Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics

Rolando Vela
Senior · 5-7 · Distance · Edinburg, TX – Edinburg North HS

2010 Season


2009 Season


2008 Season
Indoor – Vela competed in three total meets of the indoor season…ran a season’s best 1:59.82 in the 800-meter run at the Bayou Classic…collected two top-10 finishes…placed fifth in the one-mile run at the Bayou Classic with a time of 4:28.26…earned an eighth place finish in the one-mile run at the Houston Indoor Invitational with a time 4:29.83…Outdoor – collected eight top-10 finishes…earned a first place finish at the Border Olympics in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:59.60…ran season’s best in the 800M run at the Rice Bayou Classic with a time of 1:56.68…collected a pair of ninth place finishes in the 1,500-meter run at the Texas Twilight and Rice Twilight with times of 3:58.09 and 3:59.39 respectively…earned a pair of fifth place finishes in the 1,500M run at the Texas Invitational and Houston Invitational with times of 4:00.07 and 4:02.65 respectively…finished third in the 1,500M run at the Border Olympics and marked a time of 4:03.48…collected a pair of sixth place finishes in the 1,500M run at the Texas State Open and the Javelina Invitational with times of 4:08.61 and 4:02.45.

2007 Season
Cross Country – Competed in five meets cross country meets…placed sixth at the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Relays with a time of 41:48.00…finished 14th at the Texas State Invitational with a time of 27:38.11…earned a berth to the NCAA South Central Regional Championships and posted a time of 33:47.00.

Rolando Vela – Career Best

Indoor
800M Run 1:59.82 2008 Bayou Classic
One-Mile Run 4:28.26 2008 Bayou Classic

Outdoor
800M Run 1:56.68 2008 Rice Bayou Classic
1,500M Run 3:58.09 2008 Texas Twilight