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2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

Carli Whitt
Carli Whitt
Ethan Lee
John Byrum

Luis Rios Brena

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Gray Court, S.C.
  • High School Laurens High School
  • Twitter @luis_rios864
  • Instagram @luis_rios864

Biography

Honors: First Team All-Conference (2024), Third Team All-Conference (2023), Second Team All-Conference Carolinas (2022).

2024 (Senior): Helped the Valkyries to a Runner-Up Finish at the Conference Carolina Championships...Finished 8th overall at the Young Harris Opener and set a new 6K PR with a time of 19:06.7...Finished 17th overall at the Converse Kick-Off (25:47.4)...Finished 3rd overall at the Sand Shark Invitational (25:53.3)...Finished 7th overall at the Conference Carolina Championships and set a new 8K PR with a time of 25:38.2...Finished 39th overall at the NCAA Southeast Regional (31:56.2). 

2023 (Junior): 8k Times- 25:57 (Live in Lou Classic), 26:10 (Converse Kick-Off), 25:57 (Conference Carolinas Championship),...10k Times- 31:13 (NCAA Southeast Regional Championships)

2022 (Sophomore): 8k Times - 25:47.6 (D2 Festival Year Showcase), 26:16.0 (Conference Carolinas), 26:31.1 (Converse Kick-Off), 27:35.8 (Louisville Classic), 27:43.8 (Royals XC Challenge), 29:49.4 (USC Upstate Eye Opener)...Ranked 1st all-time in Converse history in the 8k race. 

2021-22 (Freshman): 8k Times - 27:36.3 (19th, USC Upstate Eye Opener Invitational), 28:42.1 (Converse Kick-Off), 26:38.5 (6th, Koala Classic), 26:20.1 (19th, Royals Challenge), 26:41.3 (22nd, Conference Carolinas Cross Country Championships)...10k Times - 34:14.4 (NCAA Division ll Southeast Regional).

Prep: Graduated from Laurens High School...Lettered in cross country and track all four years of high school...was a part of the track team that won the County championship. 

Personal: Son of Alberto Rios Ramirez and Josefina Brena Moreno...Has one brother Salvador-14 and one sister Diana-20.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    5'10" 135 lbs
  • 2022Sophomore

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