Juan Arcila

Photo by: Russell James/Texas A&M Athletics

Weight:
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Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Southlake, Texas
High School:
Carroll '18

Season and Career Results
*Last Updated 7/21/22

Academic Honors
2022 SEC Spring Honor Roll
2021 SEC Fall Honor Roll
2020 SEC Spring Honor Roll
2019 SEC Fall Honor Roll

2021-22: Cross Country - Opened the season at the Aggie Opener 5k, placed 22nd at 16:28.8...Competed in the Texas A&M Invitational 8k with a 26th place finish at 24:40.3…Placed 79th in the Gans Creek Classic 8k with a time of 25:31.7...Placed 67th at the Arturo Barrios Invitational 8k (24:52.1) and SEC Championships 8k (25:20.6)...Competed at the NCAA South Central Regional running the 10k course at 32:30.9. Indoor - Competed in three meets...Opened the season running a personal best mile time of 4:15.53 at the Aggie Invitational...Ran a 4:17.93 mile at the Texas Tech Open and a 4:18.85 mile at the Charlie Thomas Invitational. Outdoor - Clocked a personal best 1500m time of 3:56.97 at the Texas A&M vs Texas Dual...Ran a 3:58.68 1500m at the 44 Farms Team Invitational and 4:08.05 1500m at the Michael Johnson Invitational... Finished his Aggie career at the Alumni Muster, running 3:58.55 in the 1500m.

2020-21: Cross Country - Competed in three meets...Opened the season finishing 36th at the SEC Preview Meet 6k at 19:05.3...Placed 14th at the Gans Creek Classic 8k with a personal best time of 25:12.7...Clocked 25:35.7 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational 8k. Indoor - Clocked 4:28.30 in the mile to open the season at the Ted Nelson Invitational...Placed third at the Aggie Invitational mile at a personal best time of 4:24.66. Outdoor - Ran a personal best 1500m time of 4:04.45 at the Texas A&M Team Invitational.

2019-20: Cross Country – Competed in the Texas A&M Invitational 8k (26:33.3) and the Arturo Barrios Invitational 8k (25:48.1). Indoor - Compete unattached in two meets...Finished third in the mile (4:21.02) at the Texas A&M Reveille Invitational and seventh in the Texas A&M Invitational mile (4:21.79). Outdoor - Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19: Cross Country – Raced once, placing 51^st (26:18.7) in Texas A&M Invitational. Indoor – Opened season racing unattached in 3,000m (9:23.19) to finish 10^th in Reveille Invitational … Competed in Aggie uniform the remainder of indoor season, starting with a 9:00.99 to place 18^th in Ted Nelson Invitational … Improved to 8:53.74 to finish 18^th in 3,000m at Charlie Thomas Invitational … Race in the mile at Aggie Twilight, placing ninth in 4:24.74. Outdoors – Competed in two meets, unattached, at 1,500m in Michael Johnson Invitational (4:04.63) and A&M Alumni Muster (4:03.31).

High School: 2018 graduate of Carroll Senior High School in Southlake, Texas … Academic honors included being a member of the National Honor Society from 2016 to 2018 and a member of National Math Honor Society (Mu Alpha Theta) from 2017 to 2018 … In 2017 he was a Carroll ISD Success Scholar, completing over 100 hours of community service … Coached by Justin Leonard … Established personal best times of 4:20.19 (1600), 9:37.48 (3200) and 15:39.1 (5,000m cross country) … Finished 22^nd in 2017 State 6A cross country meet, producing his best time of 15:39.1 on the 5,000m course … Third runner on Carroll squad that earned team runner-up finish in State meet, six points behind winning team … Placed ninth in Nike Cross Nationals South Regional as the leading finisher on Carroll Club team that placed second in team scoring, 11 points from winning squad … Competed in the 2017 Foot Locker South Regional as well as Nike Cross Nationals in 2016 and 2017 … Posted his best 1,600m time of 4:20.19 to place sixth in 2018 Area meet after finishing third in district with a 4:20.50 … Ran indoor mile in 4:24.39 as runner-up at Texas A&M HS Classic … Also participated in varsity soccer his freshman year.

Personal: Juan David Arcila, son of Victor Arcila and Gloria Gamez, was born in Bogota, Colombia on October 12, 1999 … Hometown is Southlake, Texas … Started competing in track and field at age 14 … Chose Texas A&M since he liked the team and the academics … While in high school, he assisted with the organization and management of running camps as well as cross country and track meets at Southlake Carroll … Majoring in finance.