The University of Mississippi Athletics
2022 Track and Field Roster
Garcia Romo, Mario
Mario Garcia Romo
- Year (Indoor/Outdoor):
- R-Jr. * / Sr. ^
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- Salamanca, Spain
- High school:
- Ies De Peñaranda De Bracamonte
- Major:
- Chemistry
Bio
TFRRS Bio
2021 Outdoor (Junior)
European U23 Silver Medalist (1500-Meter)
First-Team All-American (1500-Meter, 5th)
NCAA Qualifier (1500-Meter)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (1500-Meter, 4th)
SEC Scorer (1500-Meter, 4th)
Ran in 1500-meter at Spanish national meet in hopes of qualifying for 2021 Olympic Games ... Finished third in the final at 3:46.78 ... Two days later (June 29) on final global day of worldwide qualifying came narrowly close to qualifying standard and ranking score for Tokyo, running an Ole Miss record 3:35.79 at a last-chance meet in Spain ... Won silver medal at European U23 Championships in Tallinn, running 3:40.11 in the 1500-meter final ... First-Team All-American in the 1500-meter in fifth place at 3:38.66, one of two Rebel scorers (Waleed Suliman, third place) ... Finished fourth in the 1500-meter at the NCAA East Regional to punch his first career ticket to Eugene ... Scored at the SEC Championships with a fourth-place finish in the 1500 at 3:40.57 ... Also finished 11th in the 5K at 14:29.42 ... Ran what was then a personal best 3:37.17 at the Joe Walker Invitational on April 10 ... Ran career-best 800-meter time of 1:47.93 at Mississippi State's Maroon and White Invite on April 30.
2021 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore)
NCAA Runner-Up (Distance Medley Relay)
2x First-Team All-American (DMR, 2nd; 3K, 3rd)
2x NCAA Qualifier (DMR, 3K)
2x SEC Champion (DMR, 3K)
NCAA Runner-Up and two-time First-Team All-American honoree ... Ran anchor leg on Ole Miss' NCAA runner-up distance medley relay team than ran the third-fastest time in NCAA history and fourth-fastest time in world history at 9:20.75, falling only to the world record holders of Oregon ... Ran 3:53.28 on the 1600-meter anchor leg ... Also earned All-American honors after a third-place finish in the NCAA 3K at 7:48.59 ... First Rebel men's athlete to score in multiple events at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Eight NCAA Indoor points most by a Rebel indoors since Sam Kendricks finished NCAA runner-up in the pole vault in 2014 ... Helped lead the Rebel men to a program record 20 meet points and a 10th-place team finish, the best by a Rebel men's team indoors since 2001 (10th) ... Won two SEC titles ... Ran a 3:54.69 anchor on Ole Miss' SEC title winning distance medley relay team that broke the SEC meet record at 9:29.35 ... Third straight SEC DMR win for the Rebel men, as well as seventh in last eight years ... Won SEC 3K title at 8:03.99, his first career SEC individual track title ... Split 53.14 over final 400 ... Only second Rebel to ever win SEC 3K title (Ryan Walling, 2016) ... Helped lead Ole Miss men to fourth-place team finish at 70.5 points, scoring 12.5 points by himself ... Set 3K school record at the Razorback Invite at 7:48.40, breaking Robert Domanic's 2016 record by six seconds (7:54.58) ... Was one of four Rebels to break four-minute mile barrier at Vanderbilt's Music City Challenge on Feb. 12, running a mile PR of 3:56.46 (No. 2 all-time at Ole Miss).
2020 Outdoor (Sophomore)
Season was canceled due to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.
2020 Indoor (Sophomore)
Redshirt.
2019 Outdoor (Freshman)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (1500-Meter, 42nd Place)
Qualified for the NCAA East Region Championships in the 1500-meter and placed 42nd (3:59.50) ... Finished 10th in the 1500-meter at the SEC Outdoor Championships (3:51.75) ... Came in 39th at the Mt. SA Relays in the 5K (14:28.91) ... Opened the season by placing fifth in the 1500-meter at the Joe Walker Classic (3:44.69).
2019 Indoor (Freshman)
First-Team All-American (Distance Medley Relay, 8th Place)
SEC Champion (Distance Medley Relay)
First-Team All-SEC (Distance Medley Relay)
SEC Freshman Runner of the Year
SEC Scorer (3K, 5th Place)
Earned First-Team All-American status as a member of the Ole Miss eighth-place DMR squad at the NCAA Indoor Championships (9:35.45) … Won SEC gold as a member of the first-place DMR squad (9:43.91), earning First-Team All-SEC status … Also scored SEC points with a fifth-place finish in the 3K at a PR 8:05.77, the sixth-best time in school history … Named SEC Men’s Freshman of the Year after his impressive season … Ran a personal-best 4:03.30 in the mile at the David Hemery Valentine Invite, the No. 9 time in school history … Also competed at the Indiana Relays, finishing fourth in the mile at 4:03.30 … Opened his collegiate career with a third-place finish in the 3K at the Vanderbilt Invite (8:15.40).
High School
Finished ninth at the European Cross-Country Championships … Placed 31st at the World Cross Country Championships … 6x International Athlete with the Spanish team … Had personal bests in the 800-meter (1:50.66), 1500-meter (3:42.35), and indoor 3K (8:12).
Personal
Born June 29, 1999 to Ana Belen and Juan Jose Romo … Chose Ole Miss over Wisconsin, Kentucky, Florida, and Iona ... Majoring in chemistry.
2021 Outdoor (Junior)
European U23 Silver Medalist (1500-Meter)
First-Team All-American (1500-Meter, 5th)
NCAA Qualifier (1500-Meter)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (1500-Meter, 4th)
SEC Scorer (1500-Meter, 4th)
Ran in 1500-meter at Spanish national meet in hopes of qualifying for 2021 Olympic Games ... Finished third in the final at 3:46.78 ... Two days later (June 29) on final global day of worldwide qualifying came narrowly close to qualifying standard and ranking score for Tokyo, running an Ole Miss record 3:35.79 at a last-chance meet in Spain ... Won silver medal at European U23 Championships in Tallinn, running 3:40.11 in the 1500-meter final ... First-Team All-American in the 1500-meter in fifth place at 3:38.66, one of two Rebel scorers (Waleed Suliman, third place) ... Finished fourth in the 1500-meter at the NCAA East Regional to punch his first career ticket to Eugene ... Scored at the SEC Championships with a fourth-place finish in the 1500 at 3:40.57 ... Also finished 11th in the 5K at 14:29.42 ... Ran what was then a personal best 3:37.17 at the Joe Walker Invitational on April 10 ... Ran career-best 800-meter time of 1:47.93 at Mississippi State's Maroon and White Invite on April 30.
2021 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore)
NCAA Runner-Up (Distance Medley Relay)
2x First-Team All-American (DMR, 2nd; 3K, 3rd)
2x NCAA Qualifier (DMR, 3K)
2x SEC Champion (DMR, 3K)
NCAA Runner-Up and two-time First-Team All-American honoree ... Ran anchor leg on Ole Miss' NCAA runner-up distance medley relay team than ran the third-fastest time in NCAA history and fourth-fastest time in world history at 9:20.75, falling only to the world record holders of Oregon ... Ran 3:53.28 on the 1600-meter anchor leg ... Also earned All-American honors after a third-place finish in the NCAA 3K at 7:48.59 ... First Rebel men's athlete to score in multiple events at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Eight NCAA Indoor points most by a Rebel indoors since Sam Kendricks finished NCAA runner-up in the pole vault in 2014 ... Helped lead the Rebel men to a program record 20 meet points and a 10th-place team finish, the best by a Rebel men's team indoors since 2001 (10th) ... Won two SEC titles ... Ran a 3:54.69 anchor on Ole Miss' SEC title winning distance medley relay team that broke the SEC meet record at 9:29.35 ... Third straight SEC DMR win for the Rebel men, as well as seventh in last eight years ... Won SEC 3K title at 8:03.99, his first career SEC individual track title ... Split 53.14 over final 400 ... Only second Rebel to ever win SEC 3K title (Ryan Walling, 2016) ... Helped lead Ole Miss men to fourth-place team finish at 70.5 points, scoring 12.5 points by himself ... Set 3K school record at the Razorback Invite at 7:48.40, breaking Robert Domanic's 2016 record by six seconds (7:54.58) ... Was one of four Rebels to break four-minute mile barrier at Vanderbilt's Music City Challenge on Feb. 12, running a mile PR of 3:56.46 (No. 2 all-time at Ole Miss).
2020 Outdoor (Sophomore)
Season was canceled due to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.
2020 Indoor (Sophomore)
Redshirt.
2019 Outdoor (Freshman)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (1500-Meter, 42nd Place)
Qualified for the NCAA East Region Championships in the 1500-meter and placed 42nd (3:59.50) ... Finished 10th in the 1500-meter at the SEC Outdoor Championships (3:51.75) ... Came in 39th at the Mt. SA Relays in the 5K (14:28.91) ... Opened the season by placing fifth in the 1500-meter at the Joe Walker Classic (3:44.69).
2019 Indoor (Freshman)
First-Team All-American (Distance Medley Relay, 8th Place)
SEC Champion (Distance Medley Relay)
First-Team All-SEC (Distance Medley Relay)
SEC Freshman Runner of the Year
SEC Scorer (3K, 5th Place)
Earned First-Team All-American status as a member of the Ole Miss eighth-place DMR squad at the NCAA Indoor Championships (9:35.45) … Won SEC gold as a member of the first-place DMR squad (9:43.91), earning First-Team All-SEC status … Also scored SEC points with a fifth-place finish in the 3K at a PR 8:05.77, the sixth-best time in school history … Named SEC Men’s Freshman of the Year after his impressive season … Ran a personal-best 4:03.30 in the mile at the David Hemery Valentine Invite, the No. 9 time in school history … Also competed at the Indiana Relays, finishing fourth in the mile at 4:03.30 … Opened his collegiate career with a third-place finish in the 3K at the Vanderbilt Invite (8:15.40).
High School
Finished ninth at the European Cross-Country Championships … Placed 31st at the World Cross Country Championships … 6x International Athlete with the Spanish team … Had personal bests in the 800-meter (1:50.66), 1500-meter (3:42.35), and indoor 3K (8:12).
Personal
Born June 29, 1999 to Ana Belen and Juan Jose Romo … Chose Ole Miss over Wisconsin, Kentucky, Florida, and Iona ... Majoring in chemistry.
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