wins in three track & field events as a senior, including the UIL 5A District 30 Championships in the 1,600-meter run with a PR of 4:35.59 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:48.81 … Earned bronze at the district meet in the 800-meter run with a PR of 2:05.69 … Ran season-best 3,200-meter time of 9:42.72 to finish 10th in region in final meet … PRed in 3,200-meter run as a junior with a time of 9:36.4.
Personal: Son of Alex and Linda Canales... Has one sister, Lilly, and one brother, Carlos... Describes himself as loyal, hard-working and supportive... Pursuing a degree in multidisciplinary studies in leadership.
