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2023-24 Men's Track and Field Roster

Oscar Hernandez

Oscar Hernandez

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Dearborn Heights, Mich.
  • High School:
    Divine Child

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times

Career Highlights:
  • 5x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • 4x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • 4x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2024)

2024 Outdoor:
  • Took 14th in the 1,500m (4:09.50) and the 5,000m (15:42.91) at Eastern Illinois' Big Blue Invite
  • Set a career mark running 32:09.62 in the 10,000m for 31st at the Bison Classic
  • Tallied a PR of 15:08.09 in the 5,000m for 29th at Grand Valley State's Extra Weekend Meet
  • Finished 15th in the 10,000m (33:02.05) and 23rd in the 5,000m (15:21.26) at the Horizon League Championships

2023-24 Indoor:
  • Tallied a time of 9:16.12 in the 3,000m for 23rd at the SVSU Classic
  • Earned 13th in the mile with a time of 4:28.29 at the Akron Invitational
  • Clocked a career-best 8:55.42 in the 3,000m for 23rd
  • Posted a career-low 4:22.53 for 23rd in the mile at Michigan's Silverston Invitational
  • Scored on the sixth-place distance medley relay at the Horizon League Championships

2023 Outdoor:
  • Did not participate

2022-23 Indoor:
  • Did not participate

2022 Outdoor:
  • PR in the 10,000m at the Horizon League Championships

2021 Outdoor:
  • PR at Horizon LeagueĀ ChampionshipsĀ in the 5000m (15:36.53)

2021 Indoor:
  • 8thĀ at SVSU Tuneup in 3000m

2020 Indoor:
  • Was 25th in the 3000m at the Windsor Team Challenge
  • Set two PR's at the Horizon League Championships finishing 17th in the 5000m in 15:59.58 and 20th in the 3000m in 9:08.41

Prior to Detroit Mercy:
  • A MHSAA D2 cross country state meetĀ qualifier as a sophomore, junior, and senior
  • Placed eighth in the 4x800-meter relay and was a 1,600-meterĀ state qualifier as a senior
  • Scored in three events in CHSLĀ Championships to help the team win back-to-back league championships in 2018 and 2019.Ā 

Personal:
  • Son ofĀ Geraldina and OscarĀ Hernandez
  • His father was a standout baseball player at Ferris State
  • Has two older sisters
  • Enjoys running, dancing and bike riding
  • A Business Administration major

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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  • 2023-24Graduate Student

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