- 2020 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (cross country)
- 2020 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
- 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2019 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (cross country)
- 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2018 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (cross country)
- 2018-19 Rob & Molly Cohen Scholar
- 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2017 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
College Bests
| OUTDOOR |
|
INDOOR |
|
XC |
|
| 800 |
1:59.92 |
800 |
2:00.99 |
5K |
16:36.2 |
| 1500 |
4:06.78 |
Mile |
4:29.15 |
8K |
26:04.9 |
|
|
3000 |
9:18.10 |
10K |
33:35.5 |
2020 Cross Country: At the RMAC Championships on Oct. 24, finished 62nd after running eight kilometers in 27 minutes, 19.6 seconds. ... Finished 42nd at the Maverick Invitational on Oct. 10, with an 8K time of 26:55.9. ... Placed 24th at the UCCS Open on Sept. 8, finishing 8K in 28:11.8.
2020 Outdoor Track & Field: No season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 Indoor Track & Field: Finished fourth in the 800 meters (2 minutes, 0.99 seconds) at the Mines Friday Night Invitational on Feb. 21. ... Ran on the fourth-place distance medley relay and placed eighth in the 800 (2:02.54) at the Mines Winter Classic on Feb. 1. ... At the Chadron State Open on Jan. 18, placed third in the 800 (2:03.67) and ran on the fourth-place 4x400 relay.
2019 Cross Country: Finished 122nd at the Division II South Central Regionals on Nov. 9 with a 10-kilometer time of 35 minutes, 11.0 seconds. ... Ran a personal-best 26:04.9 over eight kilometers to place 69th at the RMAC Championships on Oct. 26. ... Finished 34th at the Roadrunner Invitational on Oct. 5 with an 8K time of 27:09.8. ... Placed 56th at the season-opening UCCS Rust Buster on Sept. 7, running 8K in 27:31.9.
2019 Outdoor Track & Field: Redshirted...Competing unattached, finished seventh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Mines Kit Mayer Invite on April 13 with a time of 10 minutes, 46.71 seconds.
2018-19 Indoor Track & Field: Ran an indoor personal-best time of 2:01.00 in the 800 for fifth place at a quadrangular hosted by Colorado School of Mines on Feb. 15...Placed seventh in the 3,000 with a time of 9:20.35 at the Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open on Feb. 9...Ran the mile in 4:30.38 at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 2, good for 29th place...Ran a personal-best 9:18.10 in the 3,000 to place 16th at the Mines Division II Invite & Multi, and also placed 10th in the 800 in 2:03.55 at the Jan. 25-26 meet...Ran a personal-best 4:29.15 in the mile to place fifth, and also finished seventh in the 800 in 2:02.95, at the CSC Open on Jan. 20.
2018 Cross Country: Ran a 10-kilometer personal best time of 33:35.5 at the Division II South Central Regional on Nov. 17, good for 78th place...Covered 8K in 27:39.3 at the RMAC Championships on Nov. 3, good for 81st place...Ran an 8K personal best of 26:37.2 at the Fort Hays State Tiger Open on Oct. 13, good for 78th place...Placed 49th at the Roadrunners Invitational on Oct. 6, covering 8K in 26:56.9...Finished 49th at the Mountaineer-Cowboy Open on Sept. 15 after clocking 28:27.7 for 8K...Finished 29th at the season-opening UCCS Rustbuster Invite on Sept. 1, with an 8K time of 27:49.2.
2018 Outdoor Track & Field: Finished 19th in the 1,500 meters at the RMAC Outdoor Championships...Finished 57th and set a personal record in the 1,500 with a time of 4 minutes, 6.78 seconds at the Bryan Clay Invitational...Finished 14th in the 800 at the Mines Kit Mayer Invite...Finished 11th in the 800 at the CSU-Pueblo Spank Blasing Invite...Finished seventh in the 800 and third in the 4x400 meter relay at the Mines Nature Bakery Invite...Set a personal record in the mile with a time of 4:33.46 at the Colorado Invitational...Placed sixth in the 1,500 at the CSU-Pueblo Early Bird...Finished 10th in the 800 at the Air Force Open...Finished seventh in 800 and third in the Distance Medley Relay at the Mines D-II Invite & Multi.
2017-18 Indoor Track & Field: Placed fourth in the 800 and sixth in the mile at the Mines Twilight Classic.
2017 Cross Country: Ran 10K in 35:05.4 at the South Central Regional Championships, good for 122nd place...Placed 84th at the RMAC Championships with an 8K time of 28:11.8.
High School: Centennial High School class of 2017...Class 6A all-state in 800 meters in 2017...All-district in cross country....Recorded personal bests of 1:57.60 (800), 4:32 (1,600) and 15:54 (5K) all during his senior year...Captain of track and cross country teams as a senior...Coached by Frankie Benavidez...Eight-time letterwinner.
Personal: Born Ruben Alexander Gonzalez in Las Cruces, N.M...Birthday is March 16...Son of Saul and Maribel Gonzales...Has a sister, Jacqueline...Majoring in political science, with a minor in communication.
