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2025 Men's Track

Elijah De La Cerda

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Alamosa, Colo.
  • Highschool Alamosa
  • Prev School Adams State University

Biography

CAREER RESULTS



Career Accolades

FSC Outdoor Track 2,000m Steeplechase School Record Holder (2025)
All-Sunshine State Conference First Team – 3,000m Steeplechase (2025)
All-Sunshine State Conference Second Team – 5,000m (2025)
D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2024-25)
Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll (2025)


AS A GRADUATE (2025)
INDOOR
Competed in three of the Moccasins’ seven indoor meets … saw action in the mile, 3,000m and 5,000m … top individual finish was seventh-place at the RADD Sports College Invitational in the 3,000m … had the second, seventh and eighth fastest 3,000m times on the squad in 2025 … earned the seventh-fastest 5,000m time for the season in 2025 … top season times included 4:18.86 (mile), 8:23.86 (3,000m), and 14:50.87 (5,000m).
 
OUTDOOR
Competed in eight of the Moccasins’ 11 outdoor meets … competed in the 1,500m, 2,000m steeplechase, 3,000m steeplechase, and 5,000m … top individual finish was a win at the Sunshine State Conference Championships in the 3,000m steeplechase … picked up five additional top-10 finishes including two podium finishes … turned in a school record time in the 2,000m steeplechase at the Black and Gold Invitational … secured the first, second and fourth fastest 3,000m steeplechase times on the squad in 2025 and sixth, seventh and ninth best time all-time at FSC … had the second-fastest 5,000m time on the team this season and seventh in the FSC Record Book … top season times included 3:58.41 (1,500m), 6:00.05 (2,000m Steeplechase), 9:21.95 (3,000m Steeplechase), and 14:31.15 (5,000m).

PRIOR TO FSC – AT ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY (2019-24)
Spent five years at Adams State University ... five-time RMAC All-Academic … competed in both cross country and track.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Fla. ... competed in cross country, wrestling and track.
 
PERSONAL
Son of Peter and Ronda Delacerda … has an older brother, Isaiah, a younger brother, Jeremiah, and two younger sisters, Sarah and Hannah … favorite professional teams include PSG, the Lakers and Team Ingebrigsten … favorite professional athlete is Kobe Bryant … enjoys playing spikeball when not out running.

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