TFRRS Performance Profile
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Career Accolades
- NCAA individual XC champion (2022)
- 10-time All-American
- USTFCCCA National Men's XC Athlete of the Year (2022)
- USTFCCCA National Men's XC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2022)
- CoSIDA Academic All-America third team (2022)
- Two-time European under-23 XC champion (2021, 2022)
- European under-23 5,000 champion (2023)
- U.K. under-23 10,000 record holder
- European and U.K. under-20 10,000 record-holder
- Three-time USTFCCCA West Region XC Athlete of the Year (2020-21, 2021, 2022)
- Two-time West Region XC team champions (2021, 2022)
- Two-time Pac-12 XC Athlete of the Year (2021, 2022)
- Two-time Pac-12 XC individual champion (2021, 2022)
- Two-time Pac-12 10,000-meter champion (2021, 2022)
- Two-time Pac-12 XC team champions (2020-21, 2022)
- Pac-12 XC Freshman of the Year (2020-21)
- Three-time All-Pac-12 XC first team (2020-21, 2021, 2022)
- USTFCCCA National XC Athlete of the Week (Oct. 31, 2022)
- Two-time All-West Region XC (2021, 2022)
- Two-time Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Week (April 21, 2021; May 3, 2022)
- Stanford Athletics Board Bob Murphy Award winner for best moment of the year in Stanford Athletics (2023)
- Stanford Athletics Board Biff Hoffman Award winner (2023)
- Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Freshman
- CoSIDA District 8 All-Academic team for T&F/XC (2022)
- Six-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC 2020-21, 2021, 2022; T&F 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Six-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (XC 2021; T&F 2021, winter 2022, 2023; spring 2022, 2023)
Personal Records (thru 2023 outdoors)
- 10,000: 27:40.16
- 5,000: 13:22.05i
- 1,500: 3:43.59
- Mile: 4:07.74
- 3,000: 7:43.84i
As a Senior (2022-23)
Outdoors
- Two-time first-team All-American (5,000, 10,000)
- Second in the NCAA 10,000 to teammate Ky Robinson
- Sixth in the NCAA 5,000
- Scored 11 points to help Stanford to a third-place NCAA team finish
- Won the European under-23 5,000 title in Finland in 13:35.07
- Won the Stanford Invitational 10,000 in 27:57.47, the fastest collegiate time in the country
- Payton Jordan Invite 5,000 winner
- Big Meet 3,000 winner
- Stanford Athletics Board Biff Hoffman Award winner
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Indoors
- Second-team All-American
- Placed ninth in the 5,000 at the NCAA Indoor Championships
- Windy City Invitational 5,000 winner in season-best 13:22.05
- Moved to No. 3 in the 5,000 in Stanford indoor history
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions * West Region Champions
- NCAA individual champion
- First male or female from Stanford to win an NCAA XC individual title
- USTFCCCA National Men's Athlete of the Year
- USTFCCCA National Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Broke course record at NCAA Championships at Oklahoma State
- All-American
- Pac-12 individual champion
- Repeated title to lead Cardinal to Pac-12 title
- Repeated as European under-23 champion, representing Great Britain
- USTFCCCA West Region Men's Athlete of the Year
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Men's Athlete of the Year
- All-West Region
- Third-place finish led Stanford to NCAA West Region team title
- All-Pac-12 first team
- Set course record at Pac-12 Championships in Riverside, Calif.
- USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (Oct. 31, 2022)
- Stanford Athletics Board Bob Murphy Award winner for best moment of the year in Stanford Athletics
As a Junior (2021-22)
Outdoors
- First-team All-American
- Placed sixth in the 10,000 at the NCAA Championships
- Earned the second of back-to-back Pac-12 championships in the 10,000
- Ran 10,000 PB (27:40.16), while placing third and first among collegians at the Payton Jordan Invite
- Broke a 51-year-old British under-23 record held by David Bedford in the same race
- The time places him No. 2 in Stanford history in the 10,000 and No. 6 in Pac-12 history
- 15th-fastest 10,000 performance and 14th-fastest performer in collegiate history in season.
- 27th-fastest 10,000 performance and 16th-fastest performer in collegiate history in or out of season.
- Moved to No. 6 in the 10,000 on Pac-12's all-time list
- Ran a PB in the 5,000 of 13:24.58 to place second at the Stanford Invite and move to No. 5 in Stanford history
- Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Week (May 3)
- Advanced to the NCAA Championships in the 10,000 for the second consecutive year
- CoSIDA Academic All-America third team
- CoSIDA District 8 All-Academic team
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
Indoors
- Earned first-team All-America honors by placing third in the 3,000 at the NCAA Championships
- Ran a 3,000 PB of 7:43.10 at the Pac-12 Invite, placing second to teammate Ky Robinson
- The time placed him No. 3 in Stanford history
- Moved to No. 3 in the 3,000, No. 5 in the 5,000, and No. 9 in the DMR on Stanford's all-time indoor list.
- Ran 13:37.08 at the Husky Invite, placing him No. 5 on Stanford's all-time list
- Led off DMR at the Alex Wilson Invite, which ran 9:29.57, the ninth-fastest time in school history
- Ran the 3,000 at the Millrose Games, placing 12th
- Pac-12 All-Academic Winter Honor Roll
Cross Country * West Region Champions
- All-American
- Pac-12 champion
- European Under-23 Championships individual champion
- USTFCCCA West Region Athlete of the Year
- Pac-12 Men's Athlete of the Year
- Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- NCAA West Regional team champions
- All-West Region
- All-Pac-12 first team
- Stanford's No. 1 runner in all five of his collegiate season races
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
As a Sophomore (2020-21)
Outdoors
- Pac-12 champion in the 10,000
- First-team All-American in the 10,000
- Second-team All-American in the 5,000
- Seventh in the 10,000 at the NCAA Championships
- Broke British and European under-20 records in the 10,000
- Among 10 to break the previous NCAA Championships record in the 10,000 from 1979
- Sixth at British Championships/Olympic Trials in the 5,000
- Moved to No. 2 on Stanford all-time list in 10,000
- Moved to No. 6 on the Pac-12 all-time list in the 10,000
- Qualified for the British Olympic Trials in the 5,000
- Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Freshman
- Third in the 5,000 at the Pac-12 Championships
- Second-fastest winning time in the Pac-12 Championships in 38 years
- Big Meet winner of the 1,500 and 3,000
- Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Week (April 21)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Indoors
- Did not compete
Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions
- All-American
- Placed 14th at NCAA Championships
- USTFCCCA West Region Athlete of the Year
- No. 1 runner as team placed fifth at NCAA's
- Pac-12 runner-up, leading Cardinal to team title
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- All-Pac-12 first team
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Made collegiate cross country debut with 6th-place finish at Florida State Winter Classic
As a Freshman (2019-20)
Outdoors
- Season canceled
Indoors
- Made collegiate debut at the UW Preview, running the 3,000 in 8:20.14
- Ran 3,000 PB of 8:08.81 at the Husky Classic
- The time placed him No. 5 on Stanford's all-time freshman list
Cross Country
- Ran one race unattached, placing fifth at the Bronco Invitational
International Competition
- Repeated as European under-23 cross country champion, in winning the 2022 race in Piemonte, Italy while running for Great Britain
- Won the under-23 race at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in Swords, Ireland
- Sixth in the 5,000 at the 2021 British Championships and Olympic trials
- Fifth at the 2019 European Under-20 Cross Country Championships in Lisbon
- Second at the 2019 British U20 Cross Country Championships
Prior to Stanford
- Named Florida's Mr. Track, the state’s top honor for boys track and field while at The Bolles School
- The state’s fastest runner at 1,600 and 3,200, winning Florida 2A titles in both
- His 8:49.62 for fourth in the 3,200 at the 2019 Arcadia Invitational was the fastest-ever by a Florida runner in that event
- Seventh in the Brooks PR Invitational two-mile in a PB of 8:55.53
- Won the 2018 Nike Cross Southeast Regional title
- 14th at the 2019 Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals
- Won the Manhattan Cross Country Invitational Eastern State Championship with the 11th-fastest time ever (12:15.2) on the venerable 2.5-mile course at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx
- A week earlier, was fourth at the prestigious Great American Cross Country Festival
- Two-time Florida 2A cross country champion, leading The Bolles School to team titles each time, its first championships since 1985
- As a sophomore, reached the Foot Locker cross country nationals
- Ninth at the 2018 Nike Cross Nationals
- Captured state 2A championships in the 1,600, 3,200, and 4x800 relay in 2018
Personal
- Parents are David and Margaret Hicks
- Sisters are Helen and Eliza
- Born and lived in London until age 12
- Uncle, John Corse Jr., played tennis at Stanford and cousin Alexa Corse was on the Stanford equestrian team
Career Results
| Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. | Region | NCAA |
| 2022-23 | Outdoors (8) | 10,000 | 27:57.47 | 2 (28:25.12) | 6 (28:22.04) | 2 (28:12.20) |
| 5,000 | 13:26.65 | -- | 4 (13:26.65) | 6 (14:09.03) | ||
| 3,000 | 8:09.51 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1,500 | 3:47.75 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (5) | 5,000 | 13:22.05 | -- | -- | 9 (14:01.34) | |
| 3,000 | 7:47.45 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| DMR | 9:31.02 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross Country (5) | 8K | 22:30.9 | 1 (22:30.9) | -- | -- | |
| 10K | 28:22.6 | -- | 3 (28:22.6) | 1 (28:43.6) | ||
| 2021-22 | Outdoors (6) | 10,000 | 27:40.16 | 1 (28:11.17) | 7 (28:47.37) | 6 (28:17.88) |
| 5,000 | 13:24.58 | -- | 19 (13:44.77) | -- | ||
| 1,500 | 3:52.88 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (5) | 3,000 | 7:43.84 | -- | -- | 3 (8:00.23) | |
| 5,000 | 13:37.08 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| DMR | 9:29.57 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross Country (6) | 8K | 23:21.9 | 1 (23:34.9) | -- | -- | |
| 10K | 28:47.2 | -- | 2 (29:29.5) | 4 (28:47.2) | ||
| 2020-21 | Outdoors (7) | 10,000 | 27:47.63 | 1 (28:39.46) | 9 (29:13.34) | 7 (27:47.63) |
| 5,000 | 13:33.89 | 3 (13:35.60) | 5 (13:52.98) | 15 (13:33.89) | ||
| 3,000 | 8:02.41 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1,500 | 3:43.59 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Cross Country (4) | 8K | 22:41.6 | 2 (22:41.6) | -- | -- | |
| 10K | 30:21.0 | -- | -- | 14 (30:21.0) | ||
| 2019-20 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Indoors (4) | 3,000 | 8:08.81 | 13 (8:08.94) | -- | -- | |
| Mile | 4:10.53 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross Country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |