2008 Men's Cross Country
Roster
Tyler Dinnan
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Juneau, Alaska
- Previous Team:
- Juneau-Douglas
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 0
As a freshman (indoors):
Earned All-New England honors twice with the eighth-place DMR squadon Feb. 23 and the 4x800m relay team on Feb. 24...ran a time of9:02.89 in his first meet ever indoors at the Yale Season Opener onDec. 10...competed in the 800m and finished in 2:04.91 at the YaleCollegiate Track Classic on Jan. 13...ran on the fourth-place4x800m relay (8:14.52) at URI's Sorlein Memorial Indoor Classic onJan. 20...ran the opening 1200m leg on the fifth-place DMR squad(10:14.90) that qualified for the IC4A[apos]s at the TerrierInvitational on Jan. 26...set a personal record in the 3000m(8:48.16) at the Terrier Invitational on Jan. 27...ran aseason-best time in the mile (4:23.11) and placed sixth at the URIMen's Mega Meet on Feb. 2 while also competing on the 4x400m relayteam that placed third in 3:31.60...competed in the mile (4:30.25)and the 3000m (9:08.19) at the NEC Championships on Feb. 10...ranthe 1600m anchor leg on the eighth-place DMR team which ran aseason-best time of 10:12.20 at the New England Championships onFeb. 23...competed in the mile and finished with a season-best timeof 4:21.59 and ran a leg on the eighth-place 4x800m relay team(7:50.49) at the New England Championships on Feb. 24...ran the1600m leg on the DMR team which ran the second fastest time inschool history (10:04.09) at the IC4A Championships.
As a freshman (cross country):
Garnered NEC Rookie of the Week honors on Sept. 26 and Oct. 17...inhis Bobcat debut, finished 14th overall and third on the team atthe Stony Brook Invitational on Sept. 1 for navigating the 5kcourse in 16:02.84...placed 48th overall and seventh on the team in28:04 to help lead the Bobcats to a third-place finish of 19schools at the Fordham Invitational on Sept. 9...finished 22ndoverall and sixth on the team in 27:26.7 to help the Bobcats winthe Quinnipiac Invitational on Sept. 22... placed 23rd overall andeighth on the team in 27:07.7 at the NEC Championships on Oct.28... finished 187th overall and seventh on the team in 36:47.6 tohelp lead the Bobcats to a 16th place standing at the NCAANortheast Regional Championships on Nov. 11.
Before Quinnipiac:
Received four letters in cross country and outdoor track atJuneau-Douglas High School and also played on the junior varsitysoccer team...was Alaska's individual state champion in crosscountry his senior year...his high school cross country team wasstate championships in 2003 and 2004 and his outdoor track team wasstate champions in 2005...outdoors, was the state champion in the800m and 1600m in 2005 and 2006 and holds school and regionalrecords in both events...was named the Alaska Gatorade Track andField Athlete of the Year in 2005 and 2006...was also aWendy[apos]s High School Heisman Award winner and a member of theAll-State Sportsmanship Team in 2004...named his team[apos]s MVP intrack his junior and senior years and in cross country his senioryear...recipient of the Alaska Scholars Award and was a member ofthe National Honor Society...also named to the RegionalAll-Academic team for cross country as an honor rollstudent...volunteered with Alaska Youth for EnvironmentalAction...grandfather played minor league baseball.
Personal:
Born in Juneau, Alaska...son of Karen and John Dinnan...has a twinbrother, Wesley, who is running cross country and track at theUniversity of New Hampshire...is an undeclared health sciencesmajor.
