Pablo Durana
Pablo Durana

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Montreal, Canada

High School:
Phillips Academy, Mass.

Height:
5-9½

Senior Year: Placed 17th to lead the team at the cross country ACC Championships with a time of 24:28.7 • Scored at the NCAA Southeast regional, finishing 47th • Won the 8K Carolina Challenge in 25:35 • Teamed with Jeffrey Peterson to win the Wake Forest Relays

Junior Year: Named to USA Today's 2005 All-USA College Academic First Team • Competed in the mile and 3,000 during the indoor season • Competed in the 1,500 and the steeplechase during the outdoor season • Redshirted the cross country season after spending the fall semester studying abroad.

Sophomore Year: Scored in the 5,000 at the ACC Outdoor Championships, finishing eighth • Regional qualifier in the 1,500 • Scored in the mile at the 2004 ACC Indoor Championships, finishing fifth • Also ran cross country, competing in the ACC and Southeast Regional Championships.

Freshman Year: Competed in the mile and the 800 during the indoor season • Competed in the 1,500 and the 5,000 during the outdoor season • Also ran cross country.

Prep: Named most valuable runner in both cross country and track in senior season • Selected as the Most Able Athlete of the Year in 2002 • Set the school cross country course record in the 5K with a time of 15:40 • Finished first at the 2001 New England Prep School Championships in the 1,500 and 800 • Also won the 800 and 1,600-meter relay in 2002 • Named to the honor roll in high school and received the Pan American Society Award.

Personal: Majoring in communication studies and media production • Won 2006 Jim Tatum Memorial Award, given to the varsity intercollegiate athlete who has performed with distinction in his or her sport and contributed to the university community • Named to 2005 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men's Cross Country Team • Received the Chancellor Robert B. House Distinguished Service Award • Founder and coordinator of the Carolina Language Partnership • Pablo Durana is the son of Juanita and Roberto Durana • Born March 10, 1983 in Bogotá, Colombia.