OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2020) Did not compete in the lone meet of the season before it was canceled due to COVID-19.
CROSS COUNTRY SOPHOMORE (2019) Competed in five meets… started the year off with a 30th place finish in the Mark Covert Classic 8K with a time of 25:51.5… competed in the 8K at the USD Invite and finished 21th with a time of 27:17.4… finished 107th at the Joe Piane - Notre Dame Invitational, running the 5M in 26:10.1… ran an 8K in the Highlander Invitational in 25:10.2 which was good for 30th place… competed in the Big West Championships and placed 40th in an 8K with a time of 26:20.1.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD FRESHMAN (2019) Redshirted the season.
CROSS COUNTRY FRESHMAN (2018) Competed in six meets for the Titans… Placed fourth among CSF runners and 28th overall at the UCSB Lagoon posting an 8K time of 26:28.09…Clocked an 8,000 meter time of 25:39.40 which placed seventh (46th overall) at the UCR Highlander Invite…Finished sixth among the Titans and 44th overall at the Big West Championships with an 8K time of 26:22.4…Finished with a 10K time of 31:56.4 which placed second among Titan competitors at the NCAA West Regional.
VISTA MURRIETA HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated in 2018 ... Ran on the cross country team for three years and the track and field team for four .. Named VMHS Male Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Named team captain of the cross country team as a junior and senior ... Honored as the 2017 Southwestern League Cross Country MVP ... Holds the sophomore and junior class school records for the 3,200-meter race and the three-mile cross country record ... Also played two years of soccer.
PERSONAL
Full name is Edgard Eduardo Villa III ... Son of Edgard and Christina Villa ... Has one younger brother ... Pursuing a degree in biology and aspires to work with animals.
