Collin Kotz
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- Hometown:
- Papillion, Neb.
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Previous School(s):
- Wayne State/Papillion-LaVista HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
- 2023, NSAA Scholar-Athlete (Cross Country)
- 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
Led by the North Star Athletic Association's Runner of the Year and meet champion Richard Marcoux, the Bruins' men's cross country team raced to a third-place team finish at Friday's NSAA Championship hosted by Viterbo. Held on the grounds of Maple Grove Venues outside LaCrosse, the meet was held under overcast skies, light wind, and temperatures in the 40's, making for perfect autumn running weather.
A perfect day for cross country greeted nearly 600 runners at the first Blazing Tiger NAIA Classic on Saturday morning at Mahoney State Park. Meet hosts Doane and College of St. Mary assembled a field of nationally ranked NAIA teams and brought them to Nebraska for the first time. The Bruin cross country team used the occasion for one final tune-up race prior to the NSAA championship in two weeks and came away with two personal bests.
Former Wayne State Wildcat and current Bruin Collin Kotz returned to the Wayne Country Club, site of Friday's Wildcat Cross Country Classic, and delivered a top 10 finish to lead all Bruin runners.
Running in their first eight-kilometer race of the season, the Bruin men's cross country team turned in a set of great performances, highlighted by a BU school record by Richard Marcoux. Saturday morning's Greeno/Dirksen Invite in Lincoln featured a deep field from NCAA Division I to junior college athletes. Temperatures in the 60s
The Bruin men's and women's cross country squads opened their 2023 season on Friday night in Sioux Falls with their inaugural entry into the Augustana Twilight Cross Country Meet. Thirty-seven teams from NCAA Division I to junior college ran under the lights at Yankton Trails Park. Conditions were warm even after sundown, with temperatures in the mid-80s and a warm south wind.