Is back with the Bearcats for his sophomore season in 2020-21 ... Registered a career-best 8-kilometer time of 27:32.6 at the Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational in 2019 ... Competed in three meets overall as a first-year runner at Willamette ... Also participates in track and field ... Was a four-year varsity runner at South Salem High School ... Qualified for the OSAA State Cross Country Championships during his junior and senior years ... Member of the Honor Roll at South Salem ... President of the local chapter of the National Hispanic Honor Society for two years ... Volunteered at the Salem Public Library and at Salem Hospital ... Is majoring in Exercise and Health Science and Latin American Studies ... Has volunteered at Willamette Academy ... Son of Jose and Erika Vargas.