TFRRSPerformance Profile
Career accolades:
- All-American
Personal bests (thru 2019):
- 800: 1:49.71
- 1,500: 3:44.51
- Mile: 4:03.63i
- 1,000: 2:25.96i
- 3,000: 8:09.43i
- 5,000: 14:09.41
As a graduate student (2018-19):
Outdoors
- Placed 26th in the Pac-12 Championships 800.
- Team captain.
- USTFCCCA All-Academic.
Indoors
- Placed seventh at the MPSF Championships in the mile with a personal best 4:03.92.
- MPSF All-Academic.
Cross country
- All-West Region.
- Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
- Ran No. 6 for Stanford's fifth-place team at the NCAA Championships.
As a senior (2017-18):
Outdoors
- CoSIDA Academic All-America second team.
- Team captain.
- Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
- USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
- Ran personal best 1,500 of 3:44.51 at the Payton Jordan Invitational.
- Made 5,000 debut with a 14:09.41 at the Stanford Invitational.
- Advanced to NCAA West Prelims in the 1,500 for the first time.
Indoors
- Expanded his distance with a debut 3,000, running 8:09.43 for 10th at Iowa State Classic.
- MPSF All-Academic.
Cross country
- Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
- In first extensive collegiate cross-country season, was fourth-place Stanford's No. 4 runner at the NCAA Championships.
- All-West Region selection.
- No. 4 runner on Stanford's Pac-12 champion team.
As a junior (2016-17):
Outdoors
- Placed third at the Pac-12 Championships in the 800 with a personal best 1:49.71.
- Established PBs in each 1,500 of the two 1,500's he ran.
- Ran season best 1,500 of 3:45.35 at Cardinal Classic.
- USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.
- Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
Indoors
- Earned his first All-America honor by running the opening leg on the 12th place distance medley relay team at NCAA's.
- Ran a 2:59.06 opening leg at NCAA's, and earned second-team honors.
- Ran first leg of NCAA-qualifying DMR that ran 9:28.72 and placed second at the Alex Wilson Invitational.
- Set mile personal best of 4:03.63 to place fifth at the Iowa State Classic.
- Ran indoor 800 best of 1:51.44 at the UW Invitational.
- MPSF All-Academic selection.
Cross country
- Made collegiate cross country debut, finishing seventh at the Stanford Invitational.
- Was Stanford's No. 1 runner at the race.
As a sophomore (2015-16):
Outdoors
- Advanced to the Pac-12 800 final.
- Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
- USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
Indoors
- Did not compete.
Cross country
- Did not compete.
As a freshman (2014-15):
Outdoors
- Ran three races, all 1,500's, unattached.
- Set a personal best in the 1,500 of 3:49.97 at the West Coast Last Chance Meet in San Francisco.
Indoors
- Made collegiate debut by winning his heat of the 1,000 (2:28.71) at the UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 17 and as the third leg on the winning 4x800 relay team (7:40.17).
- Set personal best in the mile of 4:11.84 while finishing fifth in his heat at the Razorback Invite.
- Finished 23rd in the mile at the MPSF Championships (4:12.56).
Cross Country
- Did not race officially as a true freshman, but raced twice unattached, winning the open division of the Bronco Invitational. Did not race in 2015.
High School:
- Placed third in the 1,500 meters at the 2014 New Balance Outdoor Nationals, running 3:51.40.
- Advanced to the 2013 Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals, placing 27th in 15:51.
- Qualified by finishing eighth at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional at the famous Van Cortlandt Park course in the Bronx.
- As a senior at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., won both the Interstate Athletic Conference and Maryland/D.C. Private School cross country titles.
- Earned back-to-back Gatorade D.C. Cross Country Runner of the Year awards, in 2012 and 2013.
Personal:
- A talented singer, Dinger annually performed in school ensembles and the spring musical at St. Albans.
- Achieved Eagle Scout status with the Boy Scouts of America.
- Earned his undergraduate degree in molecular and cell biology.
Career results:
| Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. | Region | NCAA |
| 2018-19 | Outdoors (2) | 800 | 1:53.92 | 26 (1:53.92) | -- | -- |
| 1,500 | 3:50.25 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (3) | Mile | 4:03.92 | 7 (4:03.92) | -- | -- | |
| Cross country (6) | 8K | 23:37.4 | 23 (23:37.4) | -- | -- | |
| 10K | 30:03.1 | -- | 25 (30:03.1) | 125 (30:52.7) | ||
| 2017-18 | Outdoors (6) | 1,500 | 3:44.51 | 20 (3:55.79) | 24 (3:51.87) | -- |
| 5,000 | 14:09.41 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (3) | Mile | 4:07.07 | 13 (4:08.72) | -- | -- | |
| 3,000 | 8:09.43 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross country (6) | 8K | 24:05.3 | 15 (24:08.6) | -- | -- | |
| 10K | 30:01.5 | -- | 25 (30:01.5) | 63 (30:31.1) | ||
| 2016-17 | Outdoors (6) | 800 | 1:49.71 | 3 (1:49.71) | 20 (1:52.03) | -- |
| 1,500 | 3:45.35 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (5) | 800 | 1:51.44 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Mile | 4:03.63 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1,000 | 2:25.97 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| DMR | 9:28.72 | -- | -- | 12 (10:00.77) | ||
| 4x400 | 3:22.30 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross country (1) | 8K | 23:45.8 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2015-16 | Outdoors (7) | 800 | 1:49.73 | 7 (1:49.73) | 23 (1:50.00) | -- |
| 1,500 | 3:48.23 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 4x400 | 3:18.19 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Cross country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2014-15 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Indoors (4) | Mile | 4:11.84 | 23 (4:12.56) | -- | -- | |
| 1,000 | 2:28.71 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 4x800 | 7:40.17 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |