2008 Men's Cross Country Roster

Pedro Ramos

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Long Beach, CA
  • High School Long Beach Poly HS

Biography

2008 Established his fastest time in a 10k race at the NCAA West Regional on November 15 ... Broke his previous 8k record running a 24:49.50 at the Big West Championship ...

2007 Just missed out on his first-ever top-10 finish taking 11th at the Cal Poly Invitational on October 14 ...

2006 His 6k time of 18:52.70 at the UCR Season Opener on September 1 established a personal best in the distance ...

2005 Improved his 8k time by more than two minutes from the start of the season at Craig Regional Park (28:49.60) on September 3 to the Big West Championships (26:29.50) on October 29 ...

High School Was a four-year letter winner in cross country under Coach Mike Fillipow and in track under Joe Carlson at Long Beach Poly ... Helped the team to four league championships in each program ... Won the Moore League Championship in the 800 in 2005 and earned the CIF Sportsmanship Award ... Graduated with honors and received the Pursuit of Excellence Award, the school’s highest honor ...

Personal Pedro Ramos is the son of Agustin and Rosa Ramos ... Majoring in political science ... Hopes to become a lawyer ... Roots for the Los Angeles Lakers ... Favorite author is John Steinbeck ... Favorite novel is “Of Mice and Men” ... Enjoys eating Chinese food ... Watches the “Simpsons” ... Favorite movie is “Forrest Gump” ... Listens to Coldplay ... Enjoys going to the movies ... Is the first in his family to attend college ... Was among the athletes featured when Sports Illustrated named Long Beach Poly the Best High School Program in the country in May 2005 ...



Career Collegiate Performances
Meet Date Overall Scoring Team Time Dist
Pre-Nationals Oct. 18, 2008 231 231 5 26:05.80 8k
Big West Championship Nov. 1, 2008 15 15 4 24:59.50 8k
NCAA West Regional Nov. 15, 2008 87 85 5 31:46.63 10k
 
Nevada Twilight Invitational Aug. 29, 2007 14 11 3 20:38.00 6k
UC Riverside Invitational Sept. 29, 2007 13 13 6 25:10.10 8k
Cal Poly Invitational Oct. 14, 2007 11 9 6 26:56.80 8k
Big West Championships Oct. 27, 2007 30 28 5 26:48.90 8k
NCAA West Regional Nov. 10, 2007 109 104 6 32:49.90 10k
 
UCR Season Opener  Sept. 1, 2006
14 14 7 18:52.70 6k
Sundodger Invitational Sept. 16, 2006
56 50 6 25:31.00 8k
UC Riverside Invitational Sept. 30, 2006
27 26 5 25:42.90 8k
Chili Pepper Invitational  Oct. 14, 2006
174 174 6 33:40.90 10k
Big West Championships Oct. 28, 2006
44 39 4 29:32.80 8k
NCAA West Regional Nov. 11, 2006
149 147 6 32:57.21 10k
 
Craig Regional Park  Sept. 3, 2005
72 65 7 28:49.60 8k
UC Riverside Invitational Oct. 1, 2005
--- --- 8 26:45.60 8k
Jim Drews Oct. 15, 2005
157 113 7 27:08.00 8k
Big West Championships  Oct. 29, 2005
47 40 7 26:29.50 8k

Historical Player Information

  • 2005Freshman

  • 2006Sophomore

  • 2007Junior

  • 2008Senior