The following year, Torres and his twin brother Eduardo competed against each other at the USA Track &amp; Field Cross Country Championships in Mission Bay, San Diego, California. He finished the men's race in second place by twenty-six seconds behind winner Dathan Ritzenhein, with a time of 35 minutes and 31 seconds. His brother Eduardo, on the other hand, placed ninth, at approximately 36 minutes. Torres qualified for the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he placed nineteenth in the men's race, with a time of 36:03.