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Zac Castillo - Cross Country - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Zac Castillo

Hometown

Albuquerque, N.M.

Previous School

Volcano Vista HS

2016-17
2016 XC
: Saw action at four meets, scoring every time … kicked off his season running a time of 25:19.6 at the Notre Dame Invitational, good for third on the team … ran to 16th place at the Wisconsin Invitational open race, clocking in at 25:30.0 over 8 kilometers … finished as the Lobos’ No. 5 runner at the Mountain West and NCAA Mountain Regional Championships, running 25:08.7 (33rd place) and 32:33.80 (61st), respectively.

2015-16
2015 XC
: Ran at four meets … opened at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing 140th in 25:41.8 … took 210th at the Wisconsin Invitational, running 25:21.6 … scored at the Mountain West Championships, running 29:03.35 to place 47th overall and fifth on the team … UNM’s No. 3 scorer at the NCAA Mountain Regionals, taking 51st overall in 31:56.48.
2016 Indoor: Finished fourth in the 3000m at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational with a time of 8:31.14 … ran the 3000m at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, finishing in 8:41.35 for an 18th-place result. 
2016 Outdoor:
 Completed the 1500m at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open in 4:01.34 to finish sixth … ran 32:03.00 in the 10K at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships to place 17th.

2014-15
2014 XC: Competed once for UNM, running to an 18th-place time of 16:03.52 at the Lobo Invitational, good for sixth on the team.
2015 Indoors
: Saw action at five meets … took third in the mile at the Lobo Open, running 4:10.33* … placed third in the 3000 at the New Mexico Team Invitational, running 8:20.67* … improved at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, running 8:17.30* to place second … helped paced Adam Bitchell to an NCAA berth in the 3000 at the NAU Tune Up … ran 8:30.39* in the 3000 and 14:43.49* in the 5000 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships.
2015 Outdoors: Competed at four meets … opened with a sixth-place time of 3:55.80* in the 1500 at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational … ran 4:00.41* in the 1500 at the New Mexico Quadrangular, taking third … blocked a time of 14:36.37 in the 5000 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, finishing 11th … ran 14:50.71 in the 5000 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, placing 15th.

2013-14
2013 XCCompeted unattached at the Lobo Invitational, placing 16th overall with a time of 16:14 over the 5-kilometer course.
2014 Indoors & Outdoors: Competed unattached twice, placing ninth both times …. ran a 4:27.59* mile at the Lobo Collegiate Open and a time of 8:42.85 in the 3000 at the New Mexico Classic.

HIGH SCHOOL
Placed eighth in both the 1600- and 3200-meter runs at the 2013 New Mexico 3A-5A State Track and Field Championships … earned 10th at the 2012 New Mexico Cross Country State Championship … claimed second at the 2012 Metro Championships with a clocking of 15:29.13 … nabbed fifth at the 2012 Lobo Cross Country Invitational.

* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol