The Seawolves Carlos Santos became the first Stony Brook DI male track & field athlete to earn All-American honors.
Santos finished in 18th-place finish at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships to earn him the honorable mention nod.
Santos, who is originally from Patchogue, and went to Patchogue-Medford High School, competed in the 3000 meter & 2000 meter steeplechase, mile, two mile, 800 meter, 400 hurdles, 4x800 and 4x400 at Pat-Med. He was a four-year letter winner in track (2014-2018) and two-year letter winner in cross country (2016-2018).
Once he joined the Seawolves, he kept running to glory. As a freshman, Santos finished 10th in the open race at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown. Then as a Sophomore, he took home a sixth place finish in the same event. He also placed third in the 3000 meter at the Robert Elkin Invite and fourth in the 5000 meter at the Fastrack Season Opener. As a junior, he kept going with a second-place finish in the 3000 meter steeple at the IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Championships, then took third in the 3000-meter steeple at the America East Outdoor Championships. His wins started to come as well as he finished atop the field in the 3000-meter steeple at the West Point Twilight and won the 3000-meter steeple at the Ocean State Invite.
As his senior year hit, Santos kept winning, He won the 3000-meter steeple at the IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Championships and set a new program record and earned a second-place finish in the 3000-meter steeple at the Larry Ellis Invite. Which all led to his graduate year, where he was named to the All-CAA team and NCAA Northeast All-Region Honors.