University of California, Santa Barbara

2024 TRACK & FIELD: Competed in six meets… Recorded a PR in the mile (4:39.37) at the Sunshine Indoor Open (Feb. 9-10)… Hit a PR in the 1500m (4:24.01) at the Big West Challenge Cup (Mar. 15)… Recorded a PR in the 5000m (15:06.69) at the Fresno State Invite (Apr. 26-27)… Recorded a PR in the 10,000m (32:06.03) at the Big West Track & Field Championships (May 13-14)

2023 CROSS COUNTRY: Earned The Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction ... Competed in five events for the Gauchos ... Earned a season-best 6k time at The Big West Preview (Sept. 1) finishing 45th with a time of 19:00.9 ... Also earned a season-best 8k time at the John Elders Titan Invite (Oct. 20) with his best finish of the season, placed 20th with a time of 25:10.0 ... Competed in The Big West Championships recording a time of 26:19.9.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended El Segundo High School of the Pioneer League … Ran for Coach Marcos Bolanos and earned 3 Varsity letters … Got 12th at the Cross Country State Championships … Got 3rd at CIF-SS Division 3 Track and Field finals … Holds school records for 1600m, 3200m, 5000m, 3 mile and 5k … Personal bests include 1600m (4:21) and 3200m (9:12) … Maintained over 4.0 cumulative GPA.

PERSONAL: Grew up in El Segundo … Parents are Francisco and Nadine Romero … Has a younger sibling Remy … Major is Undeclared … Plans to pursue a career as a computer engineer … Favorite sports team is the Los Angeles Dodgers … Favorite sports memory is when his friend Kai went sub 5 minutes … Favorite movies are Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, and Rocky IV …Favorite tv show is The Office … Favorite musician is Kanye West … Favorite athlete is Steve Prefontaine.