Elvis Salinas
Elvis Salinas
Height: 5-7
Weight: 118
Year: Soph
High School: Norwalk
Major: Architechture

Cerritos College Cross Country (2012): Helped the team finish second at the Southern California Championships by placing 69th in a time of 21:48.66 after coming in 13th place in the South Coast Conference Championships in a time of 20:37.50 as the team won the title… Came in fifth place overall at the Mt. San Antonio Invitational with a time of 21:07, while his time of 25:48.2 at the Grand Canyon Invitational earned him a 20th place finish… Posted a sixth place finish at the Lou Vasquez Invitational with a time of 20:28.80 and was 21st at the Coast Classic Invitational with a clocking of 21:30.08… Placed 48th at the Mark Covert Classic with a time of 27:10.7…..

Cerritos College Track & Field (2013):
Qualified for the Southern California Championships in the 10,000 meters (32.39.05) after placing fourth at the South Coast Conference Championships... Also ran the 800 meters (2:05.89), 1500 meters (4:15.21), 3000 meters (9:08.06) and 5000 meters (15:31.58) during the season…..

Norwalk HS:
Voted the team’s Most Inspirational Player as a senior and posted a personal best time of 15:21, while he earned the team’s Most Valuable Player and Most Inspirational Player award as a junior… Came in second place at the Suburban League Championships his senior year after placing fifth as a junior… Received the Coaches Award as a freshman… Spent four years on the cross country and track and field teams… Garnered the team’s MVP and Most Inspirational Player Award as a senior and junior… Specialized in the 1600 meters (4:33) and 3200 meters (9:54)…..

Personal:
Most memorable moment was when he won the distance medley race at the LA County Relays and came in first place in the 4x1600 meters at the Bell Gardens Invitational while on the track and field team… Is also working on a major in engineering, as well as minors in Japanese and business… Hobbies include eating, sleeping and playing video games… Has two sisters – Cindy (17) and Jessica (8)… Is the son of Celso Salinas and Angelica Enriques… Born in Torrance, CA on November 14, 1993…..

Favorite Athlete:
Steve Prefontaine         Favorite Movie:  “The Avengers”
Favorite Food: Pizza                                 Favorite TV Show: “The Big Bang Theory”
Favorite Book: “Eragon”