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They\u2019re telling you and showing you maps. Ten thousand runners on Saturday for the 5K and 30,000 runners on Monday for the marathon.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Mendoza helps set up the course for the marathon as a member of Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises (DMSE), which has organized or consulted on more than 1,400 events since 1981.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u201cDMSE are basically the ones who set up the whole start line, finish line and barricades,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are in charge of the whole thing. I\u2019m proud to say that I\u2019m a part of the DMSE team.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Mendoza will be working at the Boston Marathon for the fifth time in 2026. He initially got involved in the event by reaching out to Andy Deschenes, the Boston Athletic Association\u2019s Start Line Coordinator.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u201cI emailed him and asked, \u2018Would it be okay if I was to go over there? I\u2019m from Texas and I could volunteer,\u2019\u201d said Mendoza.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The longtime Valley running coach said his first experience volunteering at the event was a memorable one.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u201cTreated me great. It just happened that weekend was the worst weather weekend in the history of Boston. It was pouring down rain and 20 degrees.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The TSC cross country and track and field head coach made an impression on event organizers by working longer hours than required to complete his tasks.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThey noticed that,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cThe next year, I was back again. By the third year, they told me, \u2018Come this way,\u2019 and that\u2019s when they started paying me.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Mendoza is grateful for all the information he gets to bring back to South Texas.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the highlights of the year for me,\u201d he said. \u201cI get to learn a lot\u2014about operations and how they organize everything.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Mendoza will get to use the skills he has acquired at the Boston Marathon when TSC hosts the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 14 Cross Country Championship this fall.<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=&#8221;8841,8842,8840&#8243; show_title_and_caption=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BROWNSVILLE, Texas &#8212; Texas Southmost College (TSC) Head Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Cross Country and Track and Field Coach Basilio Mendoza\u2019s passion for running and learning has opened the doors for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":8841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_gspb_post_css":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[420,124,329],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-track-and-field","category-tsc-athletics","category-tsc-cross-country","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.7 (Yoast SEO v26.7) - 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