2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Daniel Appleford

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Newbury Park, Calif.
  • Highschool Newbury Park
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2024-25: USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - First-Team All-RMAC (5,000m) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Competed in the 3K and 5K indoors … Was the RMAC silver medalist in the 5K running 14:51.25 … Ran a season-best 14:09.60 at the Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston … Top 3K time was 8:35.53 at the Mines Winter Classic. Outdoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (5,000m) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Focused on the 5K outdoors, running four times … Recorded a collegiate all-seasons best of 14:05.39 at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Placed fourth at the RMAC Championships in 15:06.23.

2023-24: USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (5K) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Ran the 3K and 5K during indoor season … Ran a 3K best of 8:32.22 at the Mines Winter Classic & Multi … Ran 14:15.51 in the 5K at the David Hemery Valentine Invite … Ran in both events at RMAC Championships, scoring with his fourth-place 14:29.40 in the 5K and finishing 12th in the 3K at 8:38.74. Outdoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Competed in four meets, running 1,500m and up … Opened the season with a collegiate-best 30:57.99 10K at the Dan Caprioglio Invite, then ran a PR of 14:12.55 in the 5K at the Bryan Clay Invitational and 3:59.68 over 1,500m at the Kit Mayer Invite … Placed 13th in the 5K at the RMAC Championships and was 24th in the 1,500m.

2022-23: Indoor Track & Field - Redshirted. Outdoor Track & Field - Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in cross country and track & field at Newbury Park High School in California, earning a total of eight varsity letters … Focused on distance events with top times of 14:44 in the 5,000-meter run, 8:52 in the 3,200-meter run and 4:11 in the 1,600-meter run … Claimed silver in the 3,200 meters at the California State Track & Field meet … Helped his team to multiple national team titles in cross country .. Cross country squad also set the High School National Team Record in the 5K with a 14:14 average … Also named to the first team on All-State MileSplit Senior Boys All-California Track & Field … Was the valedictorian of his class with membership in the National Honor Society and the California Scholarship Federation … Plans to major in mechanical engineering at Mines.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

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  • 2023-24Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2025-26Redshirt Junior

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