2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Luke Julian
Zack Chavez | RMAC
Eric Flores

Dillon Powell

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

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2022-23: Received a B.S. in chemical engineering in May 2023 … College Sports Communicators First-Team Academic All-America ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … President’s Senior Scholar-Athlete Award recipient … USTFCCCA All-Academic ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... Blaster Awards winner for Co-Male Athlete of the Year. Indoor Track & Field - NCAA Division II national champion in the 5000m …USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (5000m) … USTFCCCA National Scholar Indoor Track Athlete of the Year ... USTFCCCA All-Region (5000m and mile) … First-Team Academic All-RMAC … USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (Feb. 14) … RMAC Runner of the Week (Jan. 31 and Feb. 14) … Reset his own NCAA Division II, RMAC, and Mines records in the 5K with a 13:28.46 time at Boston University … Ran a wire-to-wire 13:48.13 win at NCAA Indoors to capture the national title.   Outdoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Athlete of the Year … USTFCCCA All-Region (5,000m and 10,000m) … First-Team Academic All-RMAC … RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (April 5) … Broke the Mines 5,000m outdoor record with a 13:30.93 time at the Stanford Invitational, the fastest time in NCAA Division II in 2023 ... Also ran 30:13.43 to win the 10,000m at the Mines Mini Meet ... Qualified for NCAA Outdoor Championships in both events but was unable to compete due to injury ... Was seeded first in the 5K and sixth in the 10K.

2021-22: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (5,000m) ... CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America ... USTFCCCA All-Region (3,000m, 5,000m, DMR) ... RMAC Track Athlete of the Year ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (2/15) ... RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (2/9, 2/16) ... Finished second in the nation in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Championships on a time of 13:42.58 ... Also took 16th in the nation in the 3,000-meter run at the NCAA Championships thanks to his time of 8:10.59 which ranked him sixth in the program record book ... Qualified for the national meet in the 5K by breaking the all-time NCAA Division II indoor record at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, running 13:33.68 ... Punched his 3K ticket with an 8:20.03 at the Mines Winter Classic while breaking the Steinhauer Fieldhouse facility record ... Also ran as part of the distance-medley relay at the RMAC Championships and helped Mines finish sixth in a time of 10:10.89 which put the Orediggers 13th in the nation. Outdoor Track & Field - NCAA Division II Champion in the 10,000-meter run ... USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (10,000m, 5,000m) ... Finished third in the nation in the 5,000-meter run ... USTFCCCA High Point Athlete of the Meet ... USTFCCCA All-Region (10,000m) ... First-Team All-RMAC (10,000m) ... RMAC Champion in the 10,000-meter run ... RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (4/13) ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... Stood atop the 10K podium at the NCAA Championships thanks to his time of 28:44.97 which was the third-fastest in the history of the meet ... Stood on the 5K podium thanks to his 13:55.03 clip which was fourth-fastest in NCAA Championships history and put him fifth in the program record book ... Won RMAC gold thanks to a 10K clip of 30:52.52 ... Punched his ticket to nationals in the 10K by running a program-record 28:22.78 at the Stanford Invitational ... Qualified for the national 5K thanks to a 14:22.15 at the CU Invitational.

2020-21: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (3,000m, 5,000m) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Distance specialist for the Orediggers, running the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters ... Finished 11th in the nation in both the 3K and 5K at his first career NCAA Championships by running 8:12.77 and 14:11.36, respectively, which ranked fifth and sixth in program history ... Automatically qualified for the national meet in his collegiate indoor debut thanks to a 3K clip of 8:23.42 at the Mines Front Range #1 ... Also automatically qualified in his only other regular-season race by posting a 14:42.98 5K at the Mines Front Range #2.  Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (5,000m) ... USTFCCCA All-Region (10,000m) ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... Continued his distance focus with appearances in the 5,000-meter run and 10,000-meter run ... Debuted at outdoor nationals by taking fifth in the country in the 5,000-meter run at a pace of 14:16.53 ... Collegiate outdoor debut featured an automatic qualifying time of 14:23.78 in the 5K a the Mines Kit Mayer Classic ... His second outdoor collegiate race was another automatic qualifying time of 30:09.88 in the 10K at the Mines Pre-Conference Invite which ranked fifth in the nation ... Closed his redshirt freshman year with seven total races including four automatic qualifying runs and three all-American performances.

2019-20: Indoor Track & Field - Redshirted. Outdoor Track & Field - Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

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

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2021-22Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2022-23Redshirt Junior

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