Torres tabbed to lead XC program
8/9/2024 10:32:00 AM | Cross Country, Cross Country
HUNTSVILLE — Sam Houston head track and field coach Dave Self is pleased to announce an addition to his staff for the 2024-25 season.
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Patrick Torres has been hired to serve as the Bearkats' head cross country coach and middle- and long-distance assistant coach for outdoor and indoor track. He previously served as the head cross country and track and field coach at Our Lady of the Lake.
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Torres led the cross-country programs at Our Lady of the Lake to a first-place finish in 2022 at the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Cross-Country Championships. He was awarded RRAC Coach of the Year for both the men's and women's teams. Two women's athletes qualified for the NAIA National Championships in November.
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During the 2021 season he led both the men and women to Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Cross-Country Championships, as well as a championship for the men's track and field team and runners-up for the women's track and field team. Both cross-country teams and the women's track and field team earned NAIA Scholar Team honors.
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Torres participated in the cross-country team in 2016 and the track and field team in 2016-2017.
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His awards as part of the track and field team include All-Conference in the 5k and 10k in 2016; the 10k in 2017 and the 3k, 5k and 10k in 2018. He was a Scholar-Athlete in 2017 and 2018. As part of the cross-country team, Torres received All-Conference honors in 2016 and was a Scholar-Athlete in 2016.
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Torres received his bachelor's degree of psychology in May 2018 and is currently working on his master's degree.
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Patrick Torres has been hired to serve as the Bearkats' head cross country coach and middle- and long-distance assistant coach for outdoor and indoor track. He previously served as the head cross country and track and field coach at Our Lady of the Lake.
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Torres led the cross-country programs at Our Lady of the Lake to a first-place finish in 2022 at the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Cross-Country Championships. He was awarded RRAC Coach of the Year for both the men's and women's teams. Two women's athletes qualified for the NAIA National Championships in November.
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During the 2021 season he led both the men and women to Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Cross-Country Championships, as well as a championship for the men's track and field team and runners-up for the women's track and field team. Both cross-country teams and the women's track and field team earned NAIA Scholar Team honors.
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Torres participated in the cross-country team in 2016 and the track and field team in 2016-2017.
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His awards as part of the track and field team include All-Conference in the 5k and 10k in 2016; the 10k in 2017 and the 3k, 5k and 10k in 2018. He was a Scholar-Athlete in 2017 and 2018. As part of the cross-country team, Torres received All-Conference honors in 2016 and was a Scholar-Athlete in 2016.
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Torres received his bachelor's degree of psychology in May 2018 and is currently working on his master's degree.
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