2021-22 Track and Field Roster

Zack Chavez | RMAC
Zach Walsh | Western Colorado
Zach Walsh | Western Colorado

Dylan Ko

  • Position Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Windsor, Colo.
  • Highschool Fossil Ridge
  • Major Computer Science (B.S.) / Computer Science (M.S.)

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2021-22: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (3,000m, 5,000m) ... CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America ... USTFCCCA All-Region (5,000m) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Stayed the course as an Oredigger specialist ... Qualified for nationals in the 3,000-meter run by pacing out at 8:23.53 at the Mines Winter Classic ... Punched his ticket in the 5,000-meter run at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston thanks to a time of 13:47.35 which put him fourth in the program record book ... Finished ninth in the nation in the 3K at the NCAA Championships thanks to a career-best 8:02.23 which ranked him second in the program record book ... Took 10th in the nation in the 5K at a 13:53.07 pace. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (5,000m) ... Finished seventh in the nation in the 5,000-meter run ... First-Team All-RMAC (10,000m) ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Focused on the 5,000-meter run and 10,000-meter run for the spring ... Ran a NCAA-qualifying 10K at the Stanford Invitational, posting a time of 29:24.83 which eventually ranked 19th in the nation ... Took RMAC bronze in the 10K as well by running 31:11.44 at the conference championships ... Punched his 5K ticket to nationals at the CSU Pueblo Last Chance Invitational thanks to a 14:20.05 ... Podium appearance at the DII Championships came off a 5K pace of 14:04.73 which ranked eighth in the program record book. 

2020-21: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (3,000m, 5,000m) ... CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-America ... USTFCCCA All-Region (3,000m, 5,000m) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (2/3) ... RMAC Preseason Athlete to Watch ... Continued his focus on distance for the Orediggers, competing in both the 3,000-meter run and 5,000-meter run ... Finished fourth in the nation in the 5K at the NCAA Championships and seventh in the nation in the 3K, touting career times of 13:50.29 and 8:05.26, respectively ... His 5K time from nationals ranked second all-time at Mines while his 3K time ranked third in program history ... Broke the Steinhauer Fieldhouse record in the 3K by running 8:20.18 at the Mines Front Range #1 ... Ran the second-fastest 5K in Steinhauer Fieldhouse history at the Mines Front Range #2, posting a pace of 14:34.69. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (10,000m) ... USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (5,000m) ... USTFCCCA All-Region (5,000m, 10,000m) ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (4/21) ... Focused on the 5,000-meter run and 10,000-meter run for the Orediggers ... Finished third in the nation in the 10,000-meter run at the outdoor championships with a time of 29:13.97 and took ninth place in the country in the 5,000 meters at a pace of 14:17.52 ... His 10K time at nationals broke the program record by nearly 13 seconds and matched the highest national finish of any Oredigger in the 10,000 meters ... Broke the Stermole Track record in the 5K at the Mines Kit Mayer Classic by running a 14:15.72 clip ... Also ran the 10K in 30:06.03 at the Mines Pre-Conference Invite.

2019-20: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA All-America (3,000m, 5,000m) ... USTFCCCA All-Region (3,000m, 5,000m) ... First-Team All-RMAC (5,000m) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Focused solely on the distance events for the Orediggers including the 5,000-meter run, 3,000-meter run and the mile ... Took silver in the 5K at the RMAC Championships thanks to a time of 14:46.37 - the best time in his career to date and an automatic qualifying time ... Punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships in the 3K and the 5K, finishing the season nationally ranked fourth and fifth, respectively ... Also provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the mile and closed the year ranked 14th in the nation ... His mile time was 4:17.84 in the first race in that event in his career ... Top 3K of the year was 8:09.97 at the Texas Tech Shootout, ranking him third in the Orediggers' indoor record book ... Finished the season with appearances at four meets. Outdoor Track & Field - Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19: Indoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (3,000m, 5,000m) ... Distance specialist for Mines running the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters ... Finished 4th in the 5K at the RMAC Indoor Championships in 15:28.86 and 5th in the 3K in 8:51.70 ... Top 3K time of 8:45.26 at the Mines DII Invite & Multi on Jan. 25 and best 5K time of 15:00.15 at the Mines Triangular on Feb. 15 ... Finished the season ranked 30th in the nation in the 3K and 21st in the nation in the 5K ... Collegiate indoor debut came on Dec. 6 at the Mines Alumni Classic & Multi. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (10,000m) ... Second-Team All-RMAC (10,000m) ... Exclusively ran the 10,000 meters for the Orediggers during the outdoor season ... Finished 9th in the nation at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, running 31:38.52 ... Claimed 4th place at the RMAC Outdoor Championships in a season-best 30:42.17 ... Collegiate outdoor debut came at the Mines Kit Mayer Invite, running the 10K in 30:55.09.

2017-18: Redshirted.

Historical Player Information

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  • 2021-22Graduate Student

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