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Career Honors and Recognition
2023 Second Team All-SEC (Outdoor)
2x Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2022)
2023 CSC Academic All District

Season and Career Results

2024

Indoor

Competed in four meets for ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ during the indoor season, setting new personal bests in the mile, 3K and the 5K … Opened his indoor season with a runner-up finish in the mile at the Carolina Challenge, running the second fastest indoor mile in program history at 3:58.42 … Finished eighth at the Razorback Invitational 3K with a time of 7:58.77 for the second fastest indoor 3K in Carolina history … Ran a pair of 5K events on the season, running the second fastest time in school history at the David Hemery Valentine Invite at 13:49.33 … Finished 11^th at the SEC Championship in the indoor 5K.

2023

Indoor

Appeared in just four meets during the indoor season, running the 3,000 meter and the 5,000 meter … Ran an indoor personal best in the 3K to open the season at the Carolina Challenge with a win, stopping the clock at 8:02.55 for the second fastest indoor 3K in Gamecock history … One week later, he ran the fastest 5K in Gamecock indoor history, finishing first at the Columbia Challenge with a personal best time of 13:58.05 … Also took home a win at the Tiger Paw Invite in the 3K, running 8:05.99 … Scored twice at the SEC Indoor Championship, finishing sixth in the 5K (14:19.11) and eighth in the 3K (8:04.04).

Outdoor

Took part in five meets during the 2023 outdoor campaign, running the 1,500, the 5,000 meter and the 10K … Made his outdoor collegiate debut in the Bahamas, winning the 1,500 meter with a time of 3:54.80 … Set a program record in the 5K at the Penn Relays when he ran 13:52.94 to finish eighth overall … Medaled at the SEC Championship in the 10K when he finished third with a personal best time of 30:15.90 … Was named Second Team All-SEC for his finish in the 10K, the third fastest 10K in outdoor Gamecock history … Was an NCAA East Regional qualifier in the 5K, running 14:35.76.

2022

Indoor

Competed in eight meets during the indoor campaign, running the mile, 3,000-meter and the distance medley relay … Made his collegiate debut at the Clemson Opener on Dec. 3, winning the 3,000m with a time of 8:39.06 … Followed that up with a pair of wins in the Gamecock Opener in his first home meet, winning in both the mile (4:12.22) and the DMR (10:31.05) … Recorded his 3,000m season best at the ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ Invitational when he logged a time of 8:22.76, placing ninth overall … In the very next meet, he recorded his personal best in the mile, clocking a time of 4:08.68 to place seventh overall … Also won the mile at the UofSC Indoor Open (4:10.09) and narrowly missed out on scoring at the SEC Indoor Championship in the DMR, finishing ninth with a time of 9:49.50.

Outdoor

Did not compete.

Pre-·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ

High School

Was the Portuguese U20 3,000-meter champion in 2020 … Was third at the U23 Portuguese Championships in the 1,500 meters in 2021 … Raced at the European Athletics U23 Championships in the 5,000 meters.

Personal

Chose ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ over Boston, Boise State and Drake because of his close relationship with Coach Allden and a former student-athlete … Has a younger brother … Was born to his parents Paulo Jorge Santiago Baptista and Paula Kristina Lopes do Amaral on Feb. 19, 2001.

Personal Records

Indoor

Outdoor