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2024-25 Track & Field Roster

Khalid Mendez

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Miami, Fla.
  • High School Ellison HS
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Biography

Collegiate PRs | Indoor: 60m: 6.79, 200m: 21.04; Outdoor: 100m: 10.43, 200m: 21.03, 400m: 48.84 

TFRRS Profile
 
Championship Appearances at UTA
  • 2024 NCAA Division I West First Round
  • 2023 NCAA Division I West First Round

Medals at UTA
  • 2024 Indoor Silver - 200m
  • 2022 Outdoor Silver - 4x400m Relay

UTA All-Time Top 5 List
  • No. 5: Indoor 200m (21.04 in the prelims at the 2024 WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships)

2024-25 SEASON AT UTA
2025 Indoor: Competed in three regular season meets … Competed in the 60m and 200m at the WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships … Ran a personal best 6.79 in the 60m at the Owen Hewett Invitational where he finished fourth overall … Posted a season’s best time of 21.41 in the 200m at the Texas A&M Ted Nelson Invitational where he finished sixth overall.
2025 Outdoor: Competed in seven regular season meets … Competed in the 100m, 200m and as a member of the 4x100m relay team at the WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, finishing eighth overall in the 100m and fourth overall in the 4x100m relay … Ran a season’s best 10.49 in the 100m at the 44 Farms Team Invitational. 
 
2023-24 SEASON AT UTA
2024 Indoor: Competed in three regular season meets … Competed in the 60m and 200m at the WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, claiming the silver medal in the 200m while posting a season’s best time of 21.04 in the 60m prelims … Finished third overall in the 200m at the Arkansas Invitational.
2024 Outdoor: Competed in eight regular season meets … Competed in the 200m at the NCAA DI West First Round … Competed in the 100m, 200m and as a member of the 4x100m relay team at the WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, finishing fifth overall in the 100m and fourth overall in the 200m … Ran a season’s bests times of 10.23 in the 100m and 20.76 in the 200m at the 44 Farms Team Invitational where he finished fifth overall in both events … Finished fifth overall in the 100m at the TCU Alumni Invitational.
 
2022-23 SEASON AT UTA
2023 Indoor: Competed in three regular season meets … Competed in the 60m, 200m and as a member of the 4x400m relay team at the WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, finishing sixth overall in the 200m and fifth overall in the 4x400m relay while running a season’s best 6.84 in the 60m … Ran a season’s best 21.40 in the 200m at the Texas Tech Open … Finished fourth overall in the 200m and fifth overall in the 60m at the Howie Ryan Invitational.
2023 Outdoor: Competed in eight regular season meets … Competed in the 200m at the NCAA DI West First Round … Competed in the 100m, 200m and as a member of both the 4x100m relay team and the 4x400m relay team at the WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, posting personal bests in the 100m finals (10.43 for a fourth place finish) and the 200m finals (21.03 for a fifth place finish) while finishing fourth overall in the 4x400m relay and sixth overall in the 4x100m relay … Posted a personal best time of 48.84 in the 400m at the UTA Invitational where he finished fourth overall … Finished second overall in the 100m and third overall in the 200m at the North Texas Classic … Placed third overall in the 200m at the Sooner Invitational & Multis.
 
2021-22 SEASON AT UTA
2022 Indoor: Competed in four regular season meets … Competed in the 60m, 200m and as a member of the 4x400m relay team at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, finishing fourth overall in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:20.59 and running season’s bests of 7.06 in the 60m and 22.21 in the 200m.
2022 Outdoor: Competed in seven regular season meets … Competed in the 100m, 200m and as a member of the 4x100m relay team and the 4x400m relay team at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, bringing home a silver medal in the 4x400m relay behind a time of 3:09.76 … Ran season’s bests of 10.55 in the 100m and 21.23 in the 200m at the UTA Invitational … Finished third overall in both the 100m and 200m at the UTA vs. UNT Dual.

HIGH SCHOOL
2021 graduate of Ellison High School in Killeen, Texas. 
 
PERSONAL
Born April 29, 2003 … Kinesiology major.
 
UPDATED: 10/24/25