Aaron Newton
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- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Platteview HS
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- Previous School(s):
- Platteview HS
Bio
Honors & Awards:
- 2022, Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
- 2021-22, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
- 2019, NSAA Champion of Character (Cross Country)
2020 Season (Junior): Did not compete in any cross country meets ... Ran a 5:04.30 in the 1-mile at the NSAA Indoor Championships ... Ran a season-best 2:08.68 in the 800M at the Concordia Invitational (Apr. 10) ... Logged a season-best time of 4:26.02 in the 1,500 meters at the Prairie Wolf Invite (Apr. 22) ... His time of 19:22.65 in the 5,000 meters at the Statesmen Relays (May 1) were a PR ... Finished seventh in the 1,500 meters at the NSAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 4:34.22.
2019 Season (Sophomore): Ran an 8K personal best in 28:48 at the 2019 Briar Cliff Invite ... Has improved tremendously over his two seasons on the team cutting over three minutes from his original competition as a freshman ... Awarded the NSAA Champions of Character for cross country in 2019 ... Holds school records on the track for 400-meters outdoors and 600-meters indoors.
2018 Season (Freshman): Participated in all seven events ... Posted a season-best time of 29:41.2 in the Briar Cliff Invite ... Placed 15th in the 7K Griffon Open with a mark of 29:18.0 ... Finished in 46th place at the NSAA Championships with a time of 31:49.1.
High School: Prepped at Platteview High School under coach Craig Christians ... Also lettered in soccer and track ... State qualifier in the 2018 Nebraska State Track Meet in the 4x400 meter relay.
Personal: Son of Melissa Dickson ... Has a younger sister, Pruett ... Born on Jan. 11, 2000 in Red Oak, Iowa ... Majoring in Computer Information Systems.
News mentions
Led by three Bruin men who were named all-Conference, the Bruin men’s cross country team rose to the runner-up spot at today’s NSAA Cross Country Championship. This was the Bruin’s best finish as a team in their short four-season existence, bettering a fourth-place showing in 2019. The Bruins posted a team score of 59 (sum of their first five runners finishing places) to edge Dickinson State by two points. The Dakota State men put four runners into the Top Ten and tallied a team score of 40 points, advancing them to the NAIA National Championship on November 19 in Ft. Vancouver, Wash.
Four members of the Bruin's men's cross country team used Saturday's Mount Marty Invite as a final tune-up for the NSAA Championship in two weeks. The Bruins were without a full squad as runners were held out to address injury issues in hopes of having them back to race in two weeks.
Several breakthrough performances highlighted a very strong effort by the Bruin men at Saturday’s Holiday Inn Express Cross Country Classic hosted by Dordt University. A quality field of runners traversed the three loops of the Dordt Prairie, highlighted by a dominating performance by the No. 13 ranked Dordt men. The Defenders placed all seven of their runners in the top ten for a low team total of 18 with just one Northwestern Iowa runner breaking up the perfect 1-2-3-4-5 score. The Bruins, despite running without their usual third man, placed a solid fifth place among the nine complete teams.
The Bruins’ five scorers averaged 27:32 for eight kilometers, easily the best team clocking in program history. As was the case last week, the Bruins were barely edged from the third team spot as conference foe Dakota State defeated them 116 to 120.
NCAA Division II Wayne State edged the Bellevue University men’s cross country team 52 to 53 for second place in Friday’s Wildcat Classic.
The Bruin men finished in 12th place among 17 Gold division teams. The Gold division was won by past NJCAA champion Iowa Central CC with three men in the top six while Wichita State won the Red Division handily over runner-up Air Force.
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