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2019 Men's Cross Country Roster

Jan Figueroa

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Casselberry, Fla.

Biography


As a Senior (2019)
Opened the season at the FAU Invite (8/30) with a 5k time of 16:27.20, scoring fourth as FGCU placed second overall... Placed 41st at the prestigious Mountain Dew Invite (9/14) with an  8k time of 27:20.4 as the men placed seventh overall... Posted a time of 25.44.5 at the Live in Lou Classic (10/5)... Capped of the season at the ASUN Championship (11/2) with a time of 27:25.43 as the men's team placed fourth overall. 

As a Junior (2018)
Opened the season at the FAU Invite (Aug. 31) etching a 5k time of 16:05.12 for a 10th place finish overall and 18 seconds than 2017… Came in 34th overall at the Fordham Fiasco (Sept. 8) with an 8k time of 27:42.93 … Placed 237th overall in the Paul Short Run (Sept. 29) with an 8k time of 23:53 … Ended the regular season with an 8k time of 29:20:47 (30th overall) at the USF Invite (Oct. 12) … Clocked a season-best 8k time of 26.20 for 25th overall at the ASUN Championships (Oct. 26) … Finished the postseason with an NCAA Regional (Nov. 11) appearance with a personal best 10k time of 33:55.40 for 93rd overall.

Spring Track Season (2019)
5000m, 15:42.83- five second improvement, 1500m, 4:13.29. Both lifetime bests.

As a Sophomore (2017)
Opened the season at the FAU Invite (Sept. 1) etching a 5k time of 16:23.35 for a 12th-place overall finish… Came in 35th overall at the UF Mountain Dew Invite (Sept. 23) with a personal-best 8k time of 26:34.20… One of two runners on the men’s time to race in the Notre Dame’s Joe Piane Five Mile Gold Race (Sept. 29) (26:43.90)… Ended the regular season crossing the finish with an 8k time of 27:22.30 (16th overall) at the USF Invite (Oct. 13)… Clocked an 8k time of 26:13.90 for 16th overall at the ASUN Championships (Oct. 28).

As a Freshman (2016)
Competed in five races this season … started his career off with a 12th place finish in a time of 16:34.1 at the FAU Invitational (Sept. 2) … followed it up with a 14th place finish in 16:30.26 at the UNF Invitational (Sept. 10) … placed 34th in 27:47.56 at the Mountain Dew Invitational (Sept. 24) … improved his time by nearly 30 seconds as he crossed the finish line in a personal-best time of 27:19.21 and finished 31st at the Upstate Invitational (Oct. 1) … concluded his season at the ASUN Championships (Oct. 29) as he finished 40th in 27:23.13.

High School
Competed for coach John Rothrock at Lake Howell HS … was a three-time member of the All-Conference First Team and a two-time state qualifier … finished 8th in the state in 2015 … holds three school records in the, 800m (2:01.32), 1200m (3:24.09) and 1600m (4:28.76).

Personal
Born Jan. 7, 1998 … son of Jesus and Joselyn Figueroa … has five siblings – Alegyari, Andrea, Jeslyan, Giliannie and Jesiah … Business Management major with a minor in Interdisciplinary Studies … chose FGCU because of the campus, coaching staff and team … would most like to meet Mo Farah … high school teammate of former FGCU runner Regan Farrow... 

Top Times
5K - 15:45.86
8K - 26:13 (2017 ASUN Championships)
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'10"
  • 2019Senior

    5'10"