College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® selection for the third time in the 2024-25 academic year … CSC Academic All-District® selection for the 2023-24 academic year … Named CSC Academic All-District® for the 2022-23 academic year … Three-time member of the NCAC Dr. Gordon Collins Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll/NCAC Academic Honor Roll and four-time member of the AD Honor Roll. 

2025 Outdoor: Earned All-NCAC honor with a third-place finish in an 800 collegiate-best of 2:20.16 at NCAC Championships (May 2-3) … 800 time is good for eighth-fastest in program history … Went 2:22.08 to finish eighth in the prelims to qualify to the finals … Also ran on the fourth-place 4x400 relay that finished in 4:02.79 at NCACs … Won the 1,500 at the Duane Gomez Invitational (April 19) in a collegiate-best 5:10.34 … Took third in the 200 at the Denison Invitational (April 25) in a collegiate-best 27.91 … Part of winning 4x400 relay at home Wooster Invitational (April 4-5) that combined to finish in 4:04.33. 

2025 Indoor: Member of two scoring relays at NCAC Championships (Feb. 28-March 1), the fourth-place 4x400 that finished in 4:09.39 and the eighth-place DMR that finished in 14:00.45 … Also ran 2:24.03 in the 800 prelims, finishing 10th overall … Won the 400 in 1:04.41 during the dual meet vs. Dension (Jan. 30) … Had pair of season bests with 28.46 in the 200 and 1:03.14 in the 400 at Bob Shannon Invitational (Feb. 8) … Also ran on winning 4x400 relay team at Bob Shannon which broke the tape in 4:14.30 … Posted collegiate-best mile time of 5:34.67 at home Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 25). 

2024 Cross Country: Earned fourth consecutive letter in cross country … Placed 59th at the NCAC Championships (Nov. 3) in a time of 26:25.5 … Went a season-best 25:52.7 at the NCAA Div. III Great Lakes Regional Championships (Nov. 16) … Posted a collegiate-best 5k time of 19:50.1 to finish 13th at the Wooster Twilight Challenge (Nov. 8). 

2024 Outdoor: Made seven starts … Member of Wooster’s fourth-place 4x400 relay team at NCAC Championships (May 3-4), which combined to finish in 4:03.43 … Also competed in the 800 prelims at NCACs … Top collegiate 800 time of 2:21.29 came at Harrison Dillard Twilight (May 10), which is good for 10th in program history … Took third in 400 at Denison Invitational (Apr. 26) with a collegiate-best 1:01.28 … Won the 400 in a time of 1:01.96 at the multi-divisional Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 14-16). 

2024 Indoor: Part of winning distance medley relay team at All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 10) that broke the tape in 13:00.37 … Member of Wooster’s fourth-place 4x400 relay and fifth-place DMR at the NCAC Championships (Feb. 23-24) with times of 4:09.83 and 13:00.37, respectively … Won the mile at the Kenyon Tune Up (Feb. 16) with a top collegiate time of 5:47.30 … Ran a leg of winning 4x400 relay that finished in 4:14.78 during dual meet vs. Denison (Jan. 25) … Overall made seven starts. 

2023 Cross Country: Earned third straight letter as one of Scots’ NCAC contingent … Went 26:30.3 to place 58th at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 28) … Had season-best championship length time of 25:46.3 at NCAA Div. III Great Lakes Region Championships (Nov. 11), finishing 221st overall … Made season debut at 5K Jenna Strong Classic (Oct. 13), crossing the finish line in 22:40.5. 

2023 Outdoor: Repeated as All-Ohio as part of Wooster’s third-place 4x400 (4:10.79) at All-Ohio Championships (April 15) … Scored at NCAC Championships (May 5-6) as part of fourth-place 4x400 (4:04.89) … Also ran a season-best 400 time of 1:03.86 in prelims at NCACs … Went 2:34.36 in 800 during dual meet with Oberlin (April 8) … Ran leg of winning 4x400 in dual meet against Denison (April 12) that crossed the finish line in 4:25.24 … Overall, competed in six meets. 

2023 Indoor: Earned All-Ohio honors as part of Wooster’s third-place 4x400 (4:12.73) at All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 11) … Part of two scoring relays at NCAC Championships (Feb. 24-25), the sixth-place 4x400 (4:16.68) and the seventh-place DMR (14:50.25) … Also ran in 400 prelims at NCACs … Won 200 during dual meet with Denison (Jan. 26) in a season-best 29.09 … Part of three winning relays on the season – 4x400 at home Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 21), 4x400 in Denison dual meet and 4x200 at Kenyon Invitational (Feb. 17) … Overall, competed in seven meets. 

2022 Cross Country: Earned second consecutive letter … Scots’ No. 2 harrier in both postseason starts … Competed in four meets on the season … Made championship-length season debut at NCAC Championships (Oct. 29), running a time of 26:56.7 to place 44th overall … Top time of 24:57.7 came at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Championships (Nov. 12), good for 152nd. 

2022 Outdoor: Earned All-NCAC honors as part of Wooster’s third-place 4x400 that crossed at 4:12.23 at the NCAC Championships (May 5-6) … Individually, placed seventh at conference with time of 1:03.54 in the 400 … All-Ohio performer, thanks to running leg on Wooster’s first-place 4x400 (4:09.37) at the All-Ohio Championships (April 16) … Time of 1:03.42 was good for fifth-place in the 400 at All-Ohio … Part of the winning 4x400 at the Wooster Invitational (April 2, 4:19.67), dual meet with Denison (April 13, 4:11.56) and Kenyon Spring Invitational (April 23, 4:15.22) … Competed in seven meets. 

2022 Indoor: Two-time all-conference performer, thanks to running leg on Wooster’s runner-up 4x400 (4:07.11) and DMR (12:36.56) at NCAC Championships (Feb. 25-26) … Helped Wooster to first runner-up conference showing since 1997 … All-Ohio honoree as part of Wooster’s second-place DMR (13:09.82) at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 12) … Debuted with two first-place finishes at the Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 22) … Went 4:21.89 on the 4x400 and 13:03.61 on the DRM at Fighting Scots Invitational … Double winner in dual meet with Denison (Jan. 27) with top times in the 400 (1:06.71) and 4x400 (4:34.02). 

2021 Cross Country: Made five starts … Earned a letter as part of the 12-harrier contingent at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 30) … Crossed at 28:39.2 at the NCAC Championships … Logged a season-best championship-length time of 27:10.4 at the Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 2), with time ranking 17th in the field. 

Prior to Wooster: Chilean national champion … Attended the Mayflower School and was a member of the basketball, cheerleading, soccer, track & field, and volleyball teams … Prepped for Marcelo Gajardo in track & field. 

Personal: Parents are Manuel Mendez and Carolina Alvarez … Economics major and mathematics and political science minor … Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative … Peer tutor and works in the Academic Resource Center.