A six-time NCAA Division III All-America and a three-time national champion, Jonathan Garcia is among the top student-athletes to compete under the UMass Dartmouth Athletic Department banner. Garcia appeared in seven NCAA championship races throughout his indoor and outdoor track career.
He won national championships in three consecutive years, taking the 55-meter hurdles indoors in 2006, the 110-meter hurdles outdoors in 2007 and in his final race for the Corsairs, won the 55-meter hurdles indoors in 2008.
As a senior, Garcia earned the prestigious New England Division III Men’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year. In the more than 40-year history of Corsair athletics only three athletes have been as decorated as Garcia. Distance runner Jim White won six All-America awards and two national titles, while diver Tom Egan did the same in the 1990s.Five years after his graduation, Garcia’s name still rests atop several events in the Corsair record book, including 55- and 60-meter high hurdles indoors, plus the 110-meter high hurdles outdoors.