Track & Field

Named CSC Academic All-District® for the 2022-23 academic year … One-time member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll.

2023 Outdoor: Repeated as All-Ohio as part of Wooster’s third-place 4x400 (4:10.79) at All-Ohio Championships (April 15) … Scored at NCAC Championships (May 5-6) as part of fourth-place 4x400 (4:04.89) … Also ran a season-best 400 time of 1:03.86 in prelims at NCACs … Went 2:34.36 in 800 during dual meet with Oberlin (April 8) … Ran leg of winning 4x400 in dual meet against Denison (April 12) that crossed the finish line in 4:25.24 … Overall, competed in six meets.

2023 Indoor: Earned All-Ohio honors as part of Wooster’s third-place 4x400 (4:12.73) at All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 11) … Part of two scoring relays at NCAC Championships (Feb. 24-25), the sixth-place 4x400 (4:16.68) and the seventh-place DMR (14:50.25) … Also ran in 400 prelims at NCACs … Won 200 during dual meet with Denison (Jan. 26) in a season-best 29.09 … Part of three winning relays on the season – 4x400 at home Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 21), 4x400 in Denison dual meet and 4x200 at Kenyon Invitational (Feb. 17) … Overall, competed in seven meets.

2022 Cross Country: Earned second consecutive letter … Scots’ No. 2 harrier in both postseason starts … Competed in four meets on the season … Made championship-length season debut at NCAC Championships (Oct. 29), running a time of 26:56.7 to place 44th overall … Top time of 24:57.7 came at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Championships (Nov. 12), good for 152nd.

2022 Outdoor: Earned All-NCAC honors as part of Wooster’s third-place 4x400 that crossed at 4:12.23 at the NCAC Championships (May 5-6) … Individually, placed seventh at conference with time of 1:03.54 in the 400 … All-Ohio performer, thanks to running leg on Wooster’s first-place 4x400 (4:09.37) at the All-Ohio Championships (April 16) … Time of 1:03.42 was good for fifth-place in the 400 at All-Ohio … Part of the winning 4x400 at the Wooster Invitational (April 2, 4:19.67), dual meet with Denison (April 13, 4:11.56) and Kenyon Spring Invitational (April 23, 4:15.22) … Competed in seven meets.

2022 Indoor: Two-time all-conference performer, thanks to running leg on Wooster’s runner-up 4x400 (4:07.11) and DMR (12:36.56) at NCAC Championships (Feb. 25-26) … Helped Wooster to first runner-up conference showing since 1997 … All-Ohio honoree as part of Wooster’s second-place DMR (13:09.82) at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 12) … Debuted with two first-place finishes at the Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 22) … Went 4:21.89 on the 4x400 and 13:03.61 on the DRM at Fighting Scots Invitational … Double winner in dual meet with Denison (Jan. 27) with top times in the 400 (1:06.71) and 4x400 (4:34.02).

2021 Cross Country: Made five starts … Earned a letter as part of the 12-harrier contingent at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 30) … Crossed at 28:39.2 at the NCAC Championships … Logged a season-best championship-length time of 27:10.4 at the Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 2), with time ranking 17th in the field.

Prior to Wooster: Chilean national champion … Attended the Mayflower School and was a member of the basketball, cheerleading, soccer, track & field, and volleyball teams … Prepped for Marcelo Gajardo in track & field.

Personal: Born July 5, 2001 … Parents are Manuel Mendez and Carolina Alvarez … Economics major and mathematics and political science minor.