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Track & Field

Player Bio: Daniel Belch

  Daniel Belch
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
San Diego, CA
High School:
Torrey Pines
Position:
Sprints

Collegiate Career Bests:
60 Meters 6.90i
100 Meters 10.56
200 Meters 21.61
200 Meters 21.79i

2009 Season (Junior): Ran career bests in both the 100 meters (10.56) and the 200 meters (21.61) at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational ... competed in the prelims of both the 100 and 200 at the Pac-10 Championships ... ran the leadoff leg of the 4x100-meter relay that placed fourth at the Pac-10 Championships to earn five points for the Cardinal ... placed 14th in the 60 meters and 17th in the 200 meters in the prelims of the MPSF Championships ... placed second in the 100 and third in the 200 to help Stanford to the Big Meet title.

2008 Season (Sophomore): Finished 15th at the Pac-10 Championships in the 100 meters ... member of the Stanford 4x100-meter relay team that finished third at the Pac-10 Championships ... ran a career best time of 22.02 for 200 meters at the Davis quad meet ... competed in the prelims of the MPSF Championships where he finished 23rd in the 100 meters and 18th in the 200 meters.

2007 Season (Freshman): Finished 17th in the 100-meter prelims and 15th in the 200-meter prelims at the Pac-10 Championships ... ran a career-best 10.79 in the 100 meters and career-best 22.30 in the 200 meters at the Big Meet ... finished ninth in the 60-meter prelims at MPSF Indoor Championships with a career-best 6.97 to move into ninth all-time at Stanford ... also ran a career-best 22.43 in the 200-meter finals.

High School: Four-time Palomar League Champion ... helped lead his Torrey Pines squad to two Palomar League team titles ... 2005 first team All-City as a member of the 4x100-meter relay team ... holds school records in the 100 meters (10.72), 200 meters (21.76), 4x100 meters (42.34) and 4x200 meters (1:28.29) ... captain of the 2006 San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic Team ... 2005 San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic First Team.

Cardinal Catalogue: Economics major ... parents are Joe and Gayle Belch ... brother, Derek, kicked for the Stanford football team from 2003-07 ... grandfather, Ray Ceresino, played hockey for the Toronto Maple Leafs ... uncle, Gordy Ceresino, was a linebacker for the Cardinal and the San Francisco 49ers and is a member of the Stanford Hall of Fame ... second team Pac-10 All-Academic in 2009 ... honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic in 2007.