TFRRS Performance Profile
In the News
- 4/17/17: Clayton Mendez's Chicago Roots Drive Him Toward Success (MileSplit)
Career Accolades
- USTFCCCA All-Academic (2020)
- MPSF All-Academic (2020)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020)
Personal Bests (thru 2021 outdoors)
- 5,000: 13:57.99
- 1,500: 3:49.94
- Mile: 4:06.05i
- 3,000: 8:04.36
As a Junior (2020-21)
Outdoors
- Did not compete
Indoors
- Did not compete
Cross Country
- Did not compete
As a Sophomore (2019-20)
Outdoors
- Season canceled
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Indoors
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Ran season best in the 3,000 of 8:06.48 at the Husky Classic
- MPSF All-Academic
Cross Country
- No. 4 runner on Stanford's NCAA sixth-place team
- Cardinal's No. 4 runner on third-pace Pac-12 team
As a Freshman (2018-19)
Outdoors
- Made collegiate outdoor track debut with a 3:51.35 1,500 at the Stanford Invitational
- Ran first sub-14 5,000 with a 13:57.99 at the Cardinal Classic
Indoors
- Moved to No. 4 on Stanford's all-time freshmen mile list
- Made collegiate debut with what would be a season-best 4:06.05 mile at UW Indoor Preview
Cross Country
- Placed 41st at the Stanford Invitational while racing unattached
National/International Competition
- Ran on the U.S. junior national team at Scotland's 2018 Great Edinburgh Cross Country race, placing 15th against Great Britain and Europe
Prior to Stanford
- Third in the 1,500 at the 2018 Brooks PR Invitational, in 3:49.94
- Ninth at the 2017 Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals
- Second at the Illinois state cross country meet for Whitney Young High School
- 18th at 2017 Nike Cross Nationals
- Ran 3,200 best of 8:59.46 at Distance Night in Palatine in April, 2017
- Ran 1,600 best of 4:08.64 at the same meet a year later
- As a senior, was fourth in the Illinois 3A 1,600 final and fifth in the 3,200
- Third in state 3A final as a junior in the 1,600
- Sectional champion in the 1,600 and 3,200 in 2017 and 2018
- Second at 2017 Illinois 3A cross country championships
- Fourth in the 2017 New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the 3,200
- With no track at Whitney Young High, the team trained mainly on a 600-meter concrete sidewalk around the school
- During cold weather, the team ran on tiled halls of the art building
- Twice a week during track season, the team took public transportation to one of the nearest tracks -- 10 miles away
Career Results
| Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season best | Conf. | Region | NCAA |
| 2020-21 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Cross Country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2019-20 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Indoors (4) | 3,000 | 8:06.48 | 29 (8:23.60) | -- | -- | |
| Mile | 4:12.81 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross Country (5) | 8K | 23:40.1 | 21 (23:40.1) | -- | -- | |
| 10K | 30:35.5 | -- | 32 (30:35.5) | 99 (31:58.9) | ||
| 2018-19 | Outdoors (4) | 5,000 | 13:57.99 | 17 (14:30.12) | 30 (14:16.02) | -- |
| 1,500 | 3:51.35 | 14 (3:53.49) | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (4) | 3,000 | 8:04.36 | 12 (8:04.36) | -- | -- | |
| Mile | 4:06.05 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross Country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |