Joaquin Martinez de Pinillos

Height:
5-11
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
San Diego, CA
High School:
Cathedral Catholic HS

TFRRS Profile
Entering 2023-24 season, has one year of eligibility left in outdoor track and field.
Two-time NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier in 5,000 (2021, 2022) — Wake Forest
2022 NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier in 10,000 — Wake Forest

2018-23 (Wake Forest)
Across five seasons at Wake Forest, recorded six top-10 marks on the Demon Deacons' all-time list ... posted second-fastest indoor 5,000-meter time in school history (13:55.85) at 2022 ACC Indoor Championships ... No. 3 all-time at Wake Forest in indoor 3,000 (7:53.84), outdoor 5,000 (13:39.83) and 10,000 (29:07.07) ... ran the second leg on Wake Forest's 2022 indoor distance medley relay team that posted the fifth fastest time in program history (9:40.54) ... in 2022 qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the 5,000 and 10,000 ... also qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in 2021 (5,000) ... as a team captain, led the Demon Deacons to three appearances at the NCAA Cross Country Championships and helped the team finish fifth in 2022, 10th in 2021 and 15th in spring 2021 season ... in 2022 led Wake Forest men to their first ACC title since 1994 ... earned career-best individual finish at 2022 NCAA XC Championships of 100th ... posted a personal best of 3:43.86 in 1,500.

Prep
Earned four varsity letters in cross country and four in track at Cathedral Catholic High (San Diego, Calif.) … named a Foot Locker All-American and a member of the Foot Locker All-West Team … runner-up at 2017 CIF state cross country meet … team took first at state in 2016 and 16th at 2016 Nike Cross Nationals … finished 29th at the 2017 Foot Locker Nationals.

Personal
Pursuing master's degree in public policy at Cal Poly ... earned bachelor's in communications and master's in science management from Wake Forest ... son of Joaquin and Monica Martinez de Pinillos ... born in Maryland.