The University of Mississippi Athletics

2019 Track and Field Roster

Gutierrez, Derek
Gutierrez, Derek
Photo by: Tom Connelly
Derek Gutierrez

Derek Gutierrez

  • Year (Indoor/Outdoor):
    R-Sr./R-Sr.
  • Position:
    Distance
  • Hometown:
    Keller, Texas
  • High school:
    Keller
  • Major:
    Accountancy
TFRRS Bio
 
2019 Outdoor (Redshirt Senior)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (1500-Meter, 15th Place)
SEC Scorer (1500-Meter, 8th Place)
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar

Qualified for the NCAA East Region Championships, placing 31st in the 1500-meter (3:54.31) ... Scored SEC points in the 1500-meter, finishng eighth (3:51.40) ... Came in 45th in the 1500-meter at the Bryan Clay Invite (3:54.93).

2019 Indoor (Redshirt Senior)
First-Team All-American (Mile, 7th Place)
SEC Champion (Distance Medley Relay)
First-Team All-SEC (Distance Medley Relay)
SEC Scorer (3K, 8th Place)
Earned First-Team All-American status with a seventh-place finish in the mile (4:09.28), the best finish in the event in Rebel history … Won SEC gold and earned First-Team All-SEC status with a victory in the distance medley relay (9:43.91) … Also scored SEC points with an eighth-place finish in the 3K at the SEC Indoor Championships (8:09.40) … Became the third Rebel to join the sub-4-mile club, running a 3:58.55 at the David Hemery Valentine Invite at Boston University, the No. 3 mark in school history … Ran a leg in the DMR at the JDL DMR Invitational, where the Rebel squad finished first at 9:34.43, the sixth-fastest time in school history and the NCAA’s leading time at that point … Also competed at the Indiana Relays, placing second in the DMR (9:38.09) and fifth in the 3K (7:57.78) … Opened the season with a fourth-place finish in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invite (4:03.23).
 
2018 Outdoor (Senior)
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
Redshirt.
 
2018 Indoor (Senior)
Redshirt.
 
2017 Outdoor (Junior)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (1500-Meter, 27th Place)
SEC Scorer (1500-Meter, 8th Place)

NCAA East Region qualifier in the 1500-meter, finishing 27th overall at 3:51.05 ... Scored for the Rebels at the conference meet, finishing eighth in the 1500 at 3:55.49 ... Ran first-career 5K at the SEC Championships, finishing 26th at 14:37.68 ... Ran career-best 1500 of 3:44.39 at the Florida Relays, ranking seventh all-time at Ole Miss ... Ran season-best 800-meter of 1:50.67 at the Bryan Clay Invite.
 
2017 Indoor (Junior)
SEC Scorer (Mile, 6th Place)
Scored for the Rebels at the SEC Championships in the mile, finishing sixth overall at 4:05.62 ... Ran season-best mile time of 4:04.76 at the Razorback Invite, finishing fourth. 
 
2016 Outdoor (Sophomore)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (1500-Meter, 39th Place)
SEC Scorer (1500-Meter, 8th Place)

NCAA East Region qualifier in the 1500-meter, finishing 39th overall at 3:51.26 ... Scored at the SEC Championships in the 1500 in eighth place at 3:52.31 ... Ran career-best 3:45.55 in the 1500 at the Virginia Challenge, which ranked fifth all-time at Ole Miss. 
 
2016 Indoor (Sophomore)
First-Team All-American (DMR, 3rd Place)
SEC Scorer (Mile, 5th Place)

NCAA Qualifier and First-Team All-American as a member of the third-place Ole Miss distance medley relay team that ran 9:31.82 ... Also scored at the SEC meet in the mile, finishing fifth at a career-nest 4:03.25, which ranked sixth in Ole Miss history ... Ran a career-best 1:50.15 in the 800-meter at the Meyo Invite, which ranked tied for eighth all-time at Ole Miss. 
 
2015 Outdoor (Freshman)
Placed 10th at the SEC Championships with a time of 3:52.62 in the 1500m ... Ran a personal-best 3:47.64 in the prelims to advance to the SEC 1500m final ... Finished 13th in the 800m (1:51.01) and 17th in the 1500m (3:49.69) at the Virginia Challenge ... Finished ninth in the Border Clash 1500m with a time of 3:51.61.
 
2015 Indoor (Freshman)
Competed in five meets for the Rebels, primarily in the 800-meter ... Topped out at 1:50.75 to finish eighth at the Vanderbilt Invite and move into seventh in Ole Miss history ... Finished 18th with a time of 1:50.79 in the 800m at the Tyson Invitational ... Was the fastest Rebel at the Armory Invitational in the 800m (1:52.45), finishing seventh ... Finished seventh in the 800m at the Auburn Invitational (1:54.63). 
 
High School
Lettered four years in cross country and track at Keller High School ... Two-time KISD All-State athlete ... Helped Keller to Texas Relays high school titles in the distance medley relay and 4x800-meter relay ... Personal bests of 16:10 in the 5K, 4:26 in the indoor 1600, 1:52.9 in the 800 and 50.09 in the 400 ... Member of the National Honor Society and an honor graduate. 
 
Personal
Born Sept. 8, 1995 to Jorge and Debbie Gutierrez ... Majoring in accountancy ... Career plans include working in the Secret Service or FBI.
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