Luis Chavez Season 2020

AT SJSU: Is entering his third season of track and field with the Spartans...also competed for the cross country team in 2018 and 2019.   

2020 TRACK & FIELD: INDOOR - Opened the season with a time of 2:05.51 in the 800m and a 4:25.90 in the 1 Mile at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collegiate Invitational (Jan. 24-25)...Closed the season with a mark of 8:49.37 in the 3000m at the Mountain West Championships (Feb. 27-29)...OUTDOOR – Season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.

2019 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed and scored in all five races...was the first Spartan across the finish line at the Capital Cross Challenge (9/28)...finished in fifth place at that Capital Cross race...was third at the USF Invitational (9/3)...best mark of season was a 24:15.2 at the Capital Cross Challenge.   

2019 TRACK & FIELD: Competed in three meets...finished the 1-mile at the King Collegiate Invitational (1/19) with a time of 4:27.77...ran the 3,000-Meter Steeplechase in 8:49.87 at the Mountain West Championship (2/23).

2018 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in five meets...51st at the Mountain West Championship (26:47.8)...81st at the NCAA West regional Championships (31:07.9).

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2018 graduate of Mission Viejo (Calif.) High School…was a four-time letterwinner in cross country and three times in track and field (coach Robert Belo)…two-time All-South Coast League (CSL) honoree...twice was honored as an All-Orange County runner…earned second-team designation at the 2017 Foot Locker West Regional.

GET TO KNOW LUIS: Majoring in Kinesiology…is a native of Mission Viejo, Calif...likes playing video games and spending time with his cats and dogs in his free time...enjoys being better than others.