Ezra Esquibel

Ezra Esquibel

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Albuquerque, N.M.

High School:
La Cueva HS

Height:
5-9

Event:
Mid-Distance

Experience:
2L

NEW MEXICO:

Veteran distance runner who returns to action after a broken leg ended his outdoor season early in 2007...injury forced him to miss the '07 cross country season as well...

2006-07: (outdoor) Competed in 3 races in 2 meet appearances...clocked the team's No. 3 time in a 3rd place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase (10:35.58) at Arizona...suffered season-ending broken leg two weeks later during a 2,000m steeplechase race at UTEP on April 14...(indoor) Appeared in 3 meets with a top time of 2:00.92* in the 800...(cross country) Ran in a pair of meets, recording a top finish of 17th at NMSU...

2005-06: (outdoor) Competed one time, running the 3,000m steeplechase at home...(indoor) Raced four times in the mile and 3K...two top-8 finishes...(cross country) Ran just three times, but finished among the Lobos' top-7 in each race...scored as the No. 3 runner (16th overall) at New Mexico State and was sixth on the team at the MWC Championships...

2004-05: (indoor/outdoor/cross country) Redshirted all three seasons...

HIGH SCHOOL:

A 2004 graduate of Albuquerque La Cueva High School...district runner-up in the 800 as a senior...part of the Bears' 4x800 championship team at the Wilson Relays...part of LCHS state and district championship teams in `04...

PERSONAL:

Born on Feb. 17, 1986, in Albuquerque, N.M...age is 22...full name is Ezra Heen Wing Esquibel...son of E. Anthony Esquibel and Rosalind chan-Esquibel...has a sister Ariel (17)...majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry.