2022 Cross Country Roster

Jeff Evans | Western Washington
Darral Freund
Edward Jacobs, Jr.
Jack Hulett
Jack Hulett
Paul Merca
Paul Merca

Dillon Powell

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • Highschool Air Academy
  • Major Chemical Engineering

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2022:
 NCAA Division II Individual Champion ... USTFCCCA National Men's Athlete of the Year ... USTFCCCA All-America ... College Sports Communicators First-Team Academic All-America ... USTFCCCA South Central Athlete of the Year ... NCAA South Central Region Champion with a time of 29:43.1 ... USTFCCCA All-Region ... RMAC Runner of the Year ... First-Team All-RMAC ... RMAC Champion with an 8K time of 24:05.6 ... USTFCCCA Men's Scholar Athlete of the Year ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … President’s Senior Scholar-Athlete Award recipient … Blaster Awards winner for Co-Male Athlete of the Year ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (10/24, 11/7) ... RMAC Runner of the Week (10/26) ... ... Won the regional race by more than 45 seconds and the national race by nearly 20 seconds ... Appeared in four of Mines' seven races including all three postseason events ... Went undefeated, winning all four competitions he raced in ... Became the first Oredigger to ever win an individual national title at the DII cross country championships ... Finished first in the nation with a time of 29:28.0 ... Won the South Central Region in 29:43.1 ... Claimed his second straight RMAC title thanks to a 24:05.6 pace ... Opened his season with a 23:19.8 victory at the DII Pre-Nationals.

2021: CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America ... USTFCCCA South Central Athlete of the Year ... USTFCCCA All-Region ... RMAC Runner of the Year ... First-Team All-RMAC ... RMAC Champion with an 8K time of 24:07.2 ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (10/25) ... RMAC Runner of the Week (9/8, 10/6) ... Debuted at the NCAA Championships and led most of the race before succombing to heat exhaustion ... Started the year by winning the Wyoming Invite with a 5K time of 14:54 ... Took third at the Chile Pepper XC Festival thanks to a 8K pace of 23:39.7 ... Won the individual RMAC title with the time noted above and also won the NCAA South Central Region Cross Country Championships by nearly 30 seconds with a time of 29:15.4 ... Overall, ran five of Mines' seven events and won four of them.

2020: First-Team All-RMAC ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... Made his collegiate cross country debut at the 5675 Time Trials against Colorado Christian and finished eighth out of 43 runners thanks to an 8K time of 24:35.16 ... Also ran at his first-ever RMAC Championships and claimed 10th place to help Mines win its second straight conference title and fourth RMAC crown in the last five years ... Clocked an 8,000-meter time of 24:42.6 at the conference race.

2019: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Air Academy in Colorado Springs where he competed in track & field and cross country ... Took 7th place at the 2018 Colorado 4A State Cross Country Championships and also placed 14th at the 2017 state championships ... Claimed silver at the track & field state championships in the 3,200-meter run while also taking fourth in the 1,600 meters ... Boasts a top cross country time of 15:44.9 ... Career best track & field marks include 4:21.0 in the 1,600 meters and 9:12.7 in the 3,200-meter run.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Redshirt Freshman

  • 2021Redshirt Sophomore

  • 2022Redshirt Junior