Tomas Vega

Phonetic Pronunciation: Toe-mas Vay-guh

NMJC (Freshman Cross Country 2022)

2022 Cross Country Races

08-26-22 Western Texas Open 6k- 2nd Place (20:10.00)
09-23-22 NMJC Invitational 8k- 2nd Place (24:43.00)
09-30-22 SPC Invite 8k- 2nd Place (24:09.50)
10-07-22 LCU October Invite 8k- 2nd Place (25:04.40)
10-14-22 NMJC Invitational II 8k- 3rd Place (24:02.50)
10-29-22 Region V Championships 8k- 3rd Place (23:42.60)
11-12-22 NJCAA Men's Cross Country Championships 8k- 9th Place (25:04.90)
11-15-22 NJCAA Half-Marathon- 7th Place (1:08:19)

NMJC (Freshman Track & Field 2023)

Indoor

Corky Classic (Jan. 13-14) | 1000M- 2:36.75 | 3000M- 8:30.22 (National Qualifier/School Record)
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- 4:22.52 (National Qualifier) | 3000M- 8:35.16 (IQ) | 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- 14:54.96 (National Qualifier/School Record)
Matador Qualifier (Feb. 17) | 1000M- 2:36.64 | 3000M- 8:32.24
Indoor T&F National Championships (March 3-4) | Mile- 4:15.78 | 3000M- 8:40.51 | 5000M 3rd- 14:24.41 (All-American) (School Record)

NJCAA Men's Indoor Team National Champion (2023) | 5000M Indoor All-American

Outdoor

TTU Masked Rider Open (March 25) | 1500M- 3:54.62 (IQ)
Texas Relays (March 29) | 3000M SC- 8:55.24 (National Qualifier/School Record)
Ross Black Open (April 14-15) | 800M- 1:57.10 | 1500M- 4:04.77
TTU Corky Crofoot Shootout (April 29) | 5000M- 14:47.38 (School Record)
Outdoor T&F National Championships (May 18-20 | Hobbs, NM) | 3000M SC Runner-up- 9:13.95 (All-American) | 5000M Runner-up- 14:37.12 (All-American)

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

Personal

Parents: Maria Tabares and Gastón Vega

Enjoys listening to music, go on runs, and drink Mate Tea (South American tea).

Vega placed third in the 3000m steeplechase at the Pan American Junior Games in 2021.