UC Riverside

2009 Finished the Titan Invitational on October 23 setting his best 8k time of 27:08.0 ... 

High School Four-year letter winner in cross country and three-year letter winner in track for Head Coach Lalo Diaz at Loyola High School ... Led the Cubs to four league championships in XC and three league championships in track ... Cross country team won the CIF Southern Section and State Championship his junior and senior years while finishing eighth and 15th in the nation respectively ... Track team finished as CIF runner-up in 2007 but champions the next two years ... Two-time All-Mission League First-Team in cross country ... Member of the varsity squad that broke the CIF Division II SS and CIF DII state course records ... Qualified for CIF SS Prelims in both the 1600m and 3200m as a senior ... Graduated with highest honors and CSF Lifetime Membership ... Participated in Executive Student Council, was the secretary of the Latino Alumni Assocation, and president of the Monogram Club ... Volunteered at the Boys & Girls Club of Los Angeles, at our Lady of Guadalupe school, and The Midnight Mission in Los Angeles ...

Personal Paul “Pablo” Santiago Ruiz is the son of Santiago and Stella Ruiz ... Majoring in biology with the hopes of becoming a sports medicine doctor ... Is the first in his immediate family to be born in America ... Roots for the Los Angeles Lakers and Dodgers ... Considers Kobe Bryant, Ronaldinho, and Haile Gebreselassie his favorite athletes ... Enjoys reading the works of Stephen Colbert and lists “Famous All Over Town” and “I Am America (And So Can You)” as his favorite novels ... Flautas, Milanesas, and Menudo are among his favorite foods ... Watches “The Colbert Report,” “South Park” and “Family Guy” on television ... “Superbad,” “Scarface” and “MiFamilia” are among his favorite movies ... Listens to Cypress Hill, Rage Against the Machine, and A Tribe Called Quest ... Hobbies include swimming, playing basketball and soccer, and going to the beach with friends and family ... Considers his junior high school track coach to be his greatest athletic influence because he emphasized that hard work, not talent, is the key to success in running and in life ... His most memorable sporting achievement was winning the CIF DII State Cross Country Team Championship in high school ...

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Career Collegiate Performances

Meet	Date	Overall	Scoring	Time	Team	Dist
Titan Invitational	Oct. 23, 2009	26	-	-	27:08.0	8k