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Carlos Fernandes at XC TFRRS

Carlos Fernandes at TFRRS

2020: Led VMI to a second-place finish at the SoCon Championship with his 20th-place finish in 26:30.13 …helped the Keydets to a team victory at the Tom Scott Open by placing sixth overall in 25:07.

2019: Scored team points in four of the five meets in 2019 … earned team points at the Liberty Challenge by placing fourth for VMI at 21^st place in 13:38 … came in 11^th overall at the JMU Open in 27:45 … arrived in 309^th place at the Paul Short Run in 25:52.1 … placed 44^th overall at the HPU VertCross Invite in 26:45.78 … finished as VMI’s fifth runner at the SoCon Championships, coming in 34^th overall in 27:30.30.

2018: Finished second on the team at the Virginia Tech Invite with a 43^rd-place finish of 20:22 … again finished second on the team at the JMU Open with a 10^th-place mark in 27:29 … earned team points at the George Mason Invite with a 19^th-place finish in 28:00.

2017: Ran in all six of VMI's XC races...made his way up to VMI's #4 spot by the SoCon Championships where he finished 45th...set new PR's in three of his last four races...took that momentum into the indoor season, where he finished 11th in the 3K at the VMI Team Challenge...was 14th in that event - with a PR of 8:57.02 - at the SoCon Championship, and also finished 23rd in the 3K...finished 24th in the 5K outdoors.

2016: Did not compete during cross country season, but made his collegiate debut at dual vs. The Citadel...best effort of track season came at the Liberty Twilight meet where he finished 15th in the 5K.

High School/Personal: Three-year letterwinner at Ad Fontes Academy...team MVP...lettered one year in track...first athlete at his school to place in the top three in a conference event...first athlete from his high school to play a Division I sport in college...intends to major in English and Arabic.