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Paulo Pinheiro
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Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Lisbon, Portugal

Last College:
University of Lisbon

Height:
6-4

Birthdate:
07/09/1989

Experience:
1L


11/21/2011

Tulsa Finishes 25th At NCAA XC Championship

Heyes paces TU with 64th-place finish, Whiting takes 49th

11/20/2011

TU Men, Whiting Head To NCAA Championships

Men will run at 11:08 a.m., women to compete at 11:58 a.m.

11/14/2011

4 Land On All-Midwest Region Team

Stones, Pinheiro, Davies, Whiting all earn regional accolades

11/13/2011

Men's XC, Whiting Qualify For Nationals

NCAA field announced Sunday night, will include eight members of Golden Hurricane

11/10/2011

NCAA Midwest Regional Await Golden Hurricane

Men will run at noon, women will run at 1:15 p.m. in DeKalb, Ill.

PERSONAL BESTS:
Cross Country: 4 mile: 19:05 (Sept. 17, 2011), 8K: 24:15.6 (Oct. 31, 2011), 10K: 30:43.4 (Nov. 20, 2011)

SENIOR (2011): Saw action in six races for TU, which included his first trip to the NCAA Championship . . . finished second on the team and 90th overall in Terre Haute with a career-best 10K of 30:43.4 . . . placed 10th overall and fifth on the team at the Conference USA Championship with a PR 8K of 24:15.6 . . . finished 16th at the NCAA Midwest Regional and paced the Golden Hurricane with a 10K mark of 31:39.53 . . . was named to the all-C-USA Second Team and the All-Midwest Region Team . . . took home top honors at the Houston Duel with a career-best four mile of 19:05 . . . finished 18th at the OSU Jamboree (24:33.91) and took 30th at NCAA Pre-Nationals (24:49) . . . led TU in four races and was second once.

JUNIOR (2010): Ran for Tulsa in two events during his first season with the program . . . was part of the TU squad that won the Conference USA Championship, posting a 15th-place finish with a career-best 8K time of 24:31 . . . earned a spot on the all-C-USA Third Team . . . factored into the team score with a fifth-place team finish at the Notre Dame Invitational.

PRIOR TO TU: Won the U-23 National Championship in the 5,000 meters in 2009 . . . placed second in the U-23 National Championship in 2009 and 2010 . . . won the national junior championship in the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters in 2007 . . . his best time in the 5K was 14:22 and his best time in the 3K was 8:15.

PERSONAL: Majoring in mathematics . . . favorite movie is Pulp Fiction . . . his favorite food is pasta . . . favorite cross country/track athlete is Ethipoian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele . . . his dream as a child was to be a scientist . . . his craziest ambition is to be an Olympic champion . . . has one sister, Rita . . . son of Victor Pinheiro and Paula Ganho . . . born July 9, 1989.