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2018 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Daniel Garcia

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Barcelona, Spain
  • Prev School Cardinal Stritch

Biography

Four-time track and field NAIA champion 
Two-time NAIA Athlete of the Year
2018 Indoor Track and Field All-BIG EAST (Mile, DMR)
2018 Outdoor Track and Field All-BIG EAST (4x800m relay)


Collegiate Bests (following the 2017-18 season)

1500m- 3:46.17, 2018 Billy Hayes Invitational (Outdoor)
Mile- 4:01.32, 2018 Husky Classic (Indoor)
3000m- 8:08.11, 2018 Gladstein Invitational (Indoor)

Collegiate Results:
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6429880/Butler/Daniel_Garcia.html


PRIOR TO BUTLER: Ran cross country and track and field at both Cardinal Stritch and Kennesaw State...finished seventh at the 2016 NAIA National Cross Country Championships (ran a time of 24:46 for the 8k in a 331-competitor field)...his finish earned him NAIA All-American honors for the second consecutive year...became the first Cardinal Stritch cross country runner to win the conference (CCAC) championship...also awarded Runner of the Year for the conference in 2016...2016 NAIA national champion in the 1,500 meters...U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NAIA Midwest Men's Track (outdoor) Athlete of the Year...NAIA All-American in outdoor track and field as well...at the 2016 NAIA indoor championships, he was a member of two national championship relay teams (4x800, DMR), and also had a third-place finish in the mile, running a time of 4:13.63...earned three indoor All-American honors.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Senior

  • 2018Graduate Student

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