Cal State East Bay University Athletics

AS A SOPHOMORE IN CROSS COUNTRY (2016): Finished in 98th place for 8k at the USF Invitational at Golden Gate Park with a time of 27:35 coming in 8th place for the Pioneers... Finished in 107th place for 8k at the UC Riverside Invitational in Ontario, California with a time of 26:19... Finished in 129th place for 8k at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 26:31 helping to get a 12th place team place in the meet... Finished 6th for the Pioneer men at the CCAA Conference Championships to place 55th in the 8k with a time of 26:49... Finished his sophomore Cross Country season off with a 104th place finish at the NCAA Division 2 West Regionals meet in Billings, Montana with a time of 33:03 in the 10k.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Los Angeles River High School...was a four-year member of the Varsity Track and Field Team...was on the varsity cross country team for three years...track and field league champs in 2014...Cross Country, L.A. CIF Third Place Team in 2014-15...Track and Field MVP, 2011-2013 & 2015...Cross Country MVP 2012-2014...High Honors Awards, 2011-2015.

PERSONAL: Majoring in Communivation with a focus on Media Production...Competes in the 1500 meters...parents are Isidro and Teresa Venegas...has two older sisters, Yesenia (23) and Carolina (20)...Hobbies Include: hiking with friends and programming...favorite athletes are Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke...likes to eat pizza and home made pasta...favorite movies are The Dark Knight Rises and The Pursuit of Happyness...choose Cal State East Bay because he believes he can accomplish a lot as a student-athlete.