Rogerio Amaral

Career Honors and Recognition
2023 Second Team All-SEC (Outdoor)
3x Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2023, 2022)
2023 CSC Academic All District

Season and Career Results

2024

Indoor

Competed in four meets for South Carolina during the indoor season, setting new personal bests in the mile, 3K and the 5K … Opened his indoor season with a runner-up finish in the mile at the Carolina Challenge, running the second fastest indoor mile in program history at 3:58.42 … Finished eighth at the Razorback Invitational 3K with a time of 7:58.77 for the second fastest indoor 3K in Carolina history … Ran a pair of 5K events on the season, running the second fastest time in school history at the David Hemery Valentine Invite at 13:49.33 … Finished 11^th at the SEC Championship in the indoor 5K.

Outdoor

Appeared in five meets during the outdoor campaign, running the 1500m, 5K and the 10K … Competed in the 10K at the NCAA East Regional … Scored in the SEC Championship in the 5K after placing eighth with a season-best time of 14:01.32 … Opened his outdoor season in the Raleigh Relays 10K where he ran a new personal best and the second fastest time in Gamecock history, clocking 28:41.31 … Set a new personal best time in the 1500m at the Tom Jones Invitational, running 3:43.30 to finish fifth, also recording the fourth fastest time in program history.

2023

Indoor

Appeared in just four meets during the indoor season, running the 3,000 meter and the 5,000 meter … Ran an indoor personal best in the 3K to open the season at the Carolina Challenge with a win, stopping the clock at 8:02.55 for the second fastest indoor 3K in Gamecock history … One week later, he ran the fastest 5K in Gamecock indoor history, finishing first at the Columbia Challenge with a personal best time of 13:58.05 … Also took home a win at the Tiger Paw Invite in the 3K, running 8:05.99 … Scored twice at the SEC Indoor Championship, finishing sixth in the 5K (14:19.11) and eighth in the 3K (8:04.04).

Outdoor

Took part in five meets during the 2023 outdoor campaign, running the 1,500, the 5,000 meter and the 10K … Made his outdoor collegiate debut in the Bahamas, winning the 1,500 meter with a time of 3:54.80 … Set a program record in the 5K at the Penn Relays when he ran 13:52.94 to finish eighth overall … Medaled at the SEC Championship in the 10K when he finished third with a personal best time of 30:15.90 … Was named Second Team All-SEC for his finish in the 10K, the third fastest 10K in outdoor Gamecock history … Was an NCAA East Regional qualifier in the 5K, running 14:35.76.

2022

Indoor

Competed in eight meets during the indoor campaign, running the mile, 3,000-meter and the distance medley relay … Made his collegiate debut at the Clemson Opener on Dec. 3, winning the 3,000m with a time of 8:39.06 … Followed that up with a pair of wins in the Gamecock Opener in his first home meet, winning in both the mile (4:12.22) and the DMR (10:31.05) … Recorded his 3,000m season best at the South Carolina Invitational when he logged a time of 8:22.76, placing ninth overall … In the very next meet, he recorded his personal best in the mile, clocking a time of 4:08.68 to place seventh overall … Also won the mile at the UofSC Indoor Open (4:10.09) and narrowly missed out on scoring at the SEC Indoor Championship in the DMR, finishing ninth with a time of 9:49.50.

Outdoor

Did not compete.

Pre-South Carolina

High School

Was the Portuguese U20 3,000-meter champion in 2020 … Was third at the U23 Portuguese Championships in the 1,500 meters in 2021 … Raced at the European Athletics U23 Championships in the 5,000 meters.

Personal

Chose South Carolina over Boston, Boise State and Drake because of his close relationship with Coach Allden and a former student-athlete … Has a younger brother … Was born to his parents Paulo Jorge Santiago Baptista and Paula Kristina Lopes do Amaral on Feb. 19, 2001.

Personal Records

Indoor

Outdoor