Biography
2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Redshirt Junior): PRed in 10,000-meter run with time of 33:41.54 at WAC Championships (5/9) … Placed third in 3,000-meter steeplechase with third-place time of 9:55.29 at UIW Invitational (4/12).
2019 Indoor Track & Field (Senior): PRed in 3,000-meter run with time of 8:44.47 to finish eight while coming in sixth in 5,000-meter run with time of 15:25.18 at WAC Championships (2/22-23) … Placed second in 5,000-meter run with time of 14:32.03 at Ted Nelson Invitational (1/11).
2018 Cross Country (Senior): Redshirted the season.
2018 Outdoor Track & Field (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in two meets … finished in 11thplace in the 5,000-meter run at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships after finishing with a time of 15:57.52 … posted a second-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Bobcat Invitational after finishing with a time of 9:33.45.
2018 Indoor Track & Field (Junior): Competed in four meets … posted three top-10 finishes … finished in ninth place in the 5,000-meter run at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships after crossing the finish line with a time of 15:56.92 … helped his distance medley relay team to a sixth place finish at the Husky Classic after finishing with a time of 10:18.67 … posted a 10thplace finish in the 3,000-meter run at the Texas Tech Open after recording a season best time of 8:50.95 … finished in second place in the 5,000-meter run at the Ted Nelson Invitational after finishing with a time of 15:20.63.
2017 Cross Country (Junior): Competed in six meets … finished in 83rdplace at the NCAA South Central Regional Championship after finishing the 10,000-meter race with a time of 32:16.2 … posted a 20thplace finish at the Western Athletic Conference Championship after finishing the 8,000-meter race with a time of 24:58 … finished in 111thplace at the Crimson Classic after finishing with a time of 26:99.3 in the 8,000-meter race … finished in 26thplace at the Chile Pepper Festival after posting a time of 30:51.4 in the 10,000-meter race … won the Islander Splash after crossing the finish line with a time of 19:29.3 … posted a 10thplace finish at the Texas A&M Aggie Opener after finishing the 6,000-meter race with a time of 18:40.7.
2017 Outdoor Track & Field (Redshirt Freshman): Competed in seven meets … Earned First Team All-WAC honors at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships after finishing in second place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:42.54 … posted a second place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Bobcat Classic after finishing with a time of 9:44.42 … turned in a season best time of 9:28.36 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Bryan Clay Invite to finish in 29thplace … posted a fifth place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Victor Lopez Classic after crossing the finish line with a time of 9:31.63 … won the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Islander Open with a time of 6:23.26.
2017 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Competed in four meets … posted a 10thplace finish in the mile run at the Western Athletic Conference after crossing the finish line with a time of 4:27.64 … posted best finish of the season at the Houston Invitational where he finished eighth in the mile run after crossing the finish line with a season best time of 4.22.68 while also helping his distance medley relay team to a third place finish with a time of 10:40.75 … opened the season with a season best time of 8:51.87 in the 3,000-meter run at the Aggie Team Invitational where he finished in 11thplace.
2016 Cross Country (Sophomore): Competed in six meets … finished in 34thplace at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships after finishing the 10,000-meter race with a time of 31:43.2 … posted a 19thplace finish at the WAC Championships after finishing the 8,000-meter race with a time of 26:04.30 … led the team with a ninth place finish at the UIW Invitational after crossing the finish line of the 8,000-meter race with a time of 24:40.0 … finished in 84that the Chile Pepper Festival after crossing the finish line of the 8,000-meter race with a time of 26:16.42 … led the team with a seventh place finish at the Texas Invitational after finishing the 5,000-meter race with a time of 16:25.01 … led the team with a sixth place finish at the RGV Duals after crossing the finish line with a time of 15:53.64.
2016 Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman, Little Rock): Redshirted the season.
2016 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman, Little Rock): Ran the 3,000-meter run, 5,000-meter run and the mile run during indoor season, beginning with a fourth-place finish in the 3,000-meter run at the ASU Kickoff Klassic with a time of 9:04.37 ... he finished fifth in the 3,000-meter run the following meet at the ASU Invitational posting a time of 9:00.72 ... at the Sun Belt Championship, came in 16thwith a time of 9:11.92 in the 3,000-meter run ... finished 13thin the mile run at the ASU Invitational, crossing the finish line in 4:35.05 ... at the Jaguar Invite, ran the 5,000-meter run in 15:39.57.
2015 Cross Country (Freshman, Little Rock): Came in 70thplace with a time of 21:33.34 at his first-ever collegiate cross country meet at the Brooks Memphis Twilight Invitational ... came in fifth at the Lois Davis Invitational with a time of 25:58 ... Took 195that the crowded Chile Pepper Festival with a 26:27.39 mark in the 5K course ... came in 17that the Little Rock Invitational, crossing the finish line in 25:36.2 ... Helped the Trojans to a seventh-place finish at the Sun Belt Championship with a 45th-placefinish in 27:52.2.
Weslaco East High School (2011-15): Held personal records of 4:22 in the 1,600-meter run, 9:39 in the 3,200-meter run and 15:47 in the 5,000-meter run ... was named First Team All-Valley in 2014 ... won District 31-6Across country championship in 2014 ... was a three-time qualifier for the state championship ... earned his school's cross country MVP award in 2013 and 2014 ... named Academic All-State in 2014.
Personal: Son of Maria and Floriberto Herrera ... Has two brothers, Jesus and Omar, and one sister, Sara.
