2023-24 Track & Field Roster

Juan Diaz

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Los Teques, Venezuela
  • High School Colegio Jesus de Nazaret
  • Prev School Colegio Jesus de Nazaret

Biography

2024:
Indoor Best:
5000 Meters: 16:01.12 at the Big Red Machine Open.
Outdoor Best: 1500 Meters: 4:12.90 at the CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing. 

2021:
Indoor Best:
Personal Best: Mile: 4:34.06... 3000 Meters: 9:01.79.
Outdoor Best: Personal Best: 800 Meters: 2:01.53... 1500 Meters: 4:06.30.


2019-20:
Outdoor (Redshirted):
Season canceled due to Covid-19.
Indoor (M-Redshirt): Medical redshirt. 
XC (R-Sophomore): During cross country Diaz raced at the Wyoming Invite, Mountaineer/Cowboy Invite, and the Chile Pepper XC Festival, setting personal bests in both the 5k and 8k. 
5k - 16:12.5 - Wyoming Invite - 40th
8k - 25:06.2 - Chile Pepper XC Festival - 61st

2018-19:
Outdoor (R-Freshman):
Competed in the 1,500 meter and 5,000 meter... Set personal bests in both events running 4:04.87 in the 1,500m and 15:25.24 in the 5,000m.
Indoor (R-Freshman): Competed in the mile and 3000 meter. 
mile: 4.37.34 The Power Five
3000: 9.04.81 Colorado Invitational 2019
XC (Freshman): At the Lewis Crossover he set a PR of 25:58.4 in the 8k...Has his best finish of 18th at the Mountaineer-Cowboy Open.

2017-18: 
Outdoor (Redshirted): Redshirted
Indoor (Redshirted): Redshirted
XC: Mid-Term Transfer 

High School: Ran track and field for Colegio "Jesus de Nazaret" in Los Teques, Venezuela... Venezuelan Junior National Champion in the 3,000m (9:06.13) in 2015... Junior National Champion in the 5,000 meters (15:25.60) in 2016...Personal bests of 3:57.52 in 1,500m, 8:48.7 in 3,000m, and 15:15 in 5,000m

Why Western? My father, Juan Diaz, ran at Western and was a National Champion under Coach Vandenbusche. I came to Western to follow his legacy. 

TFRRS Profile 

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

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  • 2018-19Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2019-20Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Redshirt Junior

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