2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Eric Flores
Brenna Barkley

Dawson Gunn

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Sweetwater, Texas
  • Highschool Rio Rancho
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2024-25: USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (5,000m) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Competed in three meets … Finished sixth in the 5,000m at the RMAC Championships in 14:57.73 … Ran a season-best 14:15.42 at the Terrier Classic … Ran a personal-best 4:11.63 mile and 8:47.40 for 3,000m at the Colorado Classic. Outdoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (10,000m) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Competed in four meets … NCAA Championships qualifier, finishing 22nd in the 5,000m … Finished sixth in the 10K at the RMAC Championships in 30:55.47, and doubled back to be 10th in the 5K in 15:24.78 … Ran a personal-best 5K of 13:52.11 at the Bryan Clay Invitational to qualify for nationals.

2023-24: USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (3K and 5K) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Competed in the 3K and 5K indoors … Held NCAA provisional times in both, running a career-best 14:07.09 in the 5K at the David Hemery Valentine Invite, and 8:21.34 in the 3K at RMAC Championships … Scored at both distances at RMACs, finishing fourth in the 3K and fifth in the 5K. Outdoor Track & Field - First-Team All-RMAC (10K) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Qualified for his first NCAA Championships, running the 10,000m … Competed in four meets during the season in the 5K and 10K … Won the RMAC silver medal in the 10K running a personal-best 29:57.26 at elevation … Also scored with an eighth-place 5K finish in 14:47.10 … Ran a PR 13:58.40 5K at the Bryan Clay Invitational … At the NCAA Championships, finished 15th in the 10K in 31:07.48.

2022-23: Indoor Track & Field - Redshirted. Outdoor Track & Field - Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-sport athlete at Rio Rancho High School in New Mexico … Competed in cross country, track & field and swimming … Won New Mexico’s 1,600-meter state title … Three-time New Mexico State Championships runner-up … Named New Mexico All-State four times … Crowned Rio Rancho Male Athlete of the Year … Earned a total of 12 varsity letters across three sports … Also competed for Sol Running Club and was a two-time USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country All-American … In the classroom earned Crimson Scholar status, Honor Roll distinction, the AP Scholar Award and was a member of the National Honor Society … Plans to major in mechanical engineering at Mines.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

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  • 2023-24Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2025-26Redshirt Junior

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