Conestoga’s Vicente Pena is Main Line Boys Athlete of the Week

The senior runner recently won the 3000 meter run in the 2022 Track & Field Coaches Association of Greater Philadelphia meet with a time of 8:50.18, which is a new Conestoga indoor track and field record and ranks No. 9 in Pennsylvania. Pena has had a fine indoor season this winter, after missing indoor track as a sophomore and junior due to an injury and the COVID, respectively. Last fall, he was a notable cross-country runner for the Pioneers, finishing in the top 30 at Districts.

Fun facts – Vicente Pena

Favorite book: The Color Purple, by Alice Walker.

Favorite author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Favorite TV show: Top Gear.

Favorite movie: Lady Bird.

Favorite athlete: Eliud Kipchoge.

Pre-race song: Roxanne by The Police.

Person I admire most and why: “Michele Mouton, because she was a woman who went into Rally Car Racing, experienced great hardship and unfairness as she was a woman in a ‘man’s sport’ and still came out as one of the best drivers of her time.”

Family members: father Julio Pena, mother Maria Crisitina Soriano, sister Lucia Pena.

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