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University of California, Santa Barbara

2015 Men's Track and Field

Nathan Torres

  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Riverside, CA
  • High School Martin Luther King HS
  • Position Distance

Biography

2013-2014 Track
Redshirt Season.  

Prep
Attended Martin Luther King High School in Riverside. WonAll Big-8 League honors as a junior and senior in cross country.Big-8 runner-up in he 800m twice, as a junior and senior. Finishedsecond in the CIF-SS Division 1 finals in the 800m during hissenior year. Holds the MLK High School record in the 800m at1:52.63. Also member of school record setting 4 x 400m, 4 x 800m, 4x 1600m and DMR squads for the Wolves. High school coaches wereBrad Peters and John Corona. Also played club soccer for RFC Milan. 

Personal:
Parents are Darlene Kriesel and Pedro Torres...Stepfatheris Wes Kriesel...Majoring in Environmental Science...Member ofAthletes in Action...Plays guitar and enjoys writingmusic...Favorite book, "A Peoples History of the United States" byHoward Zinn...Personal heroes are: Martin Luther King, Naomi Klein,Amy Goodman and Noam Chomsky...Most memorable athletic achievementwas running the 4 x 1600m relay at the Mt. Sac Relays. 


High School Bests 
800m- 1:52.63
1600m- 4:17.83 
5000m- 15:28.78  

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    Distance
  • 2015Sophomore

    Distance