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Diego Mendez '24 Recruiting Profile
ClubGuardianes de Dorado
Height5'8"
Weight135lbs
Age19
Primary Position1500M
Secondary Position800M
Dominant HandRight
1500M3:52.86
1600M4:14.31
3000M8:41.4
5K15:51.19
800M1:53.05
Distance & PR16:39.43
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2023 HighlightsPersonal Statement
My passion is running. My hobby is running. In my free time I follow a lot of professional athletes and learn from their races and training. My favorite is Eliud Kipchoge. I practice strong, giving everything in me to satisfy not only my coach, but also my expectations. I compete against myself, constantly reaching my set goals. I’m extremely competitive in meets. I love to win. I love the feeling after the race of “I DID IT”. In 8th grade I beat my goal, running a mile under 4:37. By best 1600m is 4:23 and I want to do under 4:20 before the end of the year. My training is strict and my recovery involves cold plunge, compression boots, massage gun, stretching and a healthy nutrition. I want to run in college in a competitive level. Running brings out the best of me and allows me to be more productive in my studies. No time to waist. I will love to reach my Athletic and Academic goals in college.
Athletics
High School Information
- Years w/ Varsity
- 2 years
- 2023 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- Puerto Rico Highschool Athletic Alliance, 1st Team All-State
- 2022 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- 1st Team All-State, Captain
- 2021 Junior Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- Captain, Top Runner, 1st Team All-Conference
- 2020 Freshman Team
Individual Awards
- NO SEASON DUE TO COVID
Club Information
- Seasons of Club Experience
- 5 seasons
- 2023 Guardianes de Dorado
- 2022 Guardianes de Dorado
- 1st place 800m 16-18 category ; 2nd place 1500m 18-18 category
- 2021 Guardianes de Dorado
- 2019 Guardianes de Dorado
- 2018 Guardianes de Dorado
Coach References
- Club Coach
- Sammy Laureano
Events
- Camp/Event
- PAN AMERICAN JUNIOR U-20
- 8/04/23 to 8/06/23
- I WILL BE RUNNING 1,500M AS PART OF THE PUERTO RICO NATIONAL TEAM
- Camp/Event
- NEW BALANCE NATIONALS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP
- 6/15/23 to 6/18/23
- Ran Championship mile 4:14.99 / Ran Championship 800m 1:53.32
- Camp/Event
- MUSIC CITY TRACK CARNIVAL
- 6/02/23 to 6/03/23
- BOY’S MILE HIGH SCHOOL 4:14.31 / BOY’S 800M HIGH SCHOOL 1:53.05
- Camp/Event
- NEW BALANCE INDOOR NATIONALS
- 3/09/23 to 3/12/23
- Diego ran Championship Level 1 mile: 4:17.47 and Championship Level 2 mile: 9:25.27
- Camp/Event
- Jimmy Canes Invitational Indoors
- 1/13/23 to 1/15/23
- 1 mile : 4:20.62. 3,000m: 8:41
- Camp/Event
- NIKE CROSS COUNTRY REGIONAL
- 11/26/22 to 11/26/22
- 5K 16:09
- Camp/Event
- BIG BEAR ALTITUDE TRAINING
- 7/05/22 to 7/28/22
- High altitude training for cross country season. Training coach: Thomas “Tinman” Schwartz
- Camp/Event
- AAU Junior Olympics
- 8/02/21 to 8/03/21
- Finals 800m 2:01 ; 1500m 4:11
- Camp/Event
- AAU Primary Nationals
- 7/15/21 to 7/17/21
- Finals 800 - 1:59 ; 1500m - 4:10
- Camp/Event
- 2021 AAU Cross Country Championships
- 5K / 16:39 / 17th place
Training
- Cross Country
- 8 years
- Started competing in 4th grade and have steadily improved my times, developing into a competitive runner. I practice 5 days a week. Physical training has helped me to develop strength and power. Certain days I do repetitions to become stronger and faster. Others I do long distance runs (10 miles /6:50-7min pace) for endurance.
- Track & Field
- 8 years
- I compete in both Track & Field and Cross Country. I’m a mid distance running including more distance events in my schedule. My events in T&F are traditionally 800m and 1,500m.
Additional Sports
- Soccer
- 4 years
- Club/Travel Team
- Soccer was my first team sport until age 12. I was part of a Club and was chosen to become a Goalkeeper. I practiced with the team and in addition had 3 weekly practices with a coach that specialized in Goally. I quickly improved and became also the Go
Statistics
| Event | 2023 Guardianes de | 2022 Guardianes de | 2021 Junior Varsity | 2021 Guardianes de | 2020 Freshman Team | 2019 Guardianes de |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500M | 3:56.3 at Spring Challenge Carolina PR on March 18, 2023 | 4:05.85 | 4:05 | NO SEASON DUE TO COVID BUT WAS EAGER AND READY TO COMPETE | ||
| 1600M | 4:17.47 at New Balance Indoor Nationals at The Track Boston (Championship level) March 12, 2023 | |||||
| 3200M | 9:25.27 at New Balance Indoor Nationals at The Track Boston (Championship level) March 10, 2023 | |||||
| 5K | 16:09 Nike Cross Country Regional, Raleigh NC November 26,2022 | |||||
| Distance & PR | 28:32.96 8K Cross Country Nationals FAPUR Cayey, PR. Dec. 17,2022 | 8000m 31.02 | 2 miles - 11:04 | NO SEASON DUE TO COVID BUT WAS READY TO RUN | 4K 14:08.15 | |
| 800M | 1:59.80 | 1:59.33 | ||||
| 600M | 129.1 | |||||
| 1000M | 1200M 3:23.7 |
| Event | 2018 Guardianes de |
|---|---|
| 800M | 2:10.1 |
| 1500M | 4:34.5 |
Academics
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Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
Yes.Are you in AP/IB classes?
Yes.Registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
YesAwards and Activities
- AwardsHigh Honor Roll National Honor Society Computer Science Honor Society
- ActivitiesOrganized a fundraiser to help families in my Athletics Club with food during pandemic lockdown in 2020, Beach Cleanup, Volunteer at local stray dog adoption organization
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