2016 Outdoor: Second Team All-Conference as part of the Knights’ 4x400-meter relay team…Garnered recognition on the ECC’s Weekly Honor Roll for week two of the season…Ran a personal best in the men’s 200-meter dash – 22.22 seconds – to finish sixth at the East Coast Conference Outdoor Championship (4/23)…Took first overall in the 400-meter dash at the Coach Omeltchenko Invitational, running a season best 49.15 seconds (4/17)…Finished in second and fifth place, respectively, in the 400-meter and 200-meter dashes at the Rider Invite (4/9)…Grabbed third place honors in the 200-meter dash from the second section at the Ramapo College Roadrunner Invitational by running 22.70 seconds (4/2)…
2015-16 Indoor: Second team All-Conference in the 400-meter and 200-meter dashes…Named to the East Coast Conference Weekly Honor Roll three times…Placed third in each of the 400-meter and 200-meter dashes at the East Coast Conference Championship by running 49.76 and 22.36 seconds, respectively (2/23)…Won gold in the men’s 400-meter dash at the Collegiate Track Championship by running 49.67 seconds (2/14)...Earned a spot on the NCAA provisional qualifying list after running a personal best 48.68 in the men’s 400-meter dash at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational (1/30)…Took second in the 400 at the 34th Yale Collegiate Invitational (1/9)…Opened the season with a third-place performance over 500 meters, running a personal best 1:06.75 at the 2015 Yale Season Opener (12/5).
Before Queens: Graduated from Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows, N.Y., in 2013...While running for the Patriots he was an indoor state qualifier in the 600-meter run and bacame the school record holder in the 200m, 300m, 400m and 600-meter events.
Personal: Son of Angela Ynoa and Frank Martinez...His favorite athlete is Jeremy Wariner, a professional runner for the United States...Thinks of himself as a good communicator...Active in the community, participating in the Masbia Soup Kitchen and Breat Cancer Walk...Major is Psychology.
