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Thomas Trujillo

Position

Sprints

Hometown

Rio Rancho, N.M.

Previous School

Rio Rancho HS

2012-13
2013 Indoor
: Redshirted the indoor season … Did compete unattached at four meets in both short sprints … Opened at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, placing 22nd in the 60-meter dash with time of 7.18* … Ran a season-best time in the 60 of 7.17*at the New Mexico Classic, placing 24th … Registered a season-best time in the 200 of 22.50* at the New Mexico Invitational with a time of 22.50*.
2013 Outdoor: Saw action at six meets, primarily in the 100-meter dash, but with some 200-meter action, as well … Opened with four straight 100s, clocking times of 10.92* at the UTEP Springtime Invitational (placing ninth), 11.00* at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational (14th), 10.94* at the Air Force Triangular (fifth) and 10.65 at the Beach Invitational … Recorded one regular-season time in the 200 at the Beach Invite, clocking in at 22.61 to place 55th … Ran a final 100 before the conference meet, placing 12th at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational with a time of 10.99 … Scored in both sprints at the Mountain West Championships, placning fourth in the 100 (10.98) and fifth in the 200 (21.92).

2011-12
2012 Indoor
: Competed at six meets … Placed 11th in the 200 with a 22.46* time at the NAU Lumberjack Open to open the season … Ran a 22.23* time in the 200 at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, placing 16th … Claimed 11th in the 60 at the New Mexico Invitational with a 7.09* time … Ran a 15th-place time of 7.08* at the New Mexico Classic.
2012 Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor season.

2010-11
2011 Indoor
:Competed in five meets, all in New Mexico … Solid season placing 6th in the 200m at the 2011 MWC Indoor Championships.
2011 Outdoor:Ran in seven meets that ranged from New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, and California … Ran season best at the New Mexico Tailwind Invitational in the 100m in 10.77 … Finished 6th in the MWC Championships with a time of 21.71 in the 200m … Also placed 7th in the 100m in a very competitive field at the MWC Championships … Member of the 4×100 relay team that placed second starting off the race in the same meet …

2009-10
2010 Indoor
:Competed in six meets ranging fromt he 60m and 200m to the 4×400 meter relay … Season bests of 6.99 in the 60m, 22.03 in the 200m, and 3:17.09 in the 4x400m relay.
2010 Outdoor: Competed in six meets throughout the season … Season bests of 21.52 in the 200m at the MW Championships placing 7th in a very competitive field … placed 2nd in the 4x100m leading off the race at the MW Championships … running a time that would qualify the relay team to the NCAA West Preliminary Round..relay team ran a season’s best of 40.35.

2008-09
2009 Indoor:
Ranked second on the team in both events with bests of 6.94 in the 60m and 21.83 in the 200m … Placed fifth in both the 60m and 200m at the MW Indoor Championships … Summa Cum Laude standing … On the Deans List.
2009 Outdoor
: Lobos’ No. 2 sprinter in the 100m and 200m … Finished 8th at the MWC Championships in both events … Also helped the UNM 4×100 relay team clock a school record altitude adjusted time of 40.30 en route to the MW Championships silver medal in the foursome’s first race together … The group went on to finish 11th at the NCAA Midwest Regionals – the Lobos’ firstappearance in the event since `03 … Ran in ten individual races, six 4×100 relay legs and a 4×400 appearance in 6 meets … Academic All-MW Conference and MW Conference Scholar-Athlete Award winner.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2008 graduate of Rio Rancho (N.M.) High School and a four-year letterman for head coach Larry Chavez … class 5A state champion in the 100m and 200m runner-up … helped Rio Rancho win the 4x100m relay as well en route to a 2nd place team finish … set school records and was the top-ranked sprinter in the Albuquerque metro area in 2008 with top times of 10.33 in the 100m and 21.15 in the 200m … three-year letterwinner in football as well … maintained a 4.12 GPA through high school and graduated seventh out of 887 …

PERSONAL
Born in Albuquerque, N.M … Full name is Thomas Manuel Trujillo … Son of Isaac and Christine Trujillo … Has an older brother, Isaac Jr., and younger sister, Laresa … Hobbies include track and field and playing Call of Duty … Favorite food is pizza … Favorite athlete is Chaz Lewis … Major is Finance.

PERSONAL BESTS

Indoor
60 meters: 6.94
200 meters: 21.64

Outdoor
100-meters: 10.68
200-meters: 21.30

TRACK & FIELD HONORS

• All-Mountain West Outdoor Team: 2010 (4×400) & 2011 (4×100)
• Academic All-Mountain West, 2009-11
• Mountain West Scholar Athlete, 2009-11, 2013

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