Cole Sprout_JPL_04012022_00221

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Career Accolades

  • Five-time All-American
  • Academic All-American
  • NACAC under-23 5,000 champion (2023)
  • Three-time West Region XC team champions (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Three-time Pac-12 XC team champions (2020-21, 2022, 2023)
  • Two-time All-West Region XC (2021, 2023)
  • Three-time All-Pac-12 XC first team (2020-21, 2022, 2023)
  • All-Pac-12 XC second team (2021)
  • Five-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC 2021, 2023; T&F 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Eight-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (XC 2021, 2023; T&F 2021, winter 2022, 2023, 2024; spring 2022, 2023)

As a Senior (2023-24)
Outdoors

  • Redshirted the Stanford season
  • Ran 13:38.05 in the 5,000 at the Bryan Clay Invite while unattached
  • Clocked 3:44.27 in the 1,500 and 28:17.69 in the 10,000 while unattached

Indoors

  • Ran season-best 5,000 of 13:30.37 at Terrier Classic
  • Ran sub-4 mile of 3:58.87 at the Ken Shannon Invite
  • Also at Ken Shannon, won the 3,000 in 7:49.14
  • Opening leg on the second-fastest distance medley relay in school history (9:27.06) at the Terrier DMR Challenge
  • Third-Team Academic All-American
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

    Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions West Region Champions
  • Four-year top-8 placer at Pac-12 Championships
  • All-West Region
  • First-team All-Pac-12
  • Placed third at Pac-12 Championships for the second consecutive year
  • Earned his best West Region placing, of fourth
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

As a Junior (2022-23)
Outdoors

  • North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association under-23 5,000 champ
  • Represented the U.S. in the race in San Jose, Costa Rica, on July 21
  • Placed eighth in the 5,000 at the USATF Championships in Eugene, Ore., and 16th in the 10,000
  • Won the Stumptown 5,000 in Portland in a season best 13:39.12
  • Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the 10,000
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

  • Ran first sub-4 mile, clocking 3:56.53 while placing second at the UW Indoor Preview
  • The time placed him No. 3 on Stanford's all-time indoor list
  • Second in the 3,000 at the Razorback Invitational in 7:44.50
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions West Region Champions 

  • All-Pac-12 first team
  • Placed third at the Pac-12 Championships
  • Seventh at Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational

As a Sophomore (2021-22)
Outdoors

  • Two-time All-American: first team in the 10,000 and second team in the 5,000
  • Fourth in the 10,000 at the NCAA Championships, in 28:14.89
  • Ninth in the 5,000 at NCAA's, running 13:32.53
  • Qualified for the U.S. Championships in the 5,000, placing 12th overall
  • Was second overall in the 10,000 (28:46.65) at the NCAA West Prelims and seventh in the 5,000 (13:29.99) 
  • Pac-12 runner-up in the 5,000
  • In his 10,000 debut, ran 27:42.42 at the Payton Jordan Invite to move to No. 3 in Stanford history and No. 7 in Pac-12 history
  • It was 20th-fastest 10,000 performance and 19th-fastest performer in collegiate history in season.
  • It was the 35th-fastest 10,000 performance and 22nd-fastest performer in collegiate history in or out of season. 
  • Ran an outdoor season 5,000 best of 13:26.61 at the U.S. Championships, placing him No. 8 in Stanford history
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

  • Two-time first-team All-American
  • Placed fifth in the 5,000 on Day One of the NCAA Championships and eighth in the 3,000 on Day Two 
  • Won the 3,000 at the Pac-12 Invitational in 7:43.10, the second-fastest in school history
  • The time made him the 13th-fastest in collegiate indoor history, included all-sized tracks and times converted from near-equal distances
  • Moved to No. 3 in the 5,000 all-time indoors at Stanford with a 13:24.38 at the Husky Classic, placing third
  • Anchored DMR to 9:29.57 at the Alex Wilson Invite, for the No. 10 time in school history
  • Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll 

Cross Country * West Region Champions

  • All-West Region
  • Placed 19th at NCAA West Regionals helping Card to team title
  • All-Pac-12 second team
  • Placed eighth at Pac-12 Championships as team's No. 4 runner
  • Stanford's No. 4 at NCAA Championships, helping team to fifth
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

As a Freshman (2020-21)
Outdoors

  • Advanced to NCAA West Prelims in the 5,000
  • Won the Stanford Invitational 5,000 in lifetime best 13:43.92
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

  • Did not compete

Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions

  • All-American
  • Placed 15th at NCAA Championships, just behind teammate Charles Hicks
  • Stanford's No. 2 runner on fifth-place team that was led by three freshmen
  • All-Pac-12 first team
  • Fourth at Pac-12 Championships
  • Stanford's No. 2 at Pac-12's, helping Cardinal to team title
  • Made collegiate debut at the Florida State Winter Classic, placing fifth as Stanford's No. 1 runner

National/International

  • While representing the U.S., won the NACAC under-23 title in the 5,000, running 14:11.78
  • Placed eighth in the 5,000 at the 2023 U.S. Championships and 16th in the 10,000
  • Placed 12th in the 5,000 at the 2022 U.S. Championships in Eugene in 13:26.61

Prior to Stanford

  • Ran 4:02.42 in the mile in a May, 2020, race in El Dorado Hills, Calif.
  • Earned his third consecutive Colorado state cross country title in 2019, breaking own meet record in 15:12.7
  • Second in state 3A cross country as a freshman, first in 4A as a sophomore, and won the 5A title his final two seasons
  • Seventh at the 2019 Nike Cross Nationals after placing third in 2018
  • Won six Gatorade state athlete of the year honors – three in track and three in cross country
  • Won seven state championships – doubling in the 1,600 and 3,200 in 2018 and 2019, in addition to his cross country titles
  • Broke the sophomore meet two-mile record at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals of 8:49.46
  • Broke the national sophomore record in the 3,000 (8:13.85)
  • As a junior, ran 4:06.68 to place second in the mile at the 2019 New Balance Indoor Nationals
  • Best of 8:40.73 for 3,200 was a state record set at the Arcadia Invitational
  • First Colorado high school runner to break 9 minutes for 3,200 in a race run in Colorado

Personal

  • Earned bachelor's at Stanford in Symbolic Systems
  • Parents are Jeff and Bev Sprout
  • Has a younger sister, Avery
  • Volunteered with Denver Rescue Mission
  • Participated in a mission trip to Ethiopia

Career Results

Year Season (Meets) Event Season Best Conf. Region NCAA
2023-24 Outdoors (0) -- -- -- -- --
  Indoors (7) 5,000 13:30.37 -- -- --
    3,000 7:49.14 -- -- --
    Mile 3:58.87 -- -- --
    1,000 2:25.69 -- -- --
    DMR 9:27.06 -- -- --
  Cross Country (5) 8K 22:56.5 3 (22:56.5) -- --
    10K 29:07.0 -- 4 (29:07.0) 95 (30:31.4)
2022-23 Outdoors (7) 5,000 13:39.12 2 (14:12.28) -- --
    10,000 28:30.91 -- 14 (28:41.14) --
    1,500 3:47.90 -- -- --
    3,000 8:09.74 -- -- --
  Indoors (3) Mile 3:56.53 -- -- --
    3,000 7:44.50 -- -- --
  Cross Country (4) 8K 22:38.3 3 (22:38.3) -- --
    10K 30:22.9 -- -- 118 (30:22.9)
2021-22 Outdoors (7) 10,000 27:42.42 -- 2 (28:46.65) 4 (28:14.89)
    5,000 13:26.61 2 (13:36.50) 7 (13:29.99) 9 (13:32.53)
    1,500 3:49.50 -- -- --
  Indoors (4) 5,000 13:24.38 -- -- 5 (13:25.67)
    3,000 7:43.10 -- -- 8 (8:00.85)
    DMR 9:29.57 -- -- --
  Cross Country (5) 8K 23:27.5 8 (23:57.9) -- --
    10K 30:03.3 -- 19 (30:12.3) 81 (30:03.3)
2020-21 Outdoors (5) 5,000 13:43.92 11 (13:46.83) 32 (14:28.08) --
    1,500 3:42.27 -- -- --
    800 1:51.79 -- -- --
    3,000 8:03.26 -- -- --
  Indoors (0) -- -- -- -- --
  Cross Country (4) 8K 22:57.9 4 (22:57.9) -- --
    10K 30:21.4 -- -- 15 (30:21.4)