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2017 Men's Cross Country Roster

Alejandro Juan Torres

  • Class Junior
  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 146
  • Hometown Elche, Spain
  • Highschool C.E. Cheste

Biography

198822017: Posted a second place finish in an 8K time of 24:58.7 at the Upstate Invitational on Sept. 30 ... Finished as the runner up in an 8K time of 26:46.3 to lead the Panthers at the Big South Preview on Sept. 16 ... Placed sixth overall in a 6K time of 18:44.5 at the Elon Opener on Sept. 2. 

2016: Posted a 13th place finish with a time of 19:38.3 at the Elon Opener on Sept. 1.

2015: Earned Big South All-Conference accolades ... Posted a 10k time of 31:35.7 at the NCAA Division I Southeast Region Championship ... Finished 10th with a time of 25:04.4 at the Big South Championship ... Registered a 23rd place finish at the Division I Pre-Nationals on Oct. 17 (24:38.5) ... Recorded a seventh place finish at the Upstate Invitational on Oct. 3 to post a time of 26.02.0 ... Placed 80th at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invite on Sept. 26 (26:04.20) ... Made his High Point debut with a sixth-place showing in the 6k Elon Invite on Sept. 4 (18:55.60).

Prior to HPU: Competed for C.E. Cheste school...Ranked in the top-20 in Spain for cross country in 2014...Also held the No. 3 secondary school mark in the nation in the 2000m steeplechase and was No. 5 in the U-23 division in the 1500m...Holds a personal best of 3:49.74 in the 1500m run.

Personal: Son of Vicente Juan Soto and Maria Asuncion Torres Mora...Has one sister, Cristina...Born December 11, 1994.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    Distance
    5'9" 146 lbs
  • 2016Sophomore

    Distance
    5'9" 146 lbs
  • 2017Junior

    Distance
    5'9" 146 lbs