Collin Kotz
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- Hometown:
- Papillion, Neb.
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- Year:
- So.
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- Previous School(s):
- Wayne State/Papillion-LaVista HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
- 2023, All-NSAA (Outdoor Track, 3,000-Meter Steeplechase)
- 2021-22, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
- 2022, All-NSAA (Outdoor Track, 3,000-Meter Steeplechase)
Colin Kotz' Season-by-Season Marks/Career Bests
2021 Season (Freshman): Ran at three meets during the 2021 season...finished 13th at Morningside Invitational (9/17/21) with a time of 27:30 and was 16th at WSC Wildcat Classic (9/24/21) in 28:50...also ran at Augustana Twilight Invite (9/3/21) and posted time of 22:48 on four-mile course.
2020 Season (COVID): Season canceled due to COVID-19.
High School: Graduate of Papillion La Vista High School...was a starter in both track and cross country...was able to help his cross country team place eighth overall in Class A State Cross Country and was a two-year State Cross Country qualifier as a sophomore.
Personal: Son of Roy and Christina Kotz...born September 13, 2001...majoring in computer science.
News mentions
The Bellevue University men’s cross country team ran to a fourth-place finish at Friday’s NSAA cross country championships hosted by Dickinson State at the Heart River Golf Course.
Every Bruin runner set a seasonal or personal best at today's inaugural Platte River Rumble hosted by Creighton University and UNO. The meet was held under fall-like conditions with overcast skies and temperatures in the fifties over the undulating two-kilometer loop at Mahoney State Park.
Three men represented the Bruins at Saturday's Briar Cliff Cross Country Invite held at the Adams Nature Preserve in North Sioux City, S.D. Pleasant fall conditions and a light breeze were on tap for the 95 runners contesting the men's eight-kilometer (4.97 miles) race over the crushed rock trail of the preserve.
Junior Richard Marcoux lowered his lifetime best for eight kilometers at today's Greeno/Dirksen cross country invitational hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan at Mahoney Park in Lincoln. Overcast conditions and temperatures in the 70's and an exceptionally strong field created an environment for fast times. Marcoux recorded a time of 27:05.3 to set a personal best as he finished in 133rd place in the field of 318 finishers.
Bruin junior Richard Marcoux, a transfer from North Iowa Area CC, was the top finisher at Friday’s Bill Buxton Invitational. He narrowly missed a Top Ten podium finish by a scant 0.1 seconds, getting nipped at the line by a Loras College runner at the finish line.
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