Cuban-American Sports "Hall of Fame"
Cuban-American Sports "Hall of Fame"
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1963 - After receiving the track letter from Coral Gables Senior High School, with my brothers Paul & Eloy
1963 - After receiving the track letter from Coral Gables Senior High School, with my brothers Paul & Eloy
1963 - Miami Herald All City Track Team
1963 - Miami Herald All City Track Team
Coral Gables Senior High School
Coral Gables Senior High School
(3 School Records)
(3 School Records)
1965 - With teammate Julio Travieso & Herb McKinley, Jamaican 100 Yards Olympic Champion, after breaking the UM mile relay record (3:19:39)
1965 - With teammate Julio Travieso & Herb McKinley, Jamaican 100 Yards Olympic Champion, after breaking the UM mile relay record (3:19:39)
1970 - Won the mile relay (4x440) yards record time of (3:39:9) representing the U.S. Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland, at the U.S. Navy Championship, Norfolk, VA
1970 - Won the mile relay (4x440) yards record time of (3:39:9) representing the U.S. Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland, at the U.S. Navy Championship, Norfolk, VA
1965 - Jamaican Olympic Stadium - We set a new record for the UM in the mile relay (4x440) yards with a record time of (3:19:39) against the Track & Field selection of the "Jamaican Athletic Association" in Kingston, Jamaica
1965 - Jamaican Olympic Stadium - We set a new record for the UM in the mile relay (4x440) yards with a record time of (3:19:39) against the Track & Field selection of the "Jamaican Athletic Association" in Kingston, Jamaica
1989-1990 - Alumni Advisor & Fundraiser, Track & Field with Coach Jose Caballero
1989-1990 - Alumni Advisor & Fundraiser, Track & Field with Coach Jose Caballero
2002 - Golden Cup Award - Category Track & Field - UM
2002 - Golden Cup Award - Category Track & Field - UM
2002 - Golden Cup Award - Category Track & Field - UM
2002 - Golden Cup Award - Category Track & Field - UM
OTHER FACTS
OTHER FACTS
1963 - Miami Herald “All City Track Team” (8 months after arriving from Cuba), while attending Coral Gables Sr. High. He set (3) school track records and was the first Cuban-American to receive this recognition.
1970 - Jamaican Olympic Stadium at Kingston, Jamaica. Set a new record in the mile relay 4x440 yards against the track & field selection of the Jamaican Amateur Athletic Association.
2002 - Was one of the (3) athletes inducted into "Coral Gables Senior High Hall of Fame". Eloy (track and field, author) alongside Mike Lowell (baseball) and Frank Mercado Valdez (amateur boxing and philanthropic contributor).
2003 - Awarded the Miami-Dade “Golden Cup Award” for track and field in the university division.
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