Emmanuel Guzman

Height:
5-8
Weight:
null
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Napa, CA
High School:
Vintage HS

2022-23 -- Cross Country: Competed in a pair of meets in third season at Cal Poly ... finished eighth (25:21.3) at Pacific Collegiate Invitational.

2021-22 -- Cross Country: Earned pair of top-50 finishes and also competed in Dellinger Invitational ... placed 14th in season-opening Stump Invitational with an 8K time of 24:07.9 and was 48th in Bronco Invitational. Track & Field: Redshirted … ran unattached in the 3,000 at the Mustang Invitational, finishing sixth with a time of 9:02.30.

2020-21 -- Cross Country: Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Track and Field: Competed in trio of meets, placing fifth in 5,000 at Cal Poly Four-Way (14:59.11), sixth in 3,000 at Cal Poly Blue-Green Rivalry Meet (personal-best 8:34.50) and 12th in 5,000 at Spring Break Invitational (personal-best 14:49.46).

2019-20 -- Cross Country: While redshirting for his first year on campus, ran on an unattached basis at four meets … opening the fall, competed individually at the Lagoon Open hosted by UC Santa Barbara on Aug. 31, clocking the 17th-place overall time (25:58.9 for the 8k), before adding a 15th-place (Open Division) 26:14.0 at the UC Riverside Invitational on Sept. 14 … then took 19th overall while freelancing at the Capital XC Challenge, held in Sacramento Sept. 28, via 25:31.3 … wrapped up his redshirt year with a 37th-place 25:36.8 at the Bronco Invite, hosted by Santa Clara on Oct. 19 in Baylands Park. Track: Spring 2020 season was cancelled; however, retains year of eligibility moving forward.

Prep -- As a senior for Vintage High School in Napa, came in 22nd place at the CIF State Division 2 Cross Country Championship, with a 5k time of 15:44.4 around Woodward Park in Fresno ... his top 3-mile performance — 15:04.1 — tallied fourth place at the 2018 North Coast Section Finals hosted by Hayward High ... in track season for the Crushers, clocked a 3,200-meter effort of 9:32.02 (good for 10th) at the 2018 Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Finals ... also recorded a 9:32.46 at the 2019 Stanford Invitational, good for sixth place ... coached by Brian Pryun, competed in the Monticello Empire League his first three years and then in the Vine Valley Athletic League in 2018-19, when he capped his career with a 1,600m league title thanks to a PR of 4:22.6 ... additionally, was an honor roll student, and was selected as Crusher of the Month, AVID Student of the Month and ultimately Crusher Male Athlete of the Year ... also earned a biliteracy seal, in addition to participating in the Anatomy & Physiology Club.

Personal -- Majoring in nutrition ... chose Cal Poly in part “because of the philosophy of ‘Learn by Doing,’ and I felt it would be a great learning environment” ... aspires to become an orthopedic doctor.