2023 Men's Cross Country Roster
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Balmore Montes
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, CA
- High School:
- Bernstein HS
Bio
Balmore Montes TFRRS Page
CSUN - 2023 (Senior)
Montes ran in four of five races on the season ... registered a new PR in the 6k with a time of 20:32.1 and finished 92nd overall at the Big West Preview (9/1/23) ... posted a new PR in the 8k with a time of 25:47.8 at the UCR Invitational (9/16/23) ... took 62nd place with a time of 26:31.8 at the Big West Championships ... earned Big West All-Academic Team honors.
CSUN - 2022 (Junior)
Ran in all six events for the Matadors ... ran his season-best in the 8k at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (25:56.0) ... was 64th at the Big West Championships (26:50.7) ... established a 10k best time of 33:40.0 ... finished a season-best 33rd during the 6k Anteater Opener (21:33.6).
PRIOR TO CSUN
A member of the cross country team at Santa Monica College from 2018-19 … four-mile best time was 21:34.3, four-meter best time was 23:58.9 ... competed in the CCCAA Southern California Regionals in 2018 and 2019 … competed for the Santa Monica College track team in 2022 … finished 11th in the 800m preliminaries of the 2022 CCCAA Southern California Preliminaries with a time of 1:57.16 … best time in the 1500m was 4:05.24.
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HIGH SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of Bernstein High School … three-mile best time was 18:38.0 … 5000m best time was 24:14.0 … finished fifth in the Central League finals as a 10th grader ... was 24th in the Elysian Park Finals as a senior … won the Central League title in the 800m, was second in the 1600m, and helped BHS win the 4x400m relay at the Central League meet as a senior … was seventh in the 800m at the Central League Finals as a sophomore and as a junior … team won league titles in 2017 and 2018 … prep bests were 2:06.00 in the 800m, 4:46.10 in the 1500m, and 4:53.00 in the 1600m … a member of the soccer team at BHS.
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PERSONAL
Son of Deivid Henriquez and Karen Melendez … favorites include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mookie Betts, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Elizabeth Olson, Prison Break, Interstellar, Burritos, the Los Angeles Azules, Bad Bunny, and MLB.com … chose CSUN because a mentor of his trusted the coaching staff and they would be the one to help him improve ... says his greatest sports moment so far is breaking his PR in the 800m at the Olympic Training Center in San Diego … says the best thing about being an athlete is the discipline and hard work it brings to become a better person … says the toughest thing about being a student athlete is fully committing and making the sacrifices no one else is willing to do … says the best the athlete he has competed against so far is UCLA’s Clifton Thomas … the most famous person he has met is Cordae … the person in history he would like to meet is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson … would like to switch places for one day with Chris Brown … the two people he would like to have dinner with are Drake and Elon Musk … the best advice he has been given by Nipsey Hussle who said you gotta go hard, you have to believe in yourself … his advice to young people is do what you love doing, we all fail, it is the matter how you overcome that frailer which makes us great … his greatest hero is Nipsey Hussle who came from nothing and just kept believing in himself when no one else would, he knew it took time to become great, it does not happen overnight.
CROSS COUNTRY BESTS
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CSUN - 2023 (Senior)
Montes ran in four of five races on the season ... registered a new PR in the 6k with a time of 20:32.1 and finished 92nd overall at the Big West Preview (9/1/23) ... posted a new PR in the 8k with a time of 25:47.8 at the UCR Invitational (9/16/23) ... took 62nd place with a time of 26:31.8 at the Big West Championships ... earned Big West All-Academic Team honors.
CSUN - 2022 (Junior)
Ran in all six events for the Matadors ... ran his season-best in the 8k at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (25:56.0) ... was 64th at the Big West Championships (26:50.7) ... established a 10k best time of 33:40.0 ... finished a season-best 33rd during the 6k Anteater Opener (21:33.6).
PRIOR TO CSUN
A member of the cross country team at Santa Monica College from 2018-19 … four-mile best time was 21:34.3, four-meter best time was 23:58.9 ... competed in the CCCAA Southern California Regionals in 2018 and 2019 … competed for the Santa Monica College track team in 2022 … finished 11th in the 800m preliminaries of the 2022 CCCAA Southern California Preliminaries with a time of 1:57.16 … best time in the 1500m was 4:05.24.
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HIGH SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of Bernstein High School … three-mile best time was 18:38.0 … 5000m best time was 24:14.0 … finished fifth in the Central League finals as a 10th grader ... was 24th in the Elysian Park Finals as a senior … won the Central League title in the 800m, was second in the 1600m, and helped BHS win the 4x400m relay at the Central League meet as a senior … was seventh in the 800m at the Central League Finals as a sophomore and as a junior … team won league titles in 2017 and 2018 … prep bests were 2:06.00 in the 800m, 4:46.10 in the 1500m, and 4:53.00 in the 1600m … a member of the soccer team at BHS.
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PERSONAL
Son of Deivid Henriquez and Karen Melendez … favorites include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mookie Betts, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Elizabeth Olson, Prison Break, Interstellar, Burritos, the Los Angeles Azules, Bad Bunny, and MLB.com … chose CSUN because a mentor of his trusted the coaching staff and they would be the one to help him improve ... says his greatest sports moment so far is breaking his PR in the 800m at the Olympic Training Center in San Diego … says the best thing about being an athlete is the discipline and hard work it brings to become a better person … says the toughest thing about being a student athlete is fully committing and making the sacrifices no one else is willing to do … says the best the athlete he has competed against so far is UCLA’s Clifton Thomas … the most famous person he has met is Cordae … the person in history he would like to meet is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson … would like to switch places for one day with Chris Brown … the two people he would like to have dinner with are Drake and Elon Musk … the best advice he has been given by Nipsey Hussle who said you gotta go hard, you have to believe in yourself … his advice to young people is do what you love doing, we all fail, it is the matter how you overcome that frailer which makes us great … his greatest hero is Nipsey Hussle who came from nothing and just kept believing in himself when no one else would, he knew it took time to become great, it does not happen overnight.
CROSS COUNTRY BESTS
| 6k | 20:32.1 | Big West Preview | 9/1/23 |
| 8k | 25:47.8 | UCR Invitational | 9/16/23 |
| 10k | 33:40.0 | NCAA West Regional | 11/11/22 |
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