Class: Junior
High School: Shelton
Hometown: Shleton, Conn.
2007 Outdoor: Took 22nd in the 800-meter run at the Duke Invitational ... Runner-up in his heat of the 1,500-meter race at the same meet (4:01.30).
2007 Indoor: Ran second leg of ninth-place distance medley relay at the ACC Championships (10:10.71) ... Also picked up 19th-place finish in the 3,000-meter run with an 8:40.06 time at the conference meet ... Led off distance medley relay that finished fifth (10:33.55) at the VT Challenge.
2006 Cross Country: One of five Hokies to place in top 10 at the Wake Forest Relays, with a ninth-place effort in 22:42 ... Took 55th place at the ACC Championships at 26:17 ... Finished 43rd in the William and Mary Inter-Regional with a time of 26:04 ... Placed 78th at the NCAA Southeast Regional meet in 32:49 and was 84th at the Chile Pepper Invitational in 31:38.
2005 Cross Country: Finished 14th at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 20:04.92 ... Placed 16th at the VT Alumni Meet in 26:32.14 ... Was 16th at the Mountaineer Open with a time of 20:44.51.
High School: Won the 1,600-meter race and the 4x800-meter relay titles at the SCC Championships ... Four-time cross country MVP ... Two-time all-area and all-conference ... Two-time outdoor MVP and one-time indoor MVP ... Holds the school record for 1,600-meter race and 4x800-meter relay ... Member of the Spanish Honor Society.
Personal: Born Feb. 6, 1987 in Derby, Conn. ... Son of Oswald and Dorothy Padilla ... Industrial design major.
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