Cole Sprout_JPL_04012022_00221

TFRRS Performance Profile

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Career Accolades

  • First-team All-Pac-12 XC (2022)
  • Two-time All-West Region XC (2021, 2022)
  • Two-time West Region XC team champions (2021, 2022)
  • Two-time Pac-12 XC team champions (2018, 2022)
  • Five-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC 2021, 2022; T&F 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Seven-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (XC 2019, 2021; T&F 2020, 2021; winter 2022, 2023; spring 2022)
  • MPSF All-Academic (2020)

Personal Bests (thru 2023 outdoors)

  • 5,000: 13:39.57i
  • 10,000: 28:35.17
  • Mile: 4:03.27i
  • 3,000: 7:54.67i
  • 1,500: 3:46.84

As a Fifth-Year Senior (2022-23)
Outdoors

  • Earned two top-four finishes at the Pac-12 Championships, third in 10,000, and fourth in the 5,000
  • Earned highest career Pac-12 finish with his third in the 10,000
  • Won the Cardinal Classic 1,500 in a personal best 3:46.84
  • Earned highest finish at NCAA West Prelims, placing 19th in the 10,000
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

Indoors

  • Faster than his pre-2023 personal bests in all six races of his indoor season -- at mile, 3,000, and 5,000
  • Ran lifetime 5,000 best of 13:39.57 for sixth at the Ken Shannon Invitational
  • The time placed him No. 8 on Stanford's all-time indoor list
  • Ran 3,000 PB of 7:54.67 for fifth at the UW Indoor Preview
  • Ran mile PB of 4:03.27 for seventh at the Ken Shannon Invite
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions * West Region Champions

  • First-team All-Pac-12
  • All-West Region
  • Placed fifth at the Pac-12 Championships
  • Stanford's No. 4 runner on fourth-place team at NCAA Championships
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

As a Senior (2021-22) 
Outdoors

  • Advanced to NCAA West Prelims in the 10,000
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic team
  • Pac-12 Sprint Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

  • Ran mile PB of 4:08.42 in only race, at UW Indoor Preview
  • Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll

Cross Country * West Region Champions

  • All-West Region
  • Placed 21st at NCAA West Regional helping Card to team title
  • No. 5 runner on team that placed fifth at NCAA Championships
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

As a Junior (2020-21)
Outdoors

  • Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the 5,000 and 10,000
  • Set PBs in 5,000 and 10,000 at Pac-12 Championships 
  • Improved 5,000 best by 35 seconds over course of season 
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

  • Did not compete

Cross Country

  • Did not compete

As a Sophomore (2019-20)
Outdoors

  • Season canceled

Indoors

  • MPSF All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Doubled at the MPSF Championships, placing 10th in the 5,000 and 27th in the 3,000

Cross Country

  • Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
  • Stanford's No. 5 runner at the NCAA Championships
  • Helped Cardinal to a sixth-place finish

As a Freshman (2018-19)
Outdoors

  • Raced twice unattached
  • Set personal best in 5,000 of 14:27.73 at Payton Jordan Invite

Indoors

  • Did not compete

Cross country * Pac-12 Champions

  • The only true freshman to race on Stanford's NCAA fifth-place team
  • Made his collegiate debut at the Pre-Nationals, running No. 7 for the Cardinal
  • Earned a spot on the U.S. team for the World U20 Championships, where he placed 39th

National/International Competition

  • Represented the U.S. and placed 39th at the 2019 World Under-20 Championships in Aarhus, Denmark
  • Covered the 8K World course in 26:35
  • Placed third at the 2019 U.S. Under-20 Championships in Tallahassee, Fla.

Prior to Stanford

  • Two-time Foot Locker cross country nationals finalist for Bellarmine College Prep, placing 19th in 2016 and 21st in 2017
  • Second at the 2017 Foot Locker West Regional at Mt. SAC
  • Two-time Central Coast Section Division I cross country champion (2016, 2017)
  • Led Bellarmine College Prep to the 2017 CCS Division I cross country team title
  • Placed fifth in 2017 California Division I cross country
  • Finalist in the 3,200 meters at the 2017 State Meet
  • Set personal 3,200 best of 9:07.16 at the 2017 Arcadia Invitational
  • Won 2017 Mt. SAC Invitational cross country race for Divisions 1 and 2

Career Results:

YearSeason (Meets)EventSeason BestConf.RegionNCAA
2022-23Outdoors (5)10,00028:42.333 (28:43.98)19 (28:47.48)--
5,00014:14.584 (14:14.58)----
1,5003:46.84------
3,0008:13.60------
Indoors (5)Mile4:03.27------
3,0007:54.67------
5,00013:39.57------
2022-23Cross Country (5)8K22:48.05 (22:48.0)----
10K28:26.4--6 (28:26.4)71 (29:57.2)
2021-22Outdoors (6)10,00028:35.176 (28:35.17)38 (29:58.73)--
5,00014:34.03------
1,5003:57.70------
Indoors (1)Mile4:08.42------
Cross Country (5)8K24:29.642 (25:30.2)----
10K30:07.1--21 (30:16.9)94 (30:07.1)
2020-21Outdoors (5)10,00028:49.635 (28:49.63)33 (30:31.62)--
5,00013:52.7713 (13:52.77)42 (14:46.12)--
1,5003:50.32------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross Country (0)----------
2019-20Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (3)5,00014:29.8116 (14:29.81)----
3,0008:22.7327 (8:22.73)----
Cross Country (4)8K23:52.630 (23:52.6)----
10K30:46.3--45 (30:46.3)102 (31:59.6)
2018-19Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross Country (3)8K23:52.733 (23:52.7)----
10K31:17.5----174 (31:17.5)