Army West Point Athletics
2013 Men's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Ricardo Galindo
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Farmington Hills, Mich.
- High School:
- Novi-Detroit Catholic
2013 Team Captain
2012: Earned Army's top finish in all seven races en route to earning All-Patriot League second-team honors ... became the first Black Knight to be named Patriot League Men's Runner of the Week since 2008 after winning the individual title at Navy (Oct. 13) in the annual Star Meet with an 8K time of 24:38.56 ... also earned AAA Athlete of the Week honors following the Star Meet performance ... was the first individual Star Meet champion for Army since 2008 ... placed ninth at the conference championships (Oct. 27) to earn second-team recognition ... earned the Black Knights' top individual finish at the NCAA Regional meet (Nov. 9) since 2008 when he crossed the line 35th overall in a field of 239 ... ran the 10K course in Madison, Conn., in 31:12.7 ... earned a pair of academic honors following the season as well ... voted to the Academic All-Patriot League team ... PL Academic Honor Roll for the third consecutive season.
2011: A consistent finisher for the Black Knights during his sophomore campaign ... began the season with a sixth-place finish at the Army Open on Sept. 2 ... completed West Point's 5K course in 15:49.7 ... Army's second-best finisher at the tri-meet against Cornell and Binghamton on Sept. 9 ... completed the 5-mile race in 26:49.9 ... earned points for the Black Knights at the Paul Short Run ... ran Army's third-best time with an 8K mark of 25:48 ... placed fifth of 23 and second on the team in the annual Star Meet against rival Navy ... completed West Point's 8K course in 24:46.40 ... narrowly missed all-league honors with a 16th-place finish at the snow-covered Patriot League Championship on Oct. 29 ... ran Lehigh's 8K course in 25:40.30 ... one of seven Black Knights to compete at the NCAA Regionals on Nov. 12 ... completed the 10K in 34:13.3 to place 143rd of 240 to conclude the season ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2010: Competed in Army's first four meets ... placed 11th of 75 in first collegiate meet - the Army Open on Sept. 3 - finishing the 5K course in 16:40.40 ... earned the Black Knights' fifth-best time in dual meet against Cornell on Sept. 10, placing 16th of 40 overall ... placed 99th of 207 for Army's sixth-best time at Iona Meet of Champions on Sept. 18 ... concluded the season at the Paul Short Run, earning the Black Knights' sixth-best time and placing 261st of 387 overall with an 8K time of 26:14 ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Personal: Son of Ricardo Galindo (USMA `78) and Anne Cloherty ... brother Stephen ... earned six varsity letters at Novi-Detroit ... all-state, all-Catholic, all-region selection ... cross country team won 2009 state championship ... National Honor Society ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... Life Science major.
