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2023-24 Men's Track and Field Roster

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David Cardenas

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Grand Junction, Colo.
  • High School Central HS

Biography

Accolades
  • All-American, Indoor Track & Field, 800m (2022, 2023)
  • All-American, Indoor Track & Field, DMR (2020, 2023)
  • All-RMAC, Indoor Track & Field, 800m (2022)
  • All-RMAC, Indoor Track & Field, DMR (2020, 2022)
  • All-RMAC, Outdoor Track & Field, 800m (2021)
  • All-RMAC, Outdoor Track & Field, 4x400m Relay (2021)
2023-24
Cross Country
  • Finished 58th place at the 2023 NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships (31:59.4)
  • Finished 23rd place at the 2023 RMAC Cross Country Championships (25:03.1)
2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
  • Finished 6th in the 800m at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships (1:50.18)
  • Posted a personal best in the Mile at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (4:03.88)
2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
  • Posted a career best time in the mile at the New Mexico Team Open (4:07.16)
  • Finished fourth in the 800 at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships (1:51.34)
  • Finished first in the 800 at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (1:53.25)
Outdoor Track & Field
  • Posted a career best time in the 800 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (1:48.97)
  • Posted a career best time in the 1500 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (3:45.92)
2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
  • Finished second in the mile at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (4:11.21)
  • Finished first in the DMR at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (10:03.46)
Outdoor Track & Field
  • Finished first in the 800 at the RMAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (1:51.01)
  • Finished third in the 4x400 at the RMAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (3:15.56)
2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
  • Finished first in the DMR at the RMAC Indoor Track and Field Championships (10:05.85)

Prep: Graduated from Central High School in Grand Junction, Colorado … All-State Track & Field honors (2019), 3x All-Conference Track & Field  honors (2016-2019); Regional State Champion in Cross Country (2018); 4 varsity letters in soccer (2015-2019); 2 varsity letters in basketball (2018 & 2019)

Off the Track: Son of Enrique Cardenas and Macrina Contreras… brother, Eduardo Cardenas (2021) is an alumnus of the Adams State soccer program… majoring in Business Administration

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Sprints/Distance
  • 2021-2022Freshman

    Distance
  • 2022-2023Junior

    Distance
  • 2023-24Senior

    Distance

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