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Derek Montoya - Track & Field - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Derek Montoya

Position

Sprints

Hometown

Albuquerque, N.M.

Previous School

Highland HS

2012-13
2013 Indoor
: Competed at six meets, splitting time between the 400 and 4×400 … Did race once in the 60, finishing 12th with a time of 7.13* … At three regular season meets, ran 400-meter times of 50.03* (12th at Cherry & Silver Invitational), 49.15* (eighth at New Mexico Invitational) and 49.05* (fifth at New Mexico Classic) … Clocked a time of 49.00 at the Mountain West Championships to place fifth in the 400 … Also ran as part of the men’s 4×400 team, helping the men to fourth at the New Mexico Classic, sixth at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational and All-MW status and third at the MW Championships.
2013 Outdoor: Saw action at six meets, competing in all three sprint events (100, 200, 400) … Opened up at the UTEP Springtime Invitational, placing seventh with a wind-aided time of 10.98* … Ran the 200 at the Don Kirby Tailwind (eighth place, 21.68*), the Air Force Triangular (fifth, 22.45*) and the Beach Invitational (33rd, 22.29) … Competed in the 400 just twice, running to a 50.41* at the Air Force Triangular (fifth place) and a 49.47 at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational (ninth) … Took 33rd in the 100 at the Beach Invite, finishing in 10.88 … Clocked a season best in the 100 at the MW Championships, finishing in 10.77 in the preliminaries.

2011-12
2012 Indoor
: Competed at six meets, primarily in the 400 … Posted nearly identical times to open the season, clocking times of 50.43* at the NAU Lumberjack Open (13th place) and 50.46* at the Cherry & Silver Invitational (21st) … Claimed runner-up honors in the 600 at the New Mexico Invitational, finishing in 1:24.07 … Placed 18th in the 400 at the New Mexico Classic and 16th at the Don Kirby Elite Invite, finishing in 50.39* and 50.14*, respectively … Placed 11th in the preliminary round of the 400 at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 49.43*.
2012 Outdoor: Ran at six meets, including the conference championships … Opened with a 14th-place showing in the 100 and 17th in the 200 at the UTEP Springtime Invitational with times of 11.19* and 22.56*, respectively … Took 15th in the 100 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational with an 11.00* time … Claimed fourth in the 400 at the Brutus Hamilton Open with a 49.01 clocking … At the MW Outdoor Championships, placed seventh in the finals of the 400 with a near-PR of 48.86*.

2010-11
2011 Indoor
: Ran a time of 1:25.91 in the 600m run at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, good for ninth place … Placed seventh in the 600m run at the New Mexico Invitational, clocking in at 1:24.15 … Posted an eleventh-place finish in the 600m at the New Mexico Classic and Multis, finishing in 1:25.52 … Ran a 50.37s 400m dash at the Don Kirby Invitational, garnering a 12th-place finish … Ran with the men’s 4x400m relay team that finished fifth at the MWC Indoor Championships.
2011 Outdoor: Posted a fifth-place finish in the 100m dash at the New Mexico Tailwind Invitational, clocking in at 10.85s … Ran a time of 49.29s in the 400m dash at the Sun Angel Classic, good for 11th … At the UTEP Invitational, Montoya registered a 49.75s time in the 400m dash picking up a 14th-place finish, as well as a 21.99s time in the 200m dash, good for 15th … Finished fourth at the Brutus Hamilton Open in the 100m dash, running it in 11.11s … At the Steve Scott Invitational, finished sixth in the 400m dash (48.54s), and 15th in the 200m dash (22.08s) … Ran with the 4x100m relay team five times, and the 4x400m relay team three times,

2009-10
2010 Indoor
: At the Lobo Open, Montoya notched a sixth-place finish in the 200m dash , clocking in at 22:58s, and a third-place finish in the 400m dash, clocking in at 50.59s … Registered a sixth-place finish in the 400m dash at the UNM Lobo Challenge, finishing in 50.63s … Finished 16th in the 200m dash at the New Mexico Invitational, posting a 22.44s time … Place 15th out of 36 in the 200m dash at the New Mexico Classic & Multis, finishing in 22.41s … Ran with the men’s 4x400m Relay team at five different meets.
2010: Outdoor:Competed in five different events and hit new personal bests in three of them … Ran a time of 11.16 in the 100m dash for a personal best at the UTEP Springtime Invitational … Ran a personal best in the 200m dash with a time of 22.56 at the UTEP Springtime Invitational … Has the second best time at New Mexico in the 400-meters with a time of 49.32 at the Don Kirby Invitational marking the time a personal best … Competed in the 400-meters at both the UTEP Invitational and the TCU Invitational where he finished 3rd and 5th … Ran on the 4×1 team at the MWC Championships recording a time of 40.40 good for a second place finish … Competed on the 4×4 team at the MWC Championships finishing 5th with a time of 3:16.60.

PERSONAL BESTS

Indoor
400 meters:48.94
600 meters: 1:24.07

Outdoor
100 meters: 10.65
200 meters: 21.68*
400 meters: 48.54

TRACK & FIELD HONORS

• All-Mountain West Indoor Team: 2012 (DMR) & 2013 (4×400)
• All-Mountain West Outdoor Team: 2010 (4×100) & 2011 (4×100)
• Academic All-Conference: 2012-13

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