Player Bio: Brandon Vigil - University of New Mexico Official Athletic Site

Brandon Vigil

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Taos, N.M.
	High School: Taos HS

	Height: 5-9
	Birthdate: 12/19/1983
	Experience: 2L

New Mexico:

Veteran runner who redshirted the 2004 season after spending the previous summer training with his ROTC unit...was a strong cross country competitor in his first two seasons...three-time academic all-MWC honoree.

2004: (outdoor) Ran a pair of 5,000m races at UTEP and the Mesa Classic...academic all-MWC honoree...(indoor) Three meet appearance, competing mostly in the 3,000...clocked top 3K time of 9:00.02 at NAU.

2003: (cross country) Stepped up in his second season, scoring in all six meets...ran second on the team at the Canyon West Classic and MWC Championship meet...top 8K time of 25:48 in Tempe, Ariz...pair of sixth place finishes at the pre-conference and Canyon West meets...academic all-MWC honoree...(outdoor) Notched three top four finishes, competing mostly in the 5,000m...clocked his fastest time of the season (15:50.32) in a fourth place finish at LSU...(indoor) Redshirt season.

2002: (cross country) Competed in five meets, running with the Lobos' top seven four times...led the team at the Cowboy Jamboree and was the fifth scoring runner at the Pre-National Invitational...pair of top-20 finishes to open the season...academic all-MWC honoree.

High School:

Three-year letterwinner in track and a two-year letterwinner in cross country at Taos (N.M.) High School, under coaches James Branch and Bruce Gomez...Santa Fe New Mexican Cross Country Athlete of the Year in 2001...runner-up at the N.M. Class 4A state cross country meet...finished among the top-five in every race as a senior...helped Taos finish third at the state meet, its best finish ever...also finished second in the 3,200 and fifth in the 1,600m run at the 2002 state track meet...lettered four years in golf and two years in swimming...competed at the 4A championships in four sports...also helped the Tigers reach the state golf and swimming championships for the first time in 2002.

Personal:

Born on Dec. 19, 1983, in Los Alamos, N.M...age is 21...son of Burt Vigil...has two brothers, Bret (32) and Blaine (16), and a sister, Tiffany (23)...relative of former UNM All-American Susan (Vigil) Belger...major is Medical Lab Sciences.