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2020 Men's Cross Country Roster

John Mortland
John Mortland
John Mortland
John Mortland
John Mortland
John Mortland
John Mortland
Eric Mason/UCCS
Eric Mason/UCCS
Eric Mason/UCCS

Sam Nofziger

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 145
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Oakdale, Minn.
  • High School Tartan

Biography

Career Times

2021 OUTDOOR: PR in 800m (1:57.78) on Mar. 26-27 at the CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing/Open (14th place) … PR in 1500m with a time of 4:00.64 on April 30 to May 2 at the RMAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship (19th place) …  Competed in 1500m and 800m.

2020-21 INDOOR: Season best in mile with a time of 4:31.22 on Feb. 12-13 at the CRC UCCS Open (8th place) … Competed in distance medley relay, mile, 3000m, and 5000m.

2020 XC: Competed in all three meets … Started the season with back-to-back 11th place finishes at the UCCS Rust Buster on Sept. 4 (26:58.9) and the UCCS XC Open on Sept. 18 (27:26.2) … Posted his fastest time of the season at the RMAC championship meet, crossing the finish line in 26:09.9 for a 37th place finish.

2019-20 INDOOR: Competed in 4 meets for UCCS … Ran the mile, 3000m and DMR … Recorded a career-best time of 4:26.52 in the mile at the Mountain Lion Open on Feb. 8, finished 5th in the event … Ran a season-best time of 9:20.73 in the 3000m at the Air Force Collegiate Open on Feb. 21, finished 5th in the event … Helped his DMR team take 5th place at the RMAC Championships with an overall time of 10:21.83.

2019 XC: Started the 2019 season with a personal best 8K time of 25:29.0 at the UCCS Rust Buster to finish 18th overall on the Monument Valley Park course ... Ran in one meet for UCCS after suffering a season-ending injury .

2018 XC: Competed in 6 events for the Mountain Lions … Placed 95th at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships with an 8k time of 34:31.9 … He recorded a personal best 8k at the RMAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 26:06.2 on November 3rd … He also posted a career best 10k at the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships on November 17th with a time of 32:33.5.

2017 XC: RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    5'9" 135 lbs
  • 2017Sophomore

    5'9" 135 lbs
  • 2018Junior

    5'10" 145 lbs
  • 2019Senior

    5'10" 145 lbs
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    2020Redshirt Senior

    5'10" 145 lbs
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