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2025 Cross Country Roster

River Santiago

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Blaine, Minn.
  • High School Blaine

Biography

2024: Competed in four races for the Ramblers … Won his collegiate debut at the North Park Invite, running 15:01.3 in the 5K to earn A-10 Rookie of the Week honors … Ran 8K times of 25:39.0 at Notre Dame and 25:30.1 at the Lakefront Invitational … Closed out the season with a personal-best 25:09.8 at the Bradley Pink Classic, placing sixth as Loyola’s third scorer.

High School: 2023 Northwest Suburban Conference champion … 2022 and 2023 MSHSL Section 7AAA champion … 20th place All-State finish at the 2023 MSHSL Class AAA Cross Country State Championships … Sixth and seventh place All-State performances in the 1600m and 3200m at the 2024 MSHSL Class AAA Outdoor Track and Field State Championships … 5x All-State … 3x section champ … 8x All-Conference … 3x academic All-State … 3x academic letter … Holds a 5k (XC) personal best of 15:28 and track personal bests of 4:15 in the 1600m and 9:18 in the 3200m.

Historical Player Information

  • 2024Freshman

  • 2025Sophomore