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NEW MEXICO:Two-year scoring runner for the cross country team and one of the MWC's top 10,000m runners outdoors...his continued development will be a key to the success of the men's team this fall...experienced runner who has scored 11 times in 13 career XC races...was the No. 8 man on the Lobos' 2004 squad that finished ninth in the country...6-time Academic all-MWC honoree and two-time MWC Scholar-Athlete Award winner...2006-07: (outdoor) Enjoyed his best season on the track, earning all-MWC honors with a second place as the runner-up in the 10,000m...finished 23 seconds out of first with a time of 31:13.61...clocked a PR of 30:42.71 in the 10K at the Mt. SAC Relays...5 races in 4 meets...Academic All-MWC... (indoor) Another busy winter, racing 7 times in 5 meets...recorded PRs in both the 3K (8:48.77) and 5K (15:21.22) at the MWC Championships... (cross country) Ran third on the team in all 5 meets...notched top-25 finishes at the Lobo Invite (22nd) and MWC Championships (22nd)...season-best 8K time of 24:53 at Stanford...placed 51st (32:32.7) at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships in Albuquerque...Academic All-MWC... 2005-06: (outdoor) Ranked second on the team with a top 10K time of 31:28.17 at the Mt. SAC Relays...placed fifth in the event at the MWC Championships (31:35.29), scoring at the meet for the first time in his career...five individual races during the season...Academic All-MWC honoree and a Scholar-Athlete Award winner... (indoor) Gained valuable racing experience in his first indoor season, competing seven times during the winter...was the team's No. 2 runner in the 3,000 (8:51.55) and 5,000 (15:21.86)...competed in both events at the MWC Championships...runner-up in the 5K at the Modrall Sperling Invite...four top-8 finishes... (cross country) Enjoyed a breakthrough season, scoring in all 5 meets...was the Lobos' No. 3 man at the MWC Championships, finishing 25th...ran a career-best 8K of 24:50.54 at Auburn and ran his first 10K at the NCAA Regional meet (53rd)...Academic all-MWC honoree... 2004-05: (outdoor) Made five meet appearances...notched four top-10 finishes in the 5K, including third place efforts at UTEP, the Mesa (Ariz.) Classic and at home in Albuquerque...ran the first 10K of his career at the MWC Championships and placed 13th...Academic All-MWC honoree... (indoor) Redshirt season... (cross country) Notched a pair of top-20 finishes in three meet appearances...scored as the Lobos' fifth runner at NMSU (13th overall)...ran eighth on the team at the Lobo Invite and MWC Championship meet...Academic All-MWC honoree... HIGH SCHOOL:A 2004 graduate of Belen (N.M.) High School...five-year cross country letterman and lettered four years in track...father, Joseph Sr., was the head cross country coach...three-time Junior Olympic All-American and state runner-up as a senior in cross country...captured a pair of district XC titles and won back-to-back 1,600m district crowns...also district champ in the 3,200m...academic letterwinner, National Honor Society member and active in 4-H...PERSONAL:Born on April 23, 1986, in Belen, N.M....age is 21...full name is Joseph Ryan Garcia...son of Joseph and Georgia Garcia...dad, Joseph Sr., also ran competitively in college at New Mexico Highlands University...cousin, Kim Baca, was a four-year letterwinner in track and cross country for the Lobos and earned all-MWC honors with the distance medley relay team in 2002...enrolled in the Physical Assistant Program. |
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