2019-20 Men's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Carvalho, Adolfo

Adolfo Carvalho
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Cockeysville, Md.
- High School:
- Dulaney HS
Bio
Carvalho's TFRRS Results
SUPERLATIVES
*Named the 89th winner of the Bob Quin Award (2020)
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
*2018 C-USA Cross Country (Third Team)
Rice All Time Ranking (as of July 23, 2019)
(Indoors)
5000-15th
(Outdoors)
3000 Steeplechase-17th
AT MAJOR MEETS
2020 C-USA Indoor Championships - 14th, 5000m, 15:04.5
2020 C-USA Indoor Championships - 19th, 3000m, 8:39.08
2019 South Central Regional Championships (XC) - 53rd, 10k, 31:52.5
2019 C-USA Cross Country Championships - 23rd, 8k, 25:14.12
2019 C-USA Outdoor Championships – 7th, 3000 Steeplechase, 9:20.25
2018 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 6th, 3000 Steeplechase, 9:17.58
2018 C-USA Cross Country Championships - 21st, 8k, 25:34
2018 South Central Regional Championships (XC) – 41st, 10k, 33:09
2017 C-USA Outdoor Championships – 9th, 3000 Steeplechase, 9:54.29
2017 C-USA Cross Country Championships – 25th, 8k, 25:33
2017 NCAA South Central Regional Championships (XC) – 46th, 10k, 31:31
2016 C-USA Cross Country Championships - 31st, 8k, 25:57
2016 South Central Regional Championships (XC) - 52nd, 10k, 32:02
ACADEMIC HONORS
2019-20 Fulbright Award Winner
2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2019-20 C-USA Academic Medal
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019-20 Rice Scholar Athlete of the Year (T&F)
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2018-19 Rice Honor Athlete (T&F)
2017-18 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2017-18 C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year (XC)
2017-18 Rice Scholar Athlete of the Year (XC)
2016-17 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2015-16 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
PERSONAL BESTS
(Indoor)
3000m- 8:36.50, 2/1/2020
5000m- 14:56.13, Charlie Thomas Invitational, Texas A&M (2/2/18)
(Outdoor)
1500m- 4:00.58 (4/6/2019)
3000 Steeple- 9:12.01, J. Fred Duckett Twilight (4/21/18)
2019-20
Cross Country: Competed in five races…ran a season-best 10k time of 31:52.5 at the NCAA South Central Regional…placed 23rd at the C-USA Championships...ran a season best 4k time of 20:29.3 at the Rice Invitational. Indoor: Saw action at three meets…ran a season-best 3k time of 8:36.50 at the Houston G5-Super 22 Invitational…recorded a season-best 5k time of 14:56.3 at the Charlie Thomas Invitational in which he placed fourth overall.
2018-19
Cross Country: Competed in five races...earned C-USA All-Conference Third Team honors with a 21st place finish at the C-USA Championships...placed 41st at the NCAA South Central Regional...was 11th at the season-opening Rice Invitational. Indoor: Finished 13th and 16th, respectively, in the 5000m and 3000m at the C-USA Championships. Outdoor: Won the 3000m steeplechase race at the Texas A&M Invitational...also finished second in the steeplechase at both the J. Fred Duckett Twilight and the Victor Lopez Classic...earned points with a seventh place finish in the steeplechase at the C-USA Championships.
2017-18
Cross Country: Competed in five races, highlighted by a 25th place finish at the C-USA Championships. Indoor: Throughout the indoor season, Carvalho competed three times and finished in the Top 10 twice....at the Houston Invitational, finished fifth in the 3000m in 8:42.15, a new personal best...finished fourth in the 5,000m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational in another new personal best of 14:56.13, which was also his first time running under 15:00 for 5,000m...at the C-USA Indoor Championships, finished 15th in the 5,000m in 15:38.32. Outdoor: Named the C-USA Track Athlete of the Week (5/8/18)...over the course of the outdoor season, finished in the Top 10 six times, which includes two winning performances in the 3000m SC...at the 67th Annual TSU Relays, finished fifth in the 1500m in 4:04.09, a new personal best in the 1500m...made his season debut in the 3000m SC at the Victor Lopez Classic, where he finished second in 9:20.85...finished 10th in the 1500m at the Skecher’s Performance Carl Kight Invitational...ran a time of 9:13.48 in the 3000m SC at the UCSD Triton Invitational for a personal best...earned the first win of his collegiate career at the J Fred Duckett Twilight Meet 3000m SC in a time of 9:12.01...his second win came in the 3000m SC at the Arkansas Twilight Meet, where he ran a time of 9:18.48...at C-USA Outdoor Championships, finished 15th in the 5,000m in a time of 15:20.72...ran a time of 9:17.58 to finish sixth in the 3000m SC at C-USA Outdoors.
2016-2017
Indoor: Finished in sixth place at the Charlie Thomas Invitational after posting a time of 15:05.93 in the 5000m race...set a career-best time at the C-USA Indoor Championships for the 3000m race, posting a time of 8:48.04. Outdoor: Set a career-best time at the 66th Annual TSU Relays of 4:06.81 during the 1500m race, finishing in eighth place...at the 2017 Oxy Invitational, set a career-best time of 9:22.96 during the 3,000m steeple event...finished ninth at the C-USA Outdoor Championships in the 3000m steeple event.
2015-16
Cross Country: Competed in all six races...ran a season-best 25:38 (8k) at the Rim Rock Classic, placing 25th overall...finished fifth at the HBU Invite...31st place at the C-USA Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from and ran for Dulaney HS under coach Chad Boyle...received Maryland all-state 2013 and Baltimore All-County First-Team honors 2012-14...the Maryland Minds-in-Motion Scholar Athlete award winner...times of 15:41 (XC, 5k), 4:24 (1600m), and 52.3 (400m).
PERSONAL
Full name: Adolfo Sjoberg de Carvalho...Parents: Paulo and Silvia Carvalho...one brother, Henrique, who sings for the Maryland State Boychoir and plays trumpet for the Peabody Preparatory Wind Orchestra...College: Duncan...Major: Astrophysics and French Studies.
SUPERLATIVES
*Named the 89th winner of the Bob Quin Award (2020)
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
*2018 C-USA Cross Country (Third Team)
Rice All Time Ranking (as of July 23, 2019)
(Indoors)
5000-15th
(Outdoors)
3000 Steeplechase-17th
AT MAJOR MEETS
2020 C-USA Indoor Championships - 14th, 5000m, 15:04.5
2020 C-USA Indoor Championships - 19th, 3000m, 8:39.08
2019 South Central Regional Championships (XC) - 53rd, 10k, 31:52.5
2019 C-USA Cross Country Championships - 23rd, 8k, 25:14.12
2019 C-USA Outdoor Championships – 7th, 3000 Steeplechase, 9:20.25
2018 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 6th, 3000 Steeplechase, 9:17.58
2018 C-USA Cross Country Championships - 21st, 8k, 25:34
2018 South Central Regional Championships (XC) – 41st, 10k, 33:09
2017 C-USA Outdoor Championships – 9th, 3000 Steeplechase, 9:54.29
2017 C-USA Cross Country Championships – 25th, 8k, 25:33
2017 NCAA South Central Regional Championships (XC) – 46th, 10k, 31:31
2016 C-USA Cross Country Championships - 31st, 8k, 25:57
2016 South Central Regional Championships (XC) - 52nd, 10k, 32:02
ACADEMIC HONORS
2019-20 Fulbright Award Winner
2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2019-20 C-USA Academic Medal
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019-20 Rice Scholar Athlete of the Year (T&F)
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2018-19 Rice Honor Athlete (T&F)
2017-18 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2017-18 C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year (XC)
2017-18 Rice Scholar Athlete of the Year (XC)
2016-17 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2015-16 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
PERSONAL BESTS
(Indoor)
3000m- 8:36.50, 2/1/2020
5000m- 14:56.13, Charlie Thomas Invitational, Texas A&M (2/2/18)
(Outdoor)
1500m- 4:00.58 (4/6/2019)
3000 Steeple- 9:12.01, J. Fred Duckett Twilight (4/21/18)
2019-20
Cross Country: Competed in five races…ran a season-best 10k time of 31:52.5 at the NCAA South Central Regional…placed 23rd at the C-USA Championships...ran a season best 4k time of 20:29.3 at the Rice Invitational. Indoor: Saw action at three meets…ran a season-best 3k time of 8:36.50 at the Houston G5-Super 22 Invitational…recorded a season-best 5k time of 14:56.3 at the Charlie Thomas Invitational in which he placed fourth overall.
2018-19
Cross Country: Competed in five races...earned C-USA All-Conference Third Team honors with a 21st place finish at the C-USA Championships...placed 41st at the NCAA South Central Regional...was 11th at the season-opening Rice Invitational. Indoor: Finished 13th and 16th, respectively, in the 5000m and 3000m at the C-USA Championships. Outdoor: Won the 3000m steeplechase race at the Texas A&M Invitational...also finished second in the steeplechase at both the J. Fred Duckett Twilight and the Victor Lopez Classic...earned points with a seventh place finish in the steeplechase at the C-USA Championships.
2017-18
Cross Country: Competed in five races, highlighted by a 25th place finish at the C-USA Championships. Indoor: Throughout the indoor season, Carvalho competed three times and finished in the Top 10 twice....at the Houston Invitational, finished fifth in the 3000m in 8:42.15, a new personal best...finished fourth in the 5,000m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational in another new personal best of 14:56.13, which was also his first time running under 15:00 for 5,000m...at the C-USA Indoor Championships, finished 15th in the 5,000m in 15:38.32. Outdoor: Named the C-USA Track Athlete of the Week (5/8/18)...over the course of the outdoor season, finished in the Top 10 six times, which includes two winning performances in the 3000m SC...at the 67th Annual TSU Relays, finished fifth in the 1500m in 4:04.09, a new personal best in the 1500m...made his season debut in the 3000m SC at the Victor Lopez Classic, where he finished second in 9:20.85...finished 10th in the 1500m at the Skecher’s Performance Carl Kight Invitational...ran a time of 9:13.48 in the 3000m SC at the UCSD Triton Invitational for a personal best...earned the first win of his collegiate career at the J Fred Duckett Twilight Meet 3000m SC in a time of 9:12.01...his second win came in the 3000m SC at the Arkansas Twilight Meet, where he ran a time of 9:18.48...at C-USA Outdoor Championships, finished 15th in the 5,000m in a time of 15:20.72...ran a time of 9:17.58 to finish sixth in the 3000m SC at C-USA Outdoors.
2016-2017
Indoor: Finished in sixth place at the Charlie Thomas Invitational after posting a time of 15:05.93 in the 5000m race...set a career-best time at the C-USA Indoor Championships for the 3000m race, posting a time of 8:48.04. Outdoor: Set a career-best time at the 66th Annual TSU Relays of 4:06.81 during the 1500m race, finishing in eighth place...at the 2017 Oxy Invitational, set a career-best time of 9:22.96 during the 3,000m steeple event...finished ninth at the C-USA Outdoor Championships in the 3000m steeple event.
2015-16
Cross Country: Competed in all six races...ran a season-best 25:38 (8k) at the Rim Rock Classic, placing 25th overall...finished fifth at the HBU Invite...31st place at the C-USA Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from and ran for Dulaney HS under coach Chad Boyle...received Maryland all-state 2013 and Baltimore All-County First-Team honors 2012-14...the Maryland Minds-in-Motion Scholar Athlete award winner...times of 15:41 (XC, 5k), 4:24 (1600m), and 52.3 (400m).
PERSONAL
Full name: Adolfo Sjoberg de Carvalho...Parents: Paulo and Silvia Carvalho...one brother, Henrique, who sings for the Maryland State Boychoir and plays trumpet for the Peabody Preparatory Wind Orchestra...College: Duncan...Major: Astrophysics and French Studies.
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