SPU: Two-year letterwinner.
Sophomore (2019): Ran in all five meets. ... Led the way for SPU at the NCAA West Regionals in Monmouth, placing 63rd overall in 31:40.8 at Ash Creek Preserve. That was by far and away his best-ever time for 10 kilometers, easily eclipsing his previous PR of 32:59.12 from the 2018 West Regionals in Billings. ... Also led the Falcons and was 3rd overall at the season-opening PLU Invitational. ... Was 48th overall and No. 6 for SPU at the GNAC Championships in snow-covered Billings.
Freshman (2018):Â Ran in and scored in all six meets, leading the Falcons across the finish line in the first three of those. ... Started his college career with a 7th-place overall finish at the season-opening Central Washington Invite. Then placed 22nd overall at the Charles Bowles Invitational, and 54th at the Inland Empire Championships. ... Ran No. 3 for the Falcons in both postseason meets, placing 32nd overall at GNAC in 26:03.0 for 8 kilometers at Western Oregon's Ash Creek Preserve, and 80th overall the NCAA West Regionals at Amend Park in Billings, Mont., with a 10K time of 32:59.12.
Kalaheo High School: Won Hawaii state championship as a senior in 2017, finishing with a 5-kilometer personal-best time of 16 minutes, 21.9 seconds. That gave him a 23-second victory and led Kalaheo to a fifth-place team finish. … Of the seven meets he ran as a senior, won six. … Placed 15
th at state as a sophomore.
Personal: Colby Adam Otero. ... Education integrated studies major.
Fun facts: Ran with the high school team as a 6th- and 7th-grader, then joined track as an 8th grader. ...
If not for cross country and track, would pursue wrestling.
Did wrestling until his junior year in high school, when he chose to focus on running. ...
Favorite sport to watch is wrestling. ...
Dumbest movie he ever saw was "Krampus." ...
Book he just couldn't put down was "The Rules of Survival" by Nancy Werlin. ...
Favorite junk food is buffalo wild wings. ...
Favorite healthy food is poke. ...
Favorite TV program is "Family Guy." ...
His dream vehicle is a 1999 white Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck. ...
Loves to shop for T-shirts. ...
Favorite sports team is the U.S. national track team. ...
Favorite athlete is American wrestler Kyle Dake. ...
His pre-race ritual is to listen to music by rapper Lil Yachty. ...
If he could invite anyone to dinner, it would be rapper Kendrick Lamar, and says no matter what kind of food he served, "it'd have to be drenched in hot sauce." ...
If he could be any action hero, would be Shazam "because he can be a hero and a kid at the same time." ...
In 10 years, wants to be teaching in Hawaii and surfing every day, and "hopefully, I'll have a wife and kids by then, too, maybe even a house."
PRs ON 2019 SCHEDULE COURSES
(All 8 kilometers unless otherwise noted)
WWU Classic (10K) @ Sudden Valley 34:05.0 (2018)
PRs ON OTHER COURSES
(All 8 kilometers unless otherwise noted)
CWU Invitational (7K) at Rotary Park 23:17.0 (2018)
Charles Bowles Invitational @ Bush's Pasture Park 25:17.9 (2018)
Inland Empire Championships @ Lewis-Clark State 25:42.0 (2018)
GNAC @ Ash Creek Preserve 26:03.0 (2018)
NCAA West Regionals (10K) at Amend Park 32:59.12 (2018)
CAREER RESULTS
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