#Razorfacts
Redshirt Senior (2015)
Opened his senior campaign at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 3) finishing 14th … Crossed the line as the sixth Arkansas finisher with a time of 24:07.25 … Raced in the Pre-Nationals (Oct. 17) placing 39th overall … Posted a personal record in the 8K at Louisville, Kentucky with a time of 23:50.90 finishing fourth for Arkansas ... Competed in the SEC Championships (Oct.30) placing ninth overall ... Posted a personal record in the 8K with a time of 23:47.60 ... Gonzalez found his stride in the 10K leading the Razorbacks with a 3rd place finish in the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 13) and earning an All-Region honor ... He posted a time of 30:11.20 to pace Arkansas on the College Station course ... Closed his senior season with a 48th place finish in the NCAA Championships (Nov. 21) ... Finished strong posting a time of 30:31.70 placing third for the Razorbacks in his final cross country event.
Redshirt Junior (2014)
NCAA All-Region … All-SEC first team member … Finished inside Arkansas’ top five in all seven races … Earned a top five overall finish in five meets … Set a new personal-best in the four-mile (20:10.00) and 10-kilmoter (29:55.00) … Opened the year with his highest finish ever at Arkansas (2nd) at the Hurricane Cross Country Championship where posted a personal-best four-mile time of 20:10.00 … Finished fourth at the Iona Meet of Champions (Sept. 20) with an 8-kilometer time of 25:42.94 … Posted his third straight top five finish at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 4), where he placed fifth after completing the 8K course in 25:14.00 … Was the third Razorback to cross the finish line at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 17) with a season-best 8K time of 24:25.00 to place 61st … Posted an 8K time of 24:26.47 at the 2014 SEC Championship (Oct. 31) to place fourth overall and earn All-SEC first team honors … Set a new personal-best time in the 10-kilometer (29:55.00) at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 14) to finish fifth and earn his third-straight NCAA All-Region honor … Ended the year with a 209th-place finish at the NCAA Championship (Nov. 22), where he posted a 10K time of 32:45.30.
Redshirt Sophomore (2013)
Earned NCAA All-Region honors after finishing ninth at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 15) where he completed the 10K course in 30:23.90 to help the Razorbacks to win the meet ... Placed on the All-SEC second team with a 10th-place finish at the SEC Championships (Nov. 1) ... Competed and scored in six of the team’s seven meets ... Collected a season-best finish of fifth at the season-opening Arkansas Duels (20:27.20 6.6K) ... His 8K time of 24:13.43 at the SEC Championship was the fourth-highest finish for the Razorbacks and helped them win the SEC title ... Ran a season-best 8K time of 24:10.00 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational to finish 67th.
Prior to Arkansas
University of Kansas
Redshirt Freshman (2012)
Earned All-Region honors at the NCAA Midwest Regional (Nov. 9) with his 24th-place finish and 10K time of 30:58.76 to be Kansas’ top finisher at the race … Ran in five of the Jayhawk’s six meets on the year, finishing in KU’s top seven in each … Placed fourth in his first meet in a KU singlet, the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 1), traversing the 6K course in 19:49.5 ... Notched a 35th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 27) and was the seventh KU scorer with his 8K time of 24:58.7.
Freshman (2011)
Redshirted his first year on campus.
High School
A two-time Arkansas 7A state cross country champion at Springdale High School ... Won the 2011 Arkansas state indoor and outdoor titles in the 1,600m and 3,200m ... Holds the school record in the 1,600m (4:18) and the 3,200m (9:18).
Personal
Born on June 23, 1992 ... Son of Orsy and Rosa Gonzalez ... Has one younger brother, Romario ... Majoring in health and physical education.
- Three-time NCAA Cross Country All-Region (2012, 2013, 2014)
- 2014 Cross Country All-SEC first team
- 2013 Cross Country All-SEC second team
Redshirt Senior (2015)
Opened his senior campaign at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 3) finishing 14th … Crossed the line as the sixth Arkansas finisher with a time of 24:07.25 … Raced in the Pre-Nationals (Oct. 17) placing 39th overall … Posted a personal record in the 8K at Louisville, Kentucky with a time of 23:50.90 finishing fourth for Arkansas ... Competed in the SEC Championships (Oct.30) placing ninth overall ... Posted a personal record in the 8K with a time of 23:47.60 ... Gonzalez found his stride in the 10K leading the Razorbacks with a 3rd place finish in the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 13) and earning an All-Region honor ... He posted a time of 30:11.20 to pace Arkansas on the College Station course ... Closed his senior season with a 48th place finish in the NCAA Championships (Nov. 21) ... Finished strong posting a time of 30:31.70 placing third for the Razorbacks in his final cross country event.
Redshirt Junior (2014)
NCAA All-Region … All-SEC first team member … Finished inside Arkansas’ top five in all seven races … Earned a top five overall finish in five meets … Set a new personal-best in the four-mile (20:10.00) and 10-kilmoter (29:55.00) … Opened the year with his highest finish ever at Arkansas (2nd) at the Hurricane Cross Country Championship where posted a personal-best four-mile time of 20:10.00 … Finished fourth at the Iona Meet of Champions (Sept. 20) with an 8-kilometer time of 25:42.94 … Posted his third straight top five finish at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 4), where he placed fifth after completing the 8K course in 25:14.00 … Was the third Razorback to cross the finish line at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 17) with a season-best 8K time of 24:25.00 to place 61st … Posted an 8K time of 24:26.47 at the 2014 SEC Championship (Oct. 31) to place fourth overall and earn All-SEC first team honors … Set a new personal-best time in the 10-kilometer (29:55.00) at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 14) to finish fifth and earn his third-straight NCAA All-Region honor … Ended the year with a 209th-place finish at the NCAA Championship (Nov. 22), where he posted a 10K time of 32:45.30.
Redshirt Sophomore (2013)
Earned NCAA All-Region honors after finishing ninth at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 15) where he completed the 10K course in 30:23.90 to help the Razorbacks to win the meet ... Placed on the All-SEC second team with a 10th-place finish at the SEC Championships (Nov. 1) ... Competed and scored in six of the team’s seven meets ... Collected a season-best finish of fifth at the season-opening Arkansas Duels (20:27.20 6.6K) ... His 8K time of 24:13.43 at the SEC Championship was the fourth-highest finish for the Razorbacks and helped them win the SEC title ... Ran a season-best 8K time of 24:10.00 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational to finish 67th.
Prior to Arkansas
University of Kansas
Redshirt Freshman (2012)
Earned All-Region honors at the NCAA Midwest Regional (Nov. 9) with his 24th-place finish and 10K time of 30:58.76 to be Kansas’ top finisher at the race … Ran in five of the Jayhawk’s six meets on the year, finishing in KU’s top seven in each … Placed fourth in his first meet in a KU singlet, the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 1), traversing the 6K course in 19:49.5 ... Notched a 35th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 27) and was the seventh KU scorer with his 8K time of 24:58.7.
Freshman (2011)
Redshirted his first year on campus.
High School
A two-time Arkansas 7A state cross country champion at Springdale High School ... Won the 2011 Arkansas state indoor and outdoor titles in the 1,600m and 3,200m ... Holds the school record in the 1,600m (4:18) and the 3,200m (9:18).
Personal
Born on June 23, 1992 ... Son of Orsy and Rosa Gonzalez ... Has one younger brother, Romario ... Majoring in health and physical education.