Biography
2024 Outdoor Track & Field (Senior): Finished 10th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at WAC Outdoor Championships and competed in the 5,000-meter run… Ran season-best in the 5,000 at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight… Won steeplechase in a season-best time (9:51.51) at the Cactus Cup… Was 10th in the 5,000 at the 44 Farms Team Invitational… Ran personal bests in the 800-meter run (2:05.30) and the 1,500 (4:00.63) at the Texas A&M Invite… Was third in the 1,500 to start the season at the Kirk Baptiste Spring Break Invitational.
2024 Indoor Track & Field (Junior): Was 14th in the 3,000-meter run at the Jarvis Scott Open … Ran a personal-best of 8:46.71 in the 3,000-meter run to finish 33rd at the Robert Platt Invitational … Was 35th in the 3,000-meter run at the season-opening Arkansas Invitational.
2023 Cross Country (Junior): Ran 10K personal-best 32:47.9 to finish 110th at the NCAA South Central Regional… Was 48th at WAC Championships… Ran 8K personal-best 24:52.9 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational to finish 131st… Finished 14th at the UIW Invitational… Was 20th at the UIW Twilight to start the season with a 6K personal-best time of 19:05.0.
2023 Outdoor Track & Field (Junior): Started the season with consecutive 5th place finishes in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the UTSA Invitational and the 5,000-meter run at the Charles Austin Classic ... Ran a PR 4:12.50 in the 1,500-meter run at the Cactus Cup ... Was 4th in steeplechase at the Texas Invitational ... Finished 25th in the 5,000-meter run at WAC Outdoor Championships.
2023 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Did not compete in any meets.
2022 Cross Country (Sophomore): Was 82nd at the Western Athletic Conference Championships (8K) ... Finished 166th in a season-best time at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (8K) on 10/15 ... Finished 23rd at the UIW Invitational (8K) on 10/1 ... Placed 18th at the season-opening UIW Twilight (6K) on 9/2.
2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Ran a personal best 9:39.41 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to finish 15th at the WAC Outdoor Championships … Set a PR in the 5,000-meter run in 15:08.82 to finish eighth at the UIW Invitational … Won the steeplechase at the Roadrunner Invitational … Opened his season with a PR in the 1,500-meter run in 4:21.20 to place fifth … Competed in five meets.
2022 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Competed in three meets … Was part of the eighth-place distance medley relay at WAC Indoor Championships and finished 29th in the 3,000-meter run at the meet … Ran a personal best 8:54.24 in the 3,000 run at the Houston G5 & Super 22 Invitational to place 11th.
2021 Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in six meets … Recorded two top-20 finishes, with his best finish coming at the OLLU Westside Classic, where he earned a 7th place finish running 8,000-meters in 27:26.2 … Finished 14th at the UIW Cross Country Twilight, running 6,000-meters in 19:18.6 … Placed 23rd at the UIW Cross Country Invitational with a time of 26:19.6 in a five-mile race … Took 54th at the WAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 25:38.7 … Placed 89th at the NCAA Division I South Central Region Cross Country Championships, running 10,000-meters in 33:30.1
2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): PRed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with an eighth-place time of 9:56.87 at the WAC Championships (5/15) … PRed in the 5,000-meter run with a seventh-place time of 15:27.23 at the UIW Invitational (4/9) … Finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:14.37 at the UTSA Invitational (3/18) … Placed fifth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:27.99 at the Rice Invitational (3/9).
2021 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Team did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-21 Cross Country (Freshman): Ran the 8K in a time of 25:57.10 to finish 25th at WAC Championships (2/27) … In first collegiate race, placed 18th in the 8K with a time of 25:56 at UIW Invitational (1/29).
2016-20 (Winn High School): Won three cross country races for Winn High School as a senior, including a PR of 15:46.7 in the 5K … Went on to win the UIL 5A District 28 Championship … One win was a PR in the 3.2-mile race with a time of 16:40.0 … PR in the three-mile race came as a junior with a time of 15:05.2 … Competed in two meets as a senior, winning the 3,200-meter run at both, including a PR of 9:37.34 in his final race … Won the UIL 5A District 28 Championship as a sophomore and a junior, going on to win the area title as a junior as well … PRed in the 1,600-meter run as a junior with a time of 4:32.30 … Went on to win district and area championships in that event.
Personal: Son of Elida Garcia and Jorge Rivas... Describes himself as resilient, carefree and happy... Likes to bake... Studying civil engineering.
