2021 Cross Country Roster

Stephen Hinkel
Shawn Price | Arkansas Athletics

Dylan Ko

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

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2021: USTFCCCA All-America ... CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America ... First-Team All-RMAC ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... Finished fourth at the NCAA Championships, matching teammate Kyle Moran for the best individual finish in program history ... Nationals finish came on a 10K time of 30:19.3 in searing Florida heat and humidity ... Took fourth in the conference at the RMAC Championships in Golden thanks to an 8K pace of 24:48.8 ... Also appeared in the Chile Pepper XC Festival in Arkansas where he took fourth place as well.

2020: CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-America ... RMAC Runner of the Year ... First-Team All-RMAC ... USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (10/27) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... RMAC Runner to Watch ... Won the RMAC Cross Country Championships for a second straight year by running the 8,000-meter course in Colorado Springs at a clip of 24:18.4 ... Also won his other race of the year, the 5675 Time Trials against Colorado Christian, where he set the Stermole Track record in the 8,000 meters with a time of 23:57.04 ... Became the first Oredigger to ever win back-to-back individual RMAC crowns as he helped Mines win its second straight team title and fourth conference championship in the last five years ... Made the Orediggers just the third program in the history of the RMAC to have back-to-back individual cross country champions.

2019: USTFCCCA All-America ... Finished seventh in the nation at the NCAA Championships ... USTFCCCA All-Region ... RMAC Runner of the Year ... First-Team All-RMAC ... Individual RMAC Champion ... USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (10/28) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Appeared as one of Mines' top two runners in five out of six events on the year ... Ran 29:54.3 at the NCAA Championships as the Orediggers' No. 2 runner ... Placed sixth at the NCAA Regional Championships in a time of 31:05.7 ... Top performance of the year featured a sprint to the finish for individual gold over Taylor Stack at the RMAC Championships, clocking in at 23:20.9 ... Also finished second at the UCCS Rust-Buster and eighth at the DI-packed Chile Pepper Festival.

2018: Second-Team All-RMAC ... Competed in four of Mines' five races ... Took 21st at the RMAC Championships in 25:43.0 ... Top finish of 9th at the Colorado College Invite in 26:12.1 ... Also took 14th at the Rock Pre-Nationals in 25:52.0.

2017: Redshirted.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Redshirt Freshman

  • 2019Redshirt Sophomore

  • 2020Redshirt Junior

  • 2021Graduate Student