2019 Track & Field Roster

Oscar Herrera

  • Position Sprints/Hurdles
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Sequim, Wash.
  • High School Sequim

Biography

2019: Ran the 400-meter hurdles three times during the outdoor season … had a PR at the Doris Heritage Festival, winning in 53.89 seconds … second at the Ken Shannon Invite in 54.25 … third in the UW-WSU Dual 400m hurdles in 54.29 … indoors, twice ran the 600-meters with a best of 1:22.31 at the Last Chance Meet … ran on a 4x400m relay at the UW Indoor Preview in 3:21.48.

2018: Lowered his personal-best in the 400-meter hurdles and scored at the Pepsi Team Invitational and UW-WSU Dual … ended the season with a 400m hurdles PR of 54.04 at the Ken Shannon Invitational, taking fifth … was second in the 400m hurdles at the Dual Meet in 54.27 … seventh in the 400m hurdles at Pepsi in 56.57 and eighth in the 110m hurdles in 15.55 … sixth at the Trojan Invitational with a time of 55.32 for the hurdles … missed the indoor season due to an injury.

2017: Raced a full outdoor season in the 400-meter hurdles, ranking second on the squad in that event … closed out the season with a PR, running 54.35 seconds at the Ken Shannon Invitational for fifth-place … fourth in the 400m hurdles at the UW-WSU Dual in 55.01 seconds … opened the outdoor season with a time of 54.66 for the hurdles at the Trojan Invite for fourth-place … indoors, redshirted the season, competing unattached at three meets … ran 51.08 seconds for 400-meters unattached at the UW Indoor Preview.

High School and Personal: Born in Port Angeles, Wash. ... parents are Veronica and Ezequel Herrera ... has one older brother, Emanuel, and two younger brothers, Aberham and Jesus ... a multiple-time state finalist at the 2A level in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles ... a four-time individual Olympic League Champion, sweeping the hurdles as a junior and senior ... a four-time All-Peninsula MVP ... anchored the 2A state title winning 4x400m relay in 2015 ... won the 2016 district meet in the 300m hurdles with a career-best time of 38.35 seconds ... as a senior, was third at state in the 110m hurdles and fifth in the 300m hurdles finals ... ran 110m hurdles best of 14.65 seconds.

Outdoor Bests
400m Hurdles.......53.89

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2018Sophomore

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2019Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles