Eric Avila was the California High State 3,200 meter champion in 2007. In the same race German Fernandez was 3rd place and Diego Estrada placed 11th.
That senior year at Bonita Vista High School he was highly recruited and ended
up at Northern Arizona not running to his potential and failed academically. Eric’s Olympic dreams were over. Eric stopped running. He began walk jogging and eventually came back to his passion. He ended up at University of Southern Oregon and in two years he was back in Championship form by winning an national title in Cross Country and two in the Indoor season. What a comeback story!
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