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2018 Men's Track and Field Roster

Dan Cotton

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Hometown Carol Stream, Ill.
  • High School Bartlett

Biography

144892018 (Track & Field): Pulled down ninth place in the 3000 meter run at the CCIW Indoor Championship with a time of 8:56.54... Took 10th place in the 5000 meter run at the CCIW Outdoor Championship with a mark of 15:45.29... Registered a fourth-place time of 10:28.49 in the distance medley relay at the CCIW Indoor Championship... CCIW Winter Academic All-Conference... CCIW Spring Academic All-Conference... Recipient of Williams Family and CCIW Merle Chapman Leadership Award

2017 (Cross Country): Named to the Fall CCIW Academic All-Conference... Jon & Mary Swift Most Valuable Performer... Participated in six events... Led all Red Men with a career-best 24:54.7 at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional... Registered a 12th-place time of 25:55.2 at the CCIW Championship, which landed him a spot on the 2017 All-CCIW Second Team...  Recipient of Williams Family and CCIW Merle Chapman Leadership Award

2017 (Track & Field): Took 13th place (15:57.87) in the 5000 meter run at the CCIW Outdoor Championship... CCIW Spring Academic All-Conference. 

2016 (Cross Country):  Named to the Fall CCIW All-Academic. Finished five events... Tallied a season-best 26:07 at the NCAA Midwest Regional Invite on November 12... Registered a 27:26.7 at the CCIW Championship on October 29, good enough for 18th place and a spot on the All-CCIW Second Team. 

2016 (Track & Field):  Took fifth in the 3000 meter run at the CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 8:33.28, a Carthage indoor track & field record. 

2015 (Cross Country):  Named to the Fall CCIW All-Academic. Finished first among all Red Men on several occasions.... Clocked in with a 26.39.6 at the UW-Parkside Invite, good enough for an overall 14th place standing....Paced the Red Men at the CCIW Championships (16th, 26:46.7) and at the Roy Griak Invitational (11th, 27.44.3)....Ran a season-best 26.04.2 at the NCAA Regionals on November 14th, where he finished 79th overall. 

2015 (Track & Field):  Finished eighth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:38.27) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished ninth in the 3,000-meter run (8:49.69) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2014 (Cross Country):  Named “freshman of the year” with a 23rd-place finish and a time of 25:42.35 at the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship…ran a 26:04.20 at the NCAA Midwest Regional…ran a season-best time of 25:41.60 at the Wilmington “Pre-Nationals Invitational.”

High School:  A state qualifier his senior year and named All-Upstate 8 Conference, all-regional and all-sectional…coached by Ryan Korn…four-year member of the track and field team and won a sectional title his senior year in the two-mile run…a four-time Upstate 8 Conference all-academic pick and honor student.

Personal:  Biology major. 

Cross Country 8K Career Bests (Thru 2018)
24:54.7, NCAA Division III Midwest Regional, 11/11/17

Indoor Track & Field Career Bests (Thru 2018)
800 Meter Run: 2:03.80, Private College Invitational, 1/15-1/16/16
1000 Meter Run: 2:41.17, Tadd Metzger Invitational, 1/30/18
Mile Run: 4:24.49, North Central F. Lee Slick Invitational, 2/16/18
3000 Meter Run: 8:33.28, CCIW Indoor Championship, 2/26-2/27/18
5000 Meter Run: 15:57.87, UW-Oshkosh Early Bird Invitational, 12/2/18

Outdoor Track & Field Career Bests (Thru 2018)
800 Meter Run: 2:04.25, North Central Dr. Keeler Invitational, 5/11-5/12/17
5000 Meter Run: 15:39.00, Wheaton Invitational, 4/7/18
1500 Meter Run: 4:01.43, Augustana Meet of Champions, 4/22-4/23/18
3000 Meter Steeplechase: 9:38.27, CCIW Outdoor Championship, 5/1-5/2/15
 

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