2022 Men's Track & Field Roster

Brian Barrett

Ricardo Mendoza

Ricardo Mendoza

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    La Joya, TX
  • Highschool:
    La Joya High School

Summary

Biography

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Graduate Student): Earned All-WAC First Team Honors by claiming silver in the 800-meter run at the WAC Outdoor Championships and was sixth with the 4x400-meter relay team … Set a new personal record of 1:51.84 to finish fifth in the 800 at Texas A&M’s Alumni Muster … Won the 800 at Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Cactus Cup … Was fourth in the 800 and 19th in the 1,500-meter relay at the UIW Invitational … Was seventh in the 1,500 at the Roadrunner Invitational … Won the 800 at the South Texas Showdown … Set a personal record in 50.84 to finish fifth in the 400-meter dash at the Longhorn Invitational … Competed in seven meets. 

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Graduate Student): Earned All-WAC Second Team honors by finishing fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.68 after winning the preliminaries with a time of 1:54.08 (5/14-15) … Earned WAC Athlete of the Week honors (4/13) … PRed in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:51.98 to place third at the UIW Invitational (4/10) … Earned WAC Athlete of the Week honors (3/9) … Opened season with fourth place finish in 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.41 at the Longhorn Invitational (3/6).

2020 Outdoor Track & Field (Redshirt Junior): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor Track & Field (Senior): Finished fourth in the distance medley relay with a time of 10:55.80 at the WAC Championships (2/28) ... Broke the program record in the distance medley relay with a time of 10:09.31, to win at the Houston Invitational (2/1).
Date Meet Event Time Race Rank  Program Rank
Jan. 17 Ted Nelson Invitational  Mile Run 4:19.41 3-of-29
Jan. 17 Ted Nelson Invitational  4x400-Meter Relay 3:24.73 14-of-20
Jan. 25 Aggie Invitational 800-Meter Run 1:55.70 3-of-10
Jan. 25 Aggie Invitational 3,000-Meter Run 8:48.37 9-of-14
Feb. 1 Houston Invitational DMR 10:09.31 1-of-10 1
Feb. 15 David Henry Valentine Invitational MIle Run 4:18.46 154-of-342
Feb. 28 WAC Championships DMR 10:55.80 4-of-6

2019 Cross Country (Senior): Recorded eight-fastest 6K time in program history, 18:46.6, to finish fifth at the UIW opener (8/30).
Date Event Race Time Race Rank Program Rank
Aug. 30 UIW Opener 6K 18:46.6 5-of-68 8.
Sep. 13 Texas A&M Invitational 8K 25:18.7 10-of-52
Oct. 5 31st Annual Chile Pepper Festival 8K 26:26.5 179-of-304
Nov. 2 WAC Championships 8K 25:54.7 18-of-62
Nov. 15 NCAA South Central Regional 10K 32:04.7 60-of-156

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Junior): Redshirted the season.
 
2019 Indoor Track & Field (Junior): Finished second in 800-meter preliminaries (1:54.95) and fifth in finals (1:55.48) at WAC Championships which earned him All-WAC Second Team honors (2/22-2/23) ... PRed in mile run with time of 4:16.31 at Aggie Twilight (2/16).

2018 Cross Country (Junior): PRed in the 8k at the WAC Championships with a time of 25:04.2 (10/27) ... Tied for the ninth-fastest 6k in program history with a time of 19:04.5 at the Aggie Opener (8/31).
Date Event Race Time Race Rank
Aug. 31 Aggie Opener 6k 19:04.5 9-of-54
Sept. 22 Texas A&M Invitational 8k 25:23.4 24-of-118
Oct. 13 Arturo Barrio Invitational 8k 25:54.2 75-of-224
Oct. 27 WAC Championships 8k 25:04.2 17-of-62
Nov. 9 NCAA South Central Regional 10k 35:13.0 116-of-167

2018 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Competed in seven meets … finished in second place in the 800-meter run at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships after finishing with a time of 1:55.05 while also helping his 4x400-meter relay team to a second place finish with a time of 3:13.19 and also finishing in seventh place in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:06.80 … posted a time of 1:52.31 in the 800-meter run at the Beach Invitational to finish in 23rdplace … posted a 152ndplace finish in the 1,500-meter run at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a personal best time of 3:52.71 … posted a third place finish in the 1,500-meter run at the UIW Invitational with a time of 3:56.13 … won the 800-meter run at the UTRGV Duals with a time of 1:54.38 while also winning the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:57.48 … finished in sixth place in the 800-meter run at the Bobcat Invitational after finishing with a time of 1:53.54 … helped his sprint medley relay team to an 11thplace finish at the Texas Relays after posting a time of 3:27.22.

2018 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Competed in five meets … finished in second place in the 800-meter run at the Western Athletic Conference Championships after finishing with a time of 1:53.86 while helping his distance medley relay team to a third place finish with a time of 10:33.72 … finished in 14thplace in the 800-meter run at the Husky Classic with a time of 1:53.09 … won the mile run at the Texas Tech Open after finishing with a time of 4:17.91 … won the 800-meter run at the Houston Invitational after posting a time of 1:55.51 … opened the season with a fifth place finish in the mile run at the Ted Nelson Invitational.
 
2017 Cross Country (Sophomore): Competed in two meets … finished in 164th at the Chile Pepper Festival after posting a time of 33:37.9 in the 10,000-meter race … posted a fifth place finish at the Islander Splash after posting a time of 20:03.0.

2017 Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): Competed in seven meets … earned Second Team All-WAC honors in the 800-meter run and the 1,500-meter run at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships after finishing in fourth place in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:57.50 and in sixth place in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:10.61 … finished in seventh place in the 800-meter run at the Bobcat Classic after crossing the finish line with a time of 1:55.04 while also finishing in 21st place in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:06.38 … recorded a season best time of 1:54.12 in the 800-meter run at the Beach Invitational to finish in 53rd … recorded season best time of 3:57.15 in the 1,500-meter run at the Mt. SAC Relays to finish in 39th place … won the 1,500-meter run at the Islander Open after finishing with a time of 4:07.60 … finished in second place in the 800-meter run at the Valley Classic Collegiate Meet after finishing with a time of 1:55.78.

2017 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Competed in five meets … posted a third place finish in the 800-meter run at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships with a season best time of 1:54.43 to earn First Team All-WAC honors … posted an eighth place finish in the mile run at the Cowboys Classic I after finishing with a season best time of 4:24.63 … helped his distance medley relay team to a third place finish at the Houston Invitational after they finished with a time of 10:40.75 while also finishing in 17th place in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.79 … opened the season with a 17th place finish in the mile run at the Aggie Team Invitational after finishing with a time of 4:28.16.

2016 Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in four meets … finished in 52nd at the WAC Championships after finishing with a time of 28:42.90 in the 8,000-meter race … posted a 44th place finish at the UIW Invitational after finishing the 8,000-meter race with a time of 26:23.8 … finished in 12th place at the Texas Invitational after finishing the 5,000-meter race with a time of 16:36.77 … posted a 10th place finish at the RGV Duals after finishing with a time of 16:40.50.



La Joya High School: Won the UIL 6A District 30 Championship in the 800-meter run in 2016 ... went on to finish in second at the 2016  UIL 6A Area Championship ... crowned 2016 district champion in the 1,600-meter run, where he set a new personal record with a time of 4:24.88 ... has a personal record of 1:54.98 in the 800-meter run.

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  • 2017Freshman

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  • 2018Sophomore

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  • 2019Junior

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  • 2020Senior

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  • 2021Graduate Student

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  • 2022Graduate Student

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