Zachery Quinones Class: Senior Hometown: McAllen, Texas High School: McAllen

7CROSS COUNTRY: Opened the season at the Buffalo Stampede with a seventh-place finish and a time of 21:46 ... ran a time of 25:39.7 and a 13th-place finish at the Jackrabbit Open ... had a third-place team finish at the UT-Permian Basin Invite with a time of 25:47, setting a personal best 8K time ... clocked a 32:37.5 at the Chile Pepper Festival ... finished with a sixth-place team finish at the Big 12 Championships with a clocked time of 27:08.35 ... ended his season at Regionals ... with a fourth-place-team finish and a time of 33:37.8.

2006 CROSS COUNTRY: Participated in each of Texas Tech's five events ... highest finish was at the home meet, the Red Raider Jackrabbit Open, with placing of 17th in a time of 26:35.69 ... ran a time of 26:33.87 at Murray Keatinge to take 50th place.

PERSONAL:Born on Jan. 23, 1987, to Hector and Vangie Quinones in El Paso, Texas ... father is a border border patrol agent ... mother graduated from UT-Pan American and is currently a teacher ... has one sister, Yvette, 22 ... interests include graphic design, poker and hanging out with friends ... majoring in exercise and sport sciences.