2023 Men's Track & Field Roster

Joe Buvid

Tristan Pena

Tristan Pena

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Edinburg, TX
  • Highschool:
    Edinburg North High School

Summary

Biography

2023 Outdoor Track & Field (Senior): Ran a PR 3:51.64 in the 1,500-meter run and was 11th at WAC Outdoor Championships ... Took 2nd in a season-best time of 1:54.12 in the 800-meter run at the Charles Austin Classic ... Was 3rd in the 1,500 at the UTSA Invitational ... Finished 5th in the 1,500 at the Bobcat Invitational. 

2023 Indoor Track & Field (Senior): Finished 15th in the mile and 3,000-meter runs at WAC Indoor Championships, running PRs in both events (4:14.89 and 8:32.71, respectively) ... Was 6th in the mile at the Robert Platt Invitational ... Took 7th in the mile at the Jarvis Scott Open ... Was 8th in the mile at the Texas Tech Open. 

2022 Cross Country (Senior): Led the team with a 45th place finish at the Western Athletic Conference Championships (8K) in a season-best time ... Finished tied for 149th at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (8K) on 10/15 ... Placed 20th at the UIW Invitational (8K) on 10/1 ... Finished 43rd at the UIW Twilight (6K) in the season opener on 9/2. 

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Junior): Finished 15th in the 800-meter run and 17th in the 1,500-meter run preliminary races at the WAC Outdoor Championships … Was third in the 800 at Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Cactus Cup … Won the 1,500 run at the UIW Invitational in a personal-best time of 3:52.13, also finished eighth in the 800 … Took second in the 1,500 at the Roadrunner Invitational … Earned silver in both the 800 and 4x400-meter relay at the South Texas Showdown … Competed in six meets. 

2022 Indoor Track & Field (Junior): Competed in three meets … Finished 12th in the mile at the WAC Indoor Championships, running a 4:23.65 … Took 22nd in the 3,000-meter run and was a part of the distance medley relay at conference championships … started the season strong with a fifth-place finish in the 800-meter run at the FasTrak Collegiate Challenge with a time of 1:58.13 … Placed 10th in the mile at the Houston G5 & Super 22 Invitational and was on the 1,600-meter relay. 

2021 Cross Country (Junior): Competed in six meets … Recorded three consecutive top-20 finishes at the UIW Cross Country Twilight (19:18.4, 13th), OLLU Westside Classic (28:28.6, 19th) and his best finish of 12th place at the UIW Cross Country Invitational, where he ran five miles in 25:49.9 … Placed 83rd at the WAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 26:46.9 

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Earned bronze and All-WAC First Team honors in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:53.63 and All-WAC Second Team honors in the 800-meter run with a fifth-place time of 1:53.94 at the WAC Championships (5/15) … PRed in the 1,500-meter run with a tie of 3:52.54 at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight (4/24) … PRed in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.74 at the UIW Invitational (4/10) … PRed in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:11.70 at the Victor Lopez Classic (3/27).
 
2021 Indoor Track & Field (Junior): Team did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020-21 Cross Country (Junior): Ran the 8K in a time of 25:36.30 to finish 21st at WAC Championships (2/27) … Placed seventh in the 8K with a PR time of 24:45 at UIW Invitational (1/29).
 
2020 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Finished eighth in the mile run, 4:21.62 and fifteenth in the 3,000-meter run, 9:01.3 at the WAC Championships (2/29). 
Date Meet Event Time Race Rank 
Jan. 25 Aggie Invitational Mile Run 4:21.31 9-of-19
Feb. 1 Houston Invitational DMR 10:09.31 1-of-10
Feb. 14 Howie Ryan Invitational Mile Run 4:16.81 2-of-21
Feb. 28 WAC Championships DMR 10:55.80 4-of-6
Feb. 29 WAC Championships Mile Run 4:21.62 8-of-10
Feb. 29 WAC Championships 3,000-Meter Run 09:01.3 15-of-19

2019 Cross Country (Sophomore): Recorded fifth-fastest 6K in program history, 19:00.0, to finish fifth at UIW Opener (8/30).
Date Event Race Time Race Rank Program Rank
Aug. 30 UIW Opener 6K 19:00.0 5-of-68 5.
Sep. 13 Texas A&M Invitational 8K 27:02.3 34-of-52
Oct. 5 31st Annual Chile Pepper Festival 8K 27:19.4 246-of-304
Oct. 19 Arturo Barrios Invitational 8K 25:58.1 117-of-226
Nov. 2 WAC Championships 8K 26:09.1 24-of-62
Nov. 15 NCAA South Central Regional 10K 32:36.4 77-of-156

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): PRed in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:56.60 at the WAC Championships … PRed in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:00.60 at the Bobcat Classic (4/27) … PRed in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:01.39 at the UIW Invitational (4/13) … Finished second in the 1,5000-meter run with a time of 4:06.93 at the South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union (4/6).
 
2019 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Won the mile with personal record time of 4:20.41 at the Howie Ryan Invitational (2/8) … PRed in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:50.40 at the Houston Invitational (1/25).

2018 Cross Country (Freshman): Competed at five meets ... PRed in 8k at WAC Championships with time of 25:07.9 (10/27).
Date Event Race Time Race Rank
Aug. 31 Aggie Opener 6k 19:39.3 23-of-54
Sept. 22 Texas A&M Invitational 8k 28:14.4 106-of-118
Oct. 13 Arturo Barrio Invitational 8k 26:35.1 120-of-224
Oct. 27 WAC Championships 8k 25:07.9 22-of-62
Nov. 9 NCAA South Central Regional 10k 33:35.6 56-of-167



2015-18 (Edinburg North High School): Was a three-time regional qualifier in the 1,600-meter run and a two-time regional qualifier in the 3,200-meter run while qualifying to state in both events ... was a four-time cross country regional qualifier and a three-time state qualifier.

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