TFRRS PROFILE
2025
• Second Team All-PacWest
• Finished 13th at the PacWest Championships with an 8k time of 25:33.0
• Placed 91st at the NCAA Division II West Region Championships with a career-best 10k time of 32:31.1
• Competed at the Lewis Crossover, finishing 158th with a 4.97-mile time of 25:52.7
• Helped Biola win the PacWest Cross Country Championship and advance to the NCAA Division II West Region Championships
2024
• Placed 27th at the PacWest Championships with an 8k time of 25:19.2 (Oct. 26)
• Ran a season-best 8k time of 25:16.2 at the UCR Invitational, finishing 150th (Sept. 21)
• Earned his top finish of the season at the Biola Invitational, placing 22nd with a time of 25:22.2 (Sept. 13)
• Also competed at the Lewis Crossover (8k – 25:42.7, 158th) and Irvine Invitational (8k – 27:19.2, 63rd)
2023
• Made appearances at four meets including the PacWest Championships
• Hit a personal-best 8k at The Master’s Invitational with his 25:37.3 finish
2022
• Did not compete
• A part of the team that won the PacWest Championships
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
