2025 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
Awards & Honors
- CCAA Newcomer of the Year (2025)
- All-CCAA (2025)
- All-PacWest (2024)
2025 Redshirt Senior | Cal Poly Pomona
- CCAA Newcomer of the Year
- All-CCAA with 5th place finish at CCAA Championships
2024 Redshirt Junior | Biola
- Competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championship
- Took 38th at the NCAA West Regional Championship
- Finished 12th at the PacWest Championship
- All PacWest Conference, Second Team
- Personal best of 30:56 in10k
2023 Junior | Biola
- Did not compete in the 2023 season
2022 Sophomore | Biola
- Appeared in five meets
- Started the season off with a personal best in the 8k at the UCR Annual Cross Country Invite (25:30.1)
- Helped his team win the PacWest Championships, placing 25th in the 8k (25:46.2)
2021 Freshman | Biola
- Appeared in four meets in his first year with the Eagles
- Highest finish was 39th at the PacWest Championships (28:06.8)
High School
- A 2021 graduate of Troy High School in Placentia, CA
Personal
- M.S. in Information Security
- Aspires to work in computer security
- Son of Dave and Tami Shirota
- Has one sister – Natalie
- Favorite TV show is The Chosen
- Favorite music artist is Masayoshi Takanaka
- Favorite pro athlete is Eliud Kipchoge
