|
|
- Began his
coaching career while still a senior at Los Alamos (New Mexico)
High School where he coached his cross-country team to a third
place finish in the Large School Division.
- Coached
Tony Sandoval (1980 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials winner) and
Lynn Bjorklund (National Track and Field 3000-Meter Champion,
current Jr. 3000-meter record holder) and the Colorado Track
Club National Championship Cross-Country Team.
- Won the
United States USAT&F Cross Country Championship in 1976.
- Ranked
in the top-ten U.S. Road Racers 1977-81 by Track and Field News.
- Won the
1979 Bolder Boulder, the 1975 Bay to Breakers, the 1979 Lilac
Bloomsday Run, and the 1981 Gasparilla Distance Classic 15K
(World Best: 43:12), 1978 Utica Boilermaker.
- Won four
New Mexico State Prep Championships in Cross Country and Track
and was ranked in the top ten Prep Milers in 1970. He still
holds the New Mexico State Mile Record of 4:12.6 (Albuquerque,
NM, 1970). Best Prep Mile time of 4:11.6 (Houston, Texas, 1970).
- Founded
Ric Rojas Running in 1991.
- Founded
Running International in 1998.
- BA Harvard
University, MBA University of Denver
|
 |
|
