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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Austin Carrera

  • Position Distance
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Hastings, Neb.
  • Highschool Hastings HS

Biography

CAREER RESULTS (TFRRS)
All-Conference
Indoor
2026 Distance Medley Relay (3rd; 9:47.88)
2025 American Conference Cross Country All-Freshman Team
2026 USATF U20 Championships
3K Steeplechase (2nd; 8:58.71)
2026 World U20 Championships Qualifier
3K Steeplechase
Academic Accolades
American Conference All-Academic Team - 2026
AD Honor Roll - Spring 2026
2025-26 (Freshman): Cross Country – Raced in uniform in two meets after competing unattached in three races…Finished 30th at the American Conference Cross Country Championships with a season-best 8K time of 24:41.4 to be named to the American Conference All-Freshman Team. Indoor – Competed in five meets…Ran a season best in the 3,000 meters to finish sixth at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 8:09.97…Finished ninth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:11.20 at the American Conference Indoor Championships…Earned all-conference recognition, running on the third-place distance medley relay at the American Conference Indoor Championships, helping the team score six points. Outdoor – Competed in seven meets, recording six top-three finishes…Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at both the Arkansas Spring Invitational and the Rock Chalk Classic, recording a season-best time of 8:54.42 at the Rock Chalk Classic, ranking No. 9 in school history…Scored five points for the team with a fourth-place finish in the steeplechase at the American Conference Outdoor Championships with a time of 9:15.70, helping the team with the American Conference team title…Also finished 11th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:47.23…Finished second in the steeplechase at the USATF U20 Championships with a time of 8:58.71 to qualify to the represent Team USA at the World U20 Championships.

High School: Competed for Hastings High School…Class B state record holder in the 3200 meters, Class B state runner up in the 1600 meters, 3200 meters and cross country…Set Hastings High School records in the 1600 and 3200…Named the All-Tribland Cross Country Runner of the Year in 2023…Helped Hastings to a Class B state cross country runner-up team finish.
 
Personal: Outside of track and field, enjoys being outside, playing his guitar, playing video games and hanging out with friends…Majoring in business.