TFRRS PROFILE
2025
• Competed in 8 meets for the Eagles
• Earned fourth place in the 3000m steeplechase at the PacWest Championships
• Posted a season-best 3000m steeplechase time of 9:32.68 at the PacWest Championships
• Recorded a season-best 5000m time of 15:20.64 at the Ben Brown Invitational/AstroAI Distance Classic
• Earned a top-five finish in the 3000m steeplechase at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational, placing fifth overall
• Academic All-PacWest
2024
• Appeared in 10 meets
• Two top 10 finishes, highest was 5th in the 3000S at the Pomona-Pitzer Invite (9:49.85)
• Set five personal bests: 3000 (8:52.35), 800 (2:05.76), 5000 (15:05.81), 1500 (4:08.36) and 3000S (9:36.85)
• Placed 7th in the 3000S at the PacWest T&F Championships (9:42.66)
• Placed 18th in the 5000 in the PacWest T&F Championships (15:38.53)
2023
• Appeared in eight meets in his first year with the Eagles
• Three top 10 finishes, highest was 9th in the 3000S at the Pomona-Pitzer Invite (10:00.14)
• Achieved top marks in the 3000 (9:15.63), 3000S (9:42.30), 5000 (15:12.47) and 1500 (4:11.81)
• Placed 10th in the 3000S in the PacWest T&F Championships (9:49.30)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated in 2022 from Sonora High School in La Habra, CA.
• Was a part of the varsity track & field team for all four years
• High School Achievements: Student Athlete, Coaches Award, Most Valuable Runner, and Coach Tourville Award.
• His team won CIF Prelims, CIF Finals and Freeway League Championships
• Also did swim and was named Most Improved Swimmer
PERSONAL
• Born Jan. 22, 2004 to Belinda and Francisco Echeverria
• Majoring in Nursing and hopes to become a OR, ICU, or Labor and Delivery Nurse.
• Has three siblings: Jacob (23), Joseph (17) and James (15)
• He enjoys surfing, baking, cooking, painting, viola and running.
• Why I chose Biola: “Allowing myself to be surrounded by Godly individuals that would uplift me not only in faith, but in the following: education, athletics, and life. I knew I would be granted with a lot of resources attending Biola compared to other universities. It has been such a God-given opportunity to be receiving a faith-based education.”
• Favorite Bible Verse: Jeremiah 1:5
