2014-15: Indoor: Ran in six meets as a senior … Finished sixth in the mile run with a career-best time of 4:20.28 and ninth along with the relay team in the 4x800m at the NE-10 Indoor Championships (2/21) … Tallied a 15^th place finish with the relay team in the distance medley relay at the New England Indoor Championships (2/27-28) … Placed 14^th in the mile run at the Bowdoin Invitational #2 (1/24).

Outdoor: Competed in seven meets … Placed 13^th with the relay team in the 4x800m at the New England Outdoor Championships (5/7-9) and eighth at the NE-10 Outdoor Championships (5/1-2) … Finished 18^th in the 1500m run and 20^th in the 800m run at the NE-10 Championships … Placed fifth in the 800m with a season-best time of 1:56.65 at the Stonehill Skyhawk Invite (4/24) … Posted a seventh place in the 1500m with a season-best time of 4:04.66 at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational (4/18) … Finished fifth in the 800m and seventh along with the relay team in the 4x400m at the Coach P Open (4/10-11). 

2013-14 Indoor: Participated in nine events … Finished second in the 800m at the Vermont Invitational (12/7) … Finished second in the 800m at the Tufts Invitational in 1:59.30 (1/18) … Won the mile and helped the 4x800m Relay team place second at the Benyon Invitational (1/25) … Won the 800m at the Southern Maine Invitational in 1:57.83 (2/1) … Placed fourth in the 800m and helped the 4x800m Relay team place eighth at the NE-10 Championships (2/22) … Finished 24th in the 800m at the New England Championships in 1:55.74 (2/28-3/1).

Outdoor: Completed eight events … Placed seventh in the 1500m at the VCU Invitational (3/22) … Ranked fifth in the 800m at the Tufts Snowflake Classic (3/29) … Placed third in the 1500m at the Moravian College “Coach P” Invitational (4/12) … Placed sixth in the 800m at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational (4/19) … Finished second in the 800m at the Regis College Pride Classic (4/27) … Placed eighth in the 800m, placed 11th in the 1500m and helped the 4x400 relay team place ninth at the NE-10 Outdoor Championships (5/2).

2012-13: Competed in two events throughout the year … Recorded a 1^st place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:01.98 during the Benyon Invitational (1/19) … Placed 1^st during the Southern Maine Invitational in the 1000m with a time of 2:39.27 (1/26) … One of team’s top middle distance runners during outdoor season … Finished 19^th in the 800m and 22^nd in the 1500m at NE-10 Championships (5/4) … Helped 4x800m relay team finish 12^th at New England’s (5/11).

2011-12: Placed eighth in the mile at the GBTC Invitational  (1/22) ... Earned third-place finishes in the 800 meter and the 4x400 relay at the Tufts Stampede (2/4) ... Notched a 12th-place finish in the 1500 meter at the Bridgewater State Invitational (3/24) ... Finished in second in the 4x400 relay at the Snowflake Invitational (4/2) ... Helped relay team win the 4x400 race at the Springfield Invitational (4/21) ... Placed 16th in the New England Outdoor Championship in the 4x400 relay (5/12).

Before Merrimack: Also a member of the Merrimack cross country team ... Four-year starter on Lawrence high cross country team…MVC conference race MVP as a freshman and sophomore…appointed team captain as a junior and senior…team MVP as a junior…MVC division 2 MVP award and Eagle Tribune All-Star as a senior.

Personal: Born August 31, 1993…son of Fernando Cruz and Allagracia Parra…has one sibling, Jaylene ... Human Development major.