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2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

Ethan Lee

Luis Rios Brena

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

Biography

Honors: Third Team All-Conference (Outdoor, 2024)

Converse Records: School record in the 1-mile run (4:34.66), 3000-meter run (8:53.23), 5000-meter run (15:57.88), and distance medley relay (10:40.43).

2023-24 (Junior) Indoor Season - Finished 6th in the 5000 at the Visit Winston-Salem College Kick-off... Finished 10th in the mile and set a new PR (4:23.64) at the Gamecock Opener 2024... Finished 4th in the 3000 and set a new PR (8:39.09) at the Carolina Challenge 2024... Finished 5th in the 5000 at the Liberty Open... Finished 8th in the 5000 and 11th in the 3000 at the Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field. Outdoor Season - Finished 9th in the 5000 and set a new PR (15:14.90) at the Charlotte 49er Classic... Finished 3rd in the 10,000 and set a new PR (32:46.41) at the 2024 Montreat College Open... Finished 70th in the 5000 at the Lee University - Fast Break Invitational... Finished 15th in the Mile at the Electric City Invitational... Finished 3rd in the 3000S and set a new PR (9:36.06) and 7th in the 5000 at the Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track & Field. 

2022-23 (Sophomore): Indoor Season - Finished 13th in the 3000 meter (9:06.73) in the Winston-Salem College Kick-off... Finished 15th and a new PR in the mile (4:34.66) in the Gamecock Opener 2023... Finished 5th in the 5000 meter (16:08.14) in the Finn Pincus Invitational... Finished 19th in the 5000 meter (16:09.55) in the 2023 Liberty Open... Finished 14th and a new PR in the 3000 meter (8:59.43), 10th in the 4x400 (3:38.56), and 7th in the DMR (10:49.12) in the Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field Championships... Outdoor Season - Finished 15th and a new PR in the 5000 meter (15:56.50) and 9th in the 4x800 (8:43.60) in the Charlotte 49er Classic... Finished 12th and a new PR in the 1500 (4:16.90) and 8th in the 3000 (9:32.09) in the SWU GottaRun Invite 2023.. Finished 2nd and a new PR in the 3000S (10:01.45) in the Newberry - Hub City Invitational... Finished 12th in the 5000 meter (10:01.45) in the Electric City Invitational... Finished 21st in the 5000 (16:40.93) and 10th in the 3000s (10:15.04) in the Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track & Field Championships.



2021-22 (Freshman): Finished 11th and set new school record in 4x800-meter relay at Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge (8:38.09)...Placed 5th in the 5000-meter run at the Hub City Invite (17:15.96).

Prep: Graduated from Lauren 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...Ran a 26.20 in the 8k.

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

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior