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2008-09 Cross Country

Gerardo Delafuente

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  • Class:
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  • Hometown:
    Grand Saline, Texas
  • High School:
    Grand Saline HS

Summary

Biography

Career-BestPerformances:

CrossCountry:

8k: 26:37.7 -Brooks Memphis XC Twilight (Oct. 7, 2007)

10k: 33:17 -NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 8, 2008)

Trackand Field:

3,000-MeterRun: 9:52.42 - 2007Boathouse Sports North Texas Classic

5,000-MeterRun: 16:28.26 - 2008 LSCChampionships

3,000-MeterSteeplechase: 10:26.86 - 2007 BobbyLane Invitational


2008(Cross Country): Established a career-best with a 41st-placefinish at the NCAA South Central Regional meet, covering the 10kcourse in 33:17...19th at the LSC Championships en route to leadingA&M-Commerce to a third-place finish...fourth among hisA&M-Commerce teammates and eighth overall (34:18.5) as theLions' won the UIW Cardinal Invitational...59th at the BrooksMemphis XC Twilight (27:36.91) and 107th at the Cowboy Jamboree(27:31).

2008(Track and Field): 12th atthe LSC Championships in the 5,000-meter run (16:28.26)...13th inthe 5,000-meter run (16:29.09) at the Tarleton State Relays and11th in the 5,000-meter run (16:41.02) at the Mean Green TwilightInvitational. 

2007(Cross Country): 68th overall andthird among his teammates at the NCAA South Central Regional meetin a 10k time of 34:06...25th overall and fourth among hisA&M-Commerce teammates at the LSC Championships(27:38.48)...posted a career-best 8k time of 26:37.7 at the BrooksMemphis XC Twilight en route to a 75th-place overall finish...fifthoverall and second among his A&M-Commerce teammates at the UCOLand Run (21:54.1) for the four-mile race...38th at the TexasA&M Invitational (26:59).

2007(Track and Field): Eighth in the3,000-meter steeplechase (10:36.86) at the Bobby LaneInvitational...seventh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:43.27)and 12th in the 5,000-meter run (17:07.51) at the LSCChampionships...fifth in the 5,000-meter run (17:21.46) at theMcMurry Relays...fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:40.4h)and 14th in the 3,000-meter run (9:52.42) at the 2007 BoathouseSports North Texas Classic...sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase(11:01.92) at the Dr. Pepper Invitational...ninth in the5,000-meter run (17:16.41) at the Trinity Invitational.

2006 (CrossCountry): Second among hisA&M-Commerce teammates in all five meets...36th in hiscollegiate debut at the UT Tyler Invitational (29:11)...posted aseason-best time of 27:25 at the Brooks Memphis XC Twilight...37that the Lone Star Conference Championships(29:16).

Priorto A&M-Commerce: Earned all-statehonors as a senior in track and in cross country...finished secondin the 1,600-meter run and sixth in the 3,200-meter run as asenior...named all-East Texas as a senior.

Personal: BornSeptember 5, 1987...son of Luisa DeLaFuente...a kinesiologymajor.



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