University of California, Santa Barbara

UCSB
2011: Jeremy Acosta competed in six meets...Heran a personal best at the 2011 Ben Brown Invite 5k with14:47.32...He competed in the 2011 Lagoon Home Opener 8k placingthirrd with 24:40.4...Finished 91st at the UC RiversideInvitational with a time of 25:47.6...At the Stanford Invitational8k, Acosta shined for UCSB with a 24:25 earning him a 16th-placefinish overall and first for UCSB...Again leading for the Gauchos,he placed 49th at the Pre-Nationals 8k with a time of 25.09...Atthe Big West Championships, Acosta finished 12th-place with24.18.6. Running a 30:31, Acosta placed 32nd overall in the men's10k NCAA Division 1 West Regionals. 2010: Acostacompeted in five meets... Sophomore year he ran the 2010 Big WestConference Championship 10K in 31:50.63... Ran a personal best atthe 2010 Stanford Invite 8k with a time of24:27...2009: Jeremy Acosta redshirted the 2009season at UCSB.

High School
Was All-League from 2004-2008 and a CIF Champion in 2008...Captain of the Cross Country team his Junior and Senior Year...Placed first at the 2008 CIF Finals and all CIF... At the 2008 CIFTrack State Meet he placed 7th in the 3200m with a time of 9:08...In 2007, he ran a course record of 14:08 at Bell Jeff, and anothercourse record at Kenny Staub-Barnes Invite in 15:26... In 2008 heran a 14:58 at the Mt. Sac Invite.

Personal
Aspires to become a physical fitness trainer... Achieved a 4.00GPA his fall 2010 quarter... Competed in other sports such assoccer, basketball, and baseball... Made the AYSO Soccer All-Starteam for two consecutive years... His favorite sports teams are theDodgers and Arizona Cardinals... Favorite athletes are MattCentrowitz, Usain Bolt, Peyton Hillis, David Beckham, CristianoRonaldo... Favorite movies include Ironwill, Last of the Mohicans,and Remember the Titans... Enjoys books by David Zincenzko...Favorite novel is "Creating a world without Poverty" by MuhammadYunus... Enjoys ping pong, music, and being cool and friendly.

CollegiateCareer Bests
8k- 24:25(Stanford Invitational, 9/24/11)
10k- 31:35:46 (NCAA DI West, 11/13/10)