Before ACU: Andruw comes to ACU after an outstanding career at Abilene HS. As a HS freshman, he
received his first taste of a HS state meet, as he placed 119 th in the 6A state XC meet. He accelerated his
improvement going into his sophomore year as he placed 14 th in the 6A XC during the fall. In the spring
of that year, he would win the District 2-6A 800, 1600, and 3200. At the Region I-6A meet that followed
he narrowly missed going to state as with a 5 th place finish in the 3200 and 6 th place in the 1600. His time
of 4:19.99 in the 1600 and 9:25.82 in the 3200 left his ranked #56 in the 1600 and #48 in the state for
the 3200. Abilene HS would move from 6A to 5A to begin Andruw’s junior year. An unfortunate injury
prevented him from going to the State XC meet that fall, but he did well in the spring as he finished 2 nd in
the 800, 1600, and 3200 in the District 4-5A meet and would narrowly miss the state track meet as he
finished 7 th in the 1600 and 8 th in the 800 at the Region 1-5A meet. Andruw started his senior year by
getting 14 th at the prestigious Southlake Carroll #1 Invitational in a time of 14:52.3 that give the #18 best
time in Texas high schools for the year. He would go on to finish 2 nd in the 5A state XC meet, then qualify
to run in the Nike Nationals XC meet, where he finished 50 th in the top HS XC field of the year. Early in
the spring of his senior year, Andruw finished 4 th in the Wes Kittley Invitational 5K at Elmer Gray Stadium
in a time of 15:10.15. As a senior, he would win the 800, 1600, and 3200 at the District 4-5A and only an
injury at the area meet prevented Andruw from going to the regional meet to attempt to add a trip to
the state track meet to his 3 trips to the state XC meet. In an interesting tidbit, as an 8-year-old Andruw
set the Texas state record of 2:31 in the 800.

Personal: Graduated in 2024 from Abilene HS – in the Eagles’ 136 th graduating class. His parents are Sissy
Gomez and Dakota Risinger.