2009-10 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
2009-10: Indoors, ran a career-best 2:01.26 to place fifth in his heat of the 800-meter at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Took 17th in the 800-meter at the Big South Championship ... During the outdoor season, placed 18th in his heat of the 800-meter in 2:01.51 at the Wake Forest Open ... Ran on the ninth-place 4x100 relay at the Big South Championship.
2008-09: During the outdoor season, ran a season-best 2:04.08 to place 15th in the 800-meter at the HPU VertKlasse Meeting.
Prep: A middle distance runner for two years at Staunton River High School ... Also played defense in soccer and ran cross country for one season each ... Academically, was a class representative, secretary of the Spanish Club and was in Boys State.
Personal: Majoring in Communications at HPU ... Son of Jose and Barbara Ruano ... Father was an All-Conference selection in soccer at Albany and played semi-professional soccer for 12 years ... Born Sept. 23, 1989.
