Marcel Espinoza
Marcel Espinoza
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Santa Monica, Calif.
High School: Santa Monica HS
Position: Sprints

Career Performances

2018 and 2019 Big West Champion - Men's 4x100-Meter Relay
2021 Big West Champion - Men's 4x400-Meter Relay
2019 Big West Champion - 400 Meters
2018 NCAA All-American - Honorable Mention - Men's 4x100-Meter Relay
2019 NCAA All-American - Second Team - Men's 4x400-Meter Relay
2019 Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Year

Outdoor Personal Bests
100 meters: 10.70 (+0.4 wind) - RCC Invitational (3/1/19)
200 meters: 21.13 (-0.5 wind) - Big West Championships (5/10-11/19)
400 meters: 45.87 - Big West Championships (5/10-11/19)
800 meters: 1:54.88 - RCC Invitational (3/6/20)

OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SENIOR (2021)
Competed in eight meets ... Took seventh place in the 400m at the Big West Championships ... Competed in the preliminary round of the 200m at the meet with a time of 21.96 (0.1 wind) ... Ran legs on both the 4x100-meter relay (41.24, third place) and the 4x400-meter relay (3:11.93, first place).

OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SENIOR (2020)
Ran the 800-meter race in 1:54.88 at the RCC Invitational, the lone meet the season ... the remainder was canceled due to COVID-19.

OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD JUNIOR (2019)
Named Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Year ... Broke his own school record in the men's 400-meter sprint to win the Big West title in 45.87, besting his previous personal best of 46.13 ... Just the third Titan to ever win the league title in the event, joining Darion Zimmerman (2016, 2017) and Chris Epstein (2007) ... Only the second conference meet winner all-time to run a sub-46 second race (Boise State's Corey Nelson, 45.36, 1999) ... Took second place in the 200 meters and ran on the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays ... Qualified for the 400 meters in the NCAA West Preliminaries while also running on both relays ... Broke the 4x4 school record to qualify for the NCAA Championships with a time of 3:05.16 ... Earned second-team All-America honors as a member of the men's 4x400-meter relay team that took 12th place at the NCAA Championships.

OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SOPHOMORE (2018)
Opened up at the RCC Quad Meet with a personal-best time of 22.30 (+1.1 wind) in the 200 meters ... Clocked a personal-best time of 47.20 to win the 400 meters at the Big West Challenge ... Posted a 1:55.67 800-meter time at the Steve Scott Invitational, good for a personal best ... Ran on the men's 4x400-meter relay team that took fourth place at the Big West Championships and individually took fourth place in the 400 meters at 47.21 ... Was a member of the men's 4x100-meter relay team that won the Big West Title with a time of 40.20, set a school record of 39.86 at the at the NCAA West Preliminaries to advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene. Took 21st overall with a time of 40.10 to earn NCAA All-America honorable mention accolades.

OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD FRESHMAN (2017)
Began the season at the Riverside City 4-Way and ran the 200 meters in 22.44 (+1.5) and ran a leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that clocked a time of 3:23.13 ... Clocked a time of 48.46 in his season debut in the 400 meters at the UC Riverside Spring Track Classic ... Posted a time of 48.61 in the 400 meters at the Big West Challenge ... Clocked a time of 48.78 at the Fresno State Invitational ... Earned a fifth-place finish in the final of the 400 meters at the Big West Championships with a season-best time of 48.24.

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