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2022-23 Men's Track and Field Roster

Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Dax Larson - CSU-Pueblo

Evan Graff

  • Position Distance
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 165
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Montrose, Colo.
  • High School Montrose
  • Major Criminal Justice (MCJ)

Biography

Career Times

2023 OUTDOOR: National Qualifier in 1500m … Second Team All-America in 1500m (11th) … USTFCCCA All-Region in 1500m … First Team All-RMAC in 1500m … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … CSC Academic All-District … USTFCCCA All-Academic ... CSC Academic All-America Second Team ... RMAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year Honorable Mention ... Posted a season-best converted time of 3:44.04 in the 1500m at the CSU Pueblo Last Chance on May 6, which registered as an NCAA provisional qualifying mark and ended the outdoor season ranked sixth in the country … Posted a season-best time of 14:06.51 in the 5000m at the Stanford Invitational on March 31, which registered as an NCAA provisional qualifying mark and ended the outdoor season ranked 25th in the country … Finished second in the 1500m at the RMAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:52.64 … Placed 11th at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 3:56.75.

2022-23 INDOOR: First Team All-America in the mile … Second Team All-America in the distance medley relay … RMAC Male Track Athlete of the Year… All-RMAC First Team in the 3000m run … USTFCCCA All-South Central Region in the Mile, 3000m, and distance medley relay … RMAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 24th) … RMAC All-Academic First Team … PR Time of 4:05.08 in the mile at the Boston University Scarlet and White Invite on February 4 … Placed second in the 3000m (8:29.14) at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships … Finished seventh in the mile at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships.

2022 XC: USTFCCCA All-Region… RMAC All-Academic First Team… All-RMAC First Team… Competed in five meets… Started the season with a 8k PR of 24:57.0, placing 3rd at the 15th Annual UCCS Rust-Buster on September 3rd… Set a 10k PR of 30:55.3 on December 2nd at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships.

2022 OUTDOOR: National qualifier in 1500m … USTFCCCA All-Region in 1500m … First Team All-RMAC in 1500m … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … USTFCCCA All-Academic ... School record and PR time of 3:45.18 in 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational (Apr. 14-15) … PR in 5000m (14:44.64) on Mar. 25-26 at the CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing Open (fifth place) … Finished second in 1500m (3:50.78) at the RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Competed in 800m, 1500m and 5000m.

2021-22 INDOOR: All-RMAC First Team in the mile… RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… National qualifier in the mile… PR in the mile (4:07.48) on Feb. 12 at the 2022 Ichabod Invite… Placed 2nd in the mile at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb 24-26)… Competed in the mile, 3000m, 5000m and distance medley relay.

2021 XC: USTFCCCA All-Academic ... All-South Central Region … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … Competed in five meets … Finished third in his first two meets of the season at the UCCS Rust Buster (25:27.3) and the Lucian Rosa Invitational (25:31.6) … Earned all-region honors with a 20th place finish at the NCAA South Central Regional on Nov. 6 with a 10k PR time of 31:00.7 … Crossed the finish line in 67th place at the NCAA DII National Championships (32:03.9).

2021 OUTDOOR: RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … PR in 800m (1:53.63) at Mines Kit Mayer Classic on April 18 taking silver … PR in 1500m at the Maverick Multi and Open on April 9-10 timing in at 3:51.21 (6th place) … PR in 5000 with a 14.46.93 time at the CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing/Open on Mar. 26-27 (6th place) … Competed in 5000m, 1500m, 800m, and 4x400m.

2020-21 INDOOR: USTFCCCA All-America Second Team in the mile … All-RMAC Second Team for the mile and 3000m … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … National Qualifier in the mile … PR in mile on Mar. 11-13 at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championship finishing in 4:10.32 (10th place) … PR in 3000m (8:27.32) at the RMAC Indoor Track and Field Championship taking 6th place … Competed in mile and 3000m.

2020 XC: RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … Ran in two meets … Place fourth at the UCCS XC Open in 26:49.1 on Sept. 1 … Opened the season on Sept. 4 at the UCCS Rust Buster with fourth place finish in 26:19.4.

2019-20 INDOOR: All-RMAC First Team (Mile) ... RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll ...  Competed in 4 meets for UCCS … Ran the mile, 3000m and DMR … Recorded a career-best time of 4:22.49 in the mile at the RMAC Championships, took 3rd in the event … Notched a career-best time in the 3000m of 8:59.48 at the Air Force Collegiate Open on Feb. 21, finished 2nd in the event … Helped his DMR team finish 5th at the RMAC Championships with an overall time of 10:21.83.

2019 XC: USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll ... Competed in five meets for the Mountain Lions ... Started the season at the 12th Annual UCCS Rust Buster with an 8K time of 25:55.7 ... Finished 36th overall at the RMAC XC Championship meet after running a personal best 8K time of 25:16.6 ... Two weeks later at the NCAA South Central Regional race he crossed the 10K finish line in 33:24.8 ... On Nov. 23 he finished 164th overall at the NCAA DII XC National Championship race with a personal best time of 32:12.2.

2018 XC: Redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2018 graduate of Montrose High School ... Four-time academic letterwinner ... Earned First-team All-State honors junior year in cross country ... State Champion in the 4x8 during his junior year ... Voted as cross country team captain.

PARENTS: Chris and Kathy Graff.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Distance
    6'2" 165 lbs
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Distance
    6'2" 165 lbs
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Distance
    6'2" 165 lbs
  • 2021-22Redshirt Junior

    Distance
    6'2" 165 lbs
  • 2022-23Graduate Student

    Distance
    6'2" 165 lbs