German Vega

Phonetic Pronunciation: Her-mahn Vay-guh

NMJC (Freshman Cross Country 2022)

2022 Cross Country Races

08-26-22 Western Texas Open 6k- 1st Place (19:51.00)
09-23-22 NMJC Invitational 8k- 1st Place (24:12.00)
09-30-22 SPC Invite 8k- 1st Place (23:34.10)
10-07-22 LCU October Invite 8k- 1st Place (24:49.50)
10-14-22 NMJC Invitational II 8k- 2nd Place (23:56.30)
10-29-22 Region V Championships 8k- 4th Place (23:50.90)
11-12-22 NJCAA Men's Cross Country Championships 8k- 13th Place (25:21.10)
11-15-22 NJCAA Half-Marathon- 5th Place (1:07:46)

NMJC (Freshman Track & Field 2023)

Indoor

Corky Classic (Jan. 13-14) | 1000M- 2:33.98 | 3000M- 8:30.26 (National Qualifier)
Region V Multi and DMR Invite (Jan. 19-20) | Medley Relay- 10:23.48 (G. Vega- 1200m-3:11.9, El Haddaoui- 400m- 47.83, Pololet- 800m- 1:52.4, T. Vega- 1600m- 4:31.0) (National Qualifier)
UNM Team Open (Jan. 27-28) | Mile- 4:20.38 (National Qualifier) | 3000M- 8:40.84 | 4x400M- 3:29.30 (Colbert- 53.10, Walker- 48.20, G. Vega- 53.80, T. Vega- 53.60)
Jarvis Scott Open (Feb. 10-11) | 5000M- 14:56.16 (National Qualifier)
Matador Qualifier (Feb. 17) | 1000M- 2:34.16
Indoor T&F National Championships (March 3-4) | Mile- 4:18.31 | 3000M 7th- 8:27.04 (All-American) (School Record) | 5000M 6th- 14:33.79 (All-American)

NJCAA Men's Indoor Team National Champion (2023) | Two-time Indoor All-American

Outdoor

TTU Masked Rider Open (March 25) | 1500M- 3:55.99 (IQ)
Texas Relays (March 29) | 3000M SC- 8:58.03 (National Qualifier)
Ross Black Open (April 14-15) | 10,000M- 31:49.67 (National Qualifier/School Record)
UNM Don Kirby (April 20) | 1500M- 4:03.70
TTU Corky Crofoot Shootout (April 29) | 5000M- 14:58.88
Outdoor T&F National Championships (May 18-20 | Hobbs, NM) | 10,000M Runner-up- 30:58.93 (All-American) | 3000M SC 5th- 9:36.76 (All-American) | 5000M Runner-up- 14:51.64 (All-American)

NJCAA Men's Outdoor Team National Champion (2023) | Three-time Outdoor All-American

Personal

Parents: Maria Tabares and Gastón Vega

Nickname: Melli

Enjoys listening to music, going to the pool, sleeping, and drink Mate Tea (South American tea).

Vega won the Provincial Half Marathon for his area. He hopes to study welding in the future.