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2019 Cross Country Roster

Kyle Garcia

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Forney, Texas
  • Highschool North Forney HS

Biography

2020 (Indoor Track & Field)
Ran the mile, 3K, and 5K with three Top 10 finishes and a Top 5 finish ... Took fifth in the 3K at the FasTrak Athletix Collegiate & Unattached Indoor Opener with a time of 8:34.99 ... Set a new PR of  4:25.58 in the mile at the Ted Nelson Invite, taking 11th ... Ran an 8:38.38 at the Houston G5-Super 22 3K ... Broke his PR in the 3K at the Howie Ryan Invite with a new personal-best time of 8:34.12, finishing sixth ... Ran the 3K, 5K, and DMR at the SLC Indoor Championships, finishing 10th in the 5K (14:54.07) and 13th in the 3K (8:41.52)

2019 (Cross Country)

Set a PR of 20:30.7 in the 4K at the Rice Invite ... Ran in the Chile Pepper Festival, the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational, the SLC Championships, and the NCAA South Central Regional

2019 (Outdoor Track & Field)
Set personal bests in the 1500 (3:59.58, Victor Lopez Classic, 2nd place), 10K (30:29.51, Mike Fanelli Track Classic), and 5K (14:49.91, Bryan Clay Invitational) ... Ran a 14:59.19 in the 5K at the Southland Conference Championship, finishing fifth ... Ran a 32:18.98 in the SLC 10K for ninth place
 
2019 (Indoor Track & Field)
Ran a PR of 8:40.35 in the 3,000-meters at the Ted Nelson Invite, finishing fifth, only to break that personal best with an 8:34.32 in the Meyo Invitational 3K ... Ran a personal-best 4:25.80 in the Houston Invite mile ... Set a PR of 14:51.59 in the men's 5K, taking fifth place at the Southland Conference Championships

2018 (Cross Country)
Ran a 26:35.4 in the Texas A&M Invite 8K ... Ran a 26:53.6 at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals 8K ... Had his best finish of the season at the Southland Conference Championships with a 28:06.9 in the 8K, finishing 27th ... Ran  34:11.7 at the NCAA South Central Regional 10K

2018 (Outdoor Track & Field)
Ran a 4:09.24 in the 1500 at the Victor Lopez Classis as an unattached competitor
 
2018 (Indoor Track & Field)
Did not compete

2017 (Cross Country)
Ran a personal-best of 25:07.0 (8,000-meters) at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational on Oct. 14 ... Finished 15th at the Southland Conference Cross Country Championships with a time of 25:13.9 (8,000-meters) ... Ran a personal-best 32:44.7 (10,000-meters) at the NCAA South Central Regionals
 
2017 (Outdoor Track & Field)
Finished 10th in the Baylor Invite 3K with a time of 9:03.14 ... Set his current personal best of 2:02.04 in the men's 800-meters at the Michael Johnson Invite ... Took second at the Tom Tellez Invite 1500 with a time of 4:03.64 ... Ran a 15:43.30 in the men's 5K at the Southland Conference Championship, finishing 18th
 
2017 (Indoor Track & Field)
Ran an 8:58.19 in the Aggie Team Invite 3K, finshing 14th ... Ran a then-personal best of 4:29.10 in the men's mile at the Houston Invite
 
2016 (Cross Country)
Ran a personal-best 20:30.6 (6,123-meters) at the Rice Invitational on Sep. 9 ... Ran a personal-best 19:27.1 (6,000-meters) at the Aggie Opener on Sep. 2 ... Ran a personal-best 26:53.6 (4.97 miles) at the Bradley "Pink" Classic on Oct. 14 ... Member of the 2016 Southland Conference Cross Country men's championship team ... Ran a 34:28.4 at the NCAA South Central Cross Country Championships
 
2016 (Outdoor Track & Field):
Opened his Cardinal outdoor career with a PR of 1:56.77 in the 4x200 at the McNeese Cowboy Relays, finishing eighth ... Ran a PR of 4:02.63 in the 1,500 at the Victor Lopez Classic ... Ran an 8:57.11 in the men's 3K at the UTSA Roadrunner Invite, which still stands as his personal best (as of 9/10/19) ... Finished seventh at the Southeatern Lions Invite in the 1500 with a time of 4:02.64 ... Came in fifth in the 1500 with a 4:03.38 at the Carolyn & Rob Yokubaitis Invite ... Ran a 4:09.78 in the 1500 pre-lims at the Southland Conference Championships
 
2016 (Indoor Track & Field):
Ran an 8:56.88 in his first race as a Cardinal in the men's 3,000-meters at the Texas A&M 13 Team Invite, finishing 12th ... Ran a then personal best of 4:29.49 in the men's mile at the 2016 Houston Invite and Multi's ... Ran a then PR of 8:49.71 in the 3K at the Southland Conference Championships
 
2015 (Cross Country):
Redshirted
 
High School:
Four-year letterman in cross country and track ... Cross country and track district runner ups, and was third in the district both his junior and senior seasons ... District champion in the 3200, 1600 and cross country his senior seasons ... District champion in the 3200 and cross country in his junior seasons, and district champion in the 3200 his sophomore season ... PR in the 5K (15:31) and 800m (1:59) senior season and 3200 (9:26) and 1600 (4:23) junior year ... Third place state finish in the 3200 ... Coached by Scott Delozier in cross country and Jeremy Armstreet in track ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Graduated with a 4.72 grade point average
 
Personal:
Born Kyle Martin Garcia on Oct. 10, 1996 ... Son of Huette and Martin Garcia ... Has three siblings: Seth (brother), Sarah (sister), and Whitney (sister) ... Majoring in civil engineering ... Wants to open an engineering firm after Lamar

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2016Redshirt

    5'7"
  • 2017Redshirt Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2018Redshirt Junior

    5'7"
  • 2019Redshirt Senior

    5'7"
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