Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics

Omar Doria
Graduate Student • 5-11 • Distance • Edinburg, TX – Edinburg North High School

2010 Season
Indoor- Doria competed in three meets during the indoor season…had his best finish during the Houston All-Comers meet where he placed third in the mile run with a time of 4:18.25…he also finished third at the Great West Conference Indoor Championships in the mile run with a time of 4:19.49 and also helped the team place fourth in the 4x400…Outdoor- competed in six meets during the outdoor season and had seven top 10 finishes…opened the season placing third at the Cactus Cup in the 800 and 1500-meter runs…at the Texas Relays finished third in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:52.66…placed first in the 3000-meter steeple chase at the Rice Twilight meet with a time of 9:17.63…closed out the outdoor season by finishing sixth in the 1500-meter run and third in the 3000-meter steeple chase with a time of 9:30.99.

2009 Season
Indoor – Doria returned to the indoor season and competed in four meets…collected a pair of top-10 finishes…earned the runner-up spot in the 800-meter run at the Great West Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 1:56.51…posted his career-best in the 800M run at the Texas A&M Invitational with a time of 1:55.25…Outdoor – collected six top-10 finishes, including a first place finish in the 1,500-meter run at the Great West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships…earned the runner-up spot in the 800-meter run at the Cactus Cup with a time of 1:54.14…posted another second place finish in the 1,500M run as he clocked in a time of 3:54.32 at the OVC Outdoor Track and Field Championships…placed third in the 1,500M run at the Cactus Cup as he finished in a time of 4:08.99…finished in the third in the 800M run at the UTEP Invitational with a time of 2:01.78…earned a ninth place finish in the 800M run at the OVC Outdoor Track and Field Championship with a time of 1:54.27…earned Bronc Pride 3.0 Club honors.

2008 Season
Cross Country – After a complete year off from running, Doria returned to the running scene and competed in four meets…collected one top-10 finish…finished eighth at the HBU/Puma Cross Country Invitational with a time of 15:35…placed 13th in his first meet back at the Ricardo Romo/Six Flags Fiesta Texas Classic as he clocked a time of 16:04.9.

2007 Season
Indoor - The Rio Grande Valley native finished 12th in his first indoor meet at the U of H Invitational in the one-mile race with a time of 4:25.85…placed first in the one-mile race at the UH/RunSport All-Comers meet with a time of 4:24.87…Outdoor – Finished with four top-10 finishes during the outdoor season…recorded a pair of second-place finishes with one coming at the Border Olympics and the other at the Bobcat Open….competed in the 800M run at the Border Olympics and crossed the finish line in 13th with a time of 2:04.3…also competed in the 1,500M run and placed second with a time of 4:00.9…placed sixth in the 1,500M run at the Tom Tellez Invitational with a time of 4:08.21…in his last meet of the season, recorded a sixth-place finish at the Texas Invitational in the 3,000M run with a time of 9:08.63.

2006 Season
Cross Country – The UTPA freshman competed in all five meets during the cross country season… finished 17th overall at the Texas A&M Invitational with a time of 26:43 in the 8,000-meter race… recorded a top time of 25:58 in the 8,000 meters at the Brooks Pre-Nationals Meet

Edinburg North High School
Doria was one of the best talents in the Rio Grande Valley during his high school career… captured the district crown in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter races during his senior campaign… earned the regional crown in the 3,200-meter race that season and placed eighth overall at the Texas State High School Track and Field Championships in his final season… captured his first career district crown during his sophomore season in the 3,200-meter race… guided Edinburg North High School to the regional team championship during the 2004 season… recorded a top time of 49.90 in the 400-meter dash, 1:56.00 in the 800-meter race, 4:19.00 in the 1,600-meter race and 9:29.00 in the 3,200-meter race during his prep career… earned eight letters during his high school career – four in cross country and four in track and field… graduated in the top 10 percent in his class and was a member of the French Honor Society.

Off the Track
Doria is the son of Omar and Rosa Maria Doria… was born on Apr. 28, 1988… has one brother – Joshua – and two sisters – Rosa and Daisy… majoring in pre-medicine.