Vronique Wilson Class: Freshman Height: 5-8 Hometown: Cooper City, Florida High School: Boyd Anderson

Highly recruited freshman...personal bests in high school would have scored points for FIU at the conference meet...big things are expected in the 100 and 200 meters...All-County performer with the second-fastest time in the state in 200-meter dash...helped Boyd Anderson to county, district and regional championships...senior-year track team MVP...in addition to running, competed in high school volleyball and was a cheerleader...sophomore class president and was a summer science participant...Psychology major.

Alexis Aguilar Class: Junior Height: 5-11 Hometown: Hialeah, Florida High School: American

Minor injuries slowed his progress last summer...mainstay on last year's cross country squad, the only member to compete in every meet...posted a career-best 26:34 at the 1998 Seminole Invitational...finished ninth at the Greentree Invitational...was FIU's fourth-fastest runner at the NCAA South Regional with a 10K time of 34:44...indoor 5,000m time of 16:23.31 was second fastest on the team last season...finished fifth at the 1997 UCF cross country Invitational...three-time scholastic All-County performer in cross country who finished third at the '96 state meet...scholar athlete in high school...Sports Medicine major.

Mario Arroyava Class: Sophomore Height: 5-10 Hometown: Miami, Florida High School: Christopher Columbus

A walk-on with future potential in the distance events...ran four years of prep track and three years of cross country...raced with the 1998 Class 6A cross country champion Columbus squad...personal bests include 4:48 mile, 10:20 two mile and 16:25 three-mile times...attended Miami-Dade CC Kendall as a freshman but did not compete...Psychology major.

Joaquin Bassols Class: Sophomore Height: 6-0 Hometown: Miami, Florida High School: G. Holmes Braddock

A walk-on who sat out last season and trained on his own...expected to come in and compete in the sprints...competed in cross country, track and football in high school...in track, voted Best Overall and fastest sprinter and middle distance runner...Education major.

Kevin Bateman Class: Senior Height: 6-3 Hometown: Valrico, Florida High School: Bloomingdale

A strong candidate for the NCAA Championships in the javelin throw...set a school record with a toss of 217'09.00 at the 1999 Hurricane Invitational...that was the longest throw of anyone in the Sun Belt Conference last season by more than 15'...All-Conference performer who won the SBC title with a throw of 202'-2.00...named the conference's Field Performer of the Week on April 27, 1999...1998 TAAC champion with a throw of 201'02.00...missed qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Championships by just three meters after a toss of 210'03.50 at the Penn Relays...TAAC Academic All-Star in 1997-98...transferred from DePaul University where he was a Conference USA All-Freshman soccer player in 1995 and a third-team All-Conference selection as a sophomore...earned high school varsity letters in soccer, football and cross country...Honor Roll student both in high school and at DePaul...Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity member...Sports Management major.

Ethan Cabiac Class: Sophomore Height: 5-10 Hometown: South Daytona, Florida High School: Seabreeze

A track fanatic who works hard to excel...ran a 2:06.16 in the 800 meters at last year's Univesity of Miami Invitational...voted high school's Most Improved in track and MVP in cross country as a senior...ran a two-mile time of 10:55 and a mile 4:59 while leading his high school 4x800m relay team to the regionals...qualified for the USA Track & Field Cross Country Nationals in 1997 and '98...scholastic wrestler for three years...graudated high school Cum Laude and was a National Merit semi-finalist...member of the County All-Academic team...also voted All-County Chorus in 1997...Computer Science major.

Jason Corbett Class: Senior Height: 5-11 Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida High School: Wolfson

Outstanding hurdler who provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400-meter hurdles for the last two years...also a part of the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams...member of the school record holding 4x400 indoor relay team as well as the outdoor 4x400 and distance medley relay teams...his indoor 200-meter dash time of 22.14 also tied the school record...won the Sun Belt crown in the 400-meter hurdles with a 51.66...his season best time of 51.22 just missed NCAA Championship automatic qualification and was the fastest 1999 time in the Sun Belt...placed second in the 1997 TAAC Championship in the 110m high hurdles (14.99) and was third in the 400m hurdles...was second at the 1996 high school state meet in the 300m hurdles and third in the high hurdles...member of Wolfson's state championship mile relay and cross country teams...Architecture/Construction major.

Armando Cruz Class: Sophomore Height: 5-9 Hometown: Miami, Florida High School: Holy Cross Academy

Another walk-on who looks to make his mark running cross country and distance events....a five-sport letterwinner in high school, competing in soccer, cross country, basketball, baseball and track...All-Miami-Dade County who finished fourth in last year's state cross country meet...voted Holy Cross' Athlete of the Year as both a sophomore and junior...Athletic Training/Exercise Physiology major.

Rashad Curry Class: Freshman Height: 5-9 Hometown: Miami, Florida High School: Coral Gables

Expected to score points in the high jump after an outstanding prep career...two time MVP in track and field at Coral Gables HS...set school records in the high jump, long jump and triple jump...earned district and regional championships in the high jump...also competed in basketball...a member of CGHS' district basketball championship team...undecided major.

Carlos Diez-Arguelles Class: Senior Height: 5-5 Hometown: Miami, Florida High School: Christopher Columbus

Enters his last season of eligibility running outdoor track and field...as a cross country runner in 1998, recorded his personal best 27:47 at the Seminole Invitational, shaving almost two minutes off his previous best accomplished two years earlier...ran a personal-best outdoor 5,000m time of 17:00.39 at the 1999 FIU Invitational...competed indoors in the mile and 3,000-meter runs...as a freshman, finished tenth in the 10,000m at the 1997 TAAC Championships (36:48.01)...Construction Management major.

Kevone Fair Class: Freshman Height: 6-0 Hometown: Miami, Florida High School: Jackson

Highly touted triple jumper, gaining recognition in the Track & Field News as one of last year's best prep jumpers...also competes in the long jump...first-team All-Miami-Dade County who won the state championship in the triple jump (48'05.00) and placed second in the long jump (23'00.00)...finished second in the state triple jump as a junior (47'04.25)...helped Jackson finish second at the state meet with those marks...last year's team MVP...personal bests include a triple jump of 49'01.00 and a long jump mark of 23'08.00...participated in the summer track national championships and finished ninth in the triple jump...Psychology major.

Michael Felsberg Class: Freshman Height: 6-0 Hometown: Boynton Beach, Florida High School: John I. Leonard

An All-County prep athlete who has walked on after a tour with the US Marine Corps...distance runner who potentially become a regular with the cross country team...1994 PCAC first-team All-Conference runner...helped Leonard HS to conference cross country championships in 1992 and '94 and to county and district titles...while attending Marine Corps base camp, earned the Pendleton Base 800m championship...undecided major.

Iff Gambetta Class: Freshman Height: 5-10 Hometown: Miami, Florida High School: Sunset

An outstanding all-around athlete who is expected to score points in the pole vault...ran cross country, wrestled and competed in track in high school...personal-best time of 16:51 in cross country (3 miles)...best vault was 13'00.00...second-team All-Miami-Dade pole vaulter in 1998 and '99 when he was district champion both years...named Outstanding Track participant as a sophomore, junior and senior...as a junior varsity wrestler, went undefeated at the 125-point weight class...winner of Sunset's Scholar-Athlete Award...Mechanical Engineering major.

Christian Gutierrez Class: Senior Height: 5-10 Hometown: Miami, Florida High School: Sunset

Limited action last season, running in two cross country meets, finishing 29th at the University of Florida's 1998 Nike Twilight Invitational...finished 17 in the 1997 Greentree Invitational as a sophomore...Conference Academic All-Star that year...a soccer and tennis player as a high school freshman and sophomore, turned his attention to running his last two years...voted Most Improved as a junior and received 110% Award and Highest Academic Achievement Award as a prep senior...helped Sunset to district runner-up title in cross country...member of the Spanish and Physics Clubs in high school...ran with the Miami Runners Club in 1995-96...Electrical Engineering major.

Joseph Huston Class: Sophomore Height: 5-8 Hometown: Winter Park, Florida High School: Lake Howell

A cross country walk-on who transferred to FIU and spending a year at the University of Central Florida...ran four years of track and cross country in high school and played one season of prep baseball...twice named first-team All-Conference in cross country and qualified for the state meet as a senior...personal best cross country time is 15:38 (3 miles)...qualified for the state track meet as both a junior and senior with personal best times of 1:59 in the 800 meters and 4:30 in the mile run...member of his high school's National Honor Society...competed with the 1997 national qualifier Central Florida Gliders club...Accounting major.

Brian Jones Class: Sophomore Height: 5-1 Hometown: Trinidad & Tobago High School: Bishops

A sprinter expected to contribute after a year's absence...100-yard dash specialist who won the 1997 Trans America Athletic Conference championship with a time of 10.94...also finished third in the TAAC 200-meter dash (22.16)...posted a personal-best 10.81 in the 100m at the '97 Coca-Cola Florida Relays...Mechanical Engineering major.

Peter Marrero Class: Sophomore Height: 5-9 Hometown: Bronx, New York High School: Mount St. Michael

A walk-on who is expected to contribute running cross country...three-year prep letterwinner in track and cross country...helped his high school squads to the 1995 city championship and sectional championships in 1995-96-97...ran with Mt. St. Michael's 4x800m relay team whose time of 7:45 was one of the best in the nation in 1996...posted personal best times of 51.3 in the 400 meters and 2:01 in the 800m...also was a high school pole vaulter and long jumper...Honor Roll student for three years...father Pedro Marrero played baseball with the Cuban National team and the NY Mets organization...Criminal Justice major.

T'anjuihsein Marx Class: Senior Height: 5-11 Hometown: Miami, Florida High School: Coral Gables

An accomplished vaulter who will attempt to score points in the hurdles and possibly compete in the decatholon...injuries last season limited his participation...his 12'06.00 pole vault at the 1998 USF Raging Bull meet tied the team's best showing that year...was fourth at the Trans America Athletic Conference Championship in the pole vault and was fifth in the 400-meter hurdles...member of his high school's 1992-93 division championship track team...Exercise Physiology major.

Elliott Mason Class: Sophomore Height: 6-0 Hometown: St. John's, Antigue High School: Princess Margaret

A walk-on who sat out all of last year, practicing with the team and is now expected to add depth in both the distances and middle distances...expected to compete in the 1,500 meters...named his school's Outstanding Student-Athlete after both his junior and senior years...800m Leeward Island champion both of those years...member of his high school debate team, chemistry and environment groups...competed with the Olympian Track & Field Club as an amateur...Bio Chemistry major.