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2022-23 Track and Field Roster

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  • Graduate Student
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  • Hagerstown, Md.
    Hometown
  • South Hagerstown HS
    High School
Darren Harman
Darren Harman
Graduate Student
Class
Hagerstown, Md.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: Second-Team All-Mountain West: Cross Country (2022); Academic All-Mountain West (2016 XC, 2017 T&F, 2020 XC, 2021 T&F, 2023 T&F); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2016 XC, 2017 T&F, 2020 XC, 2021 T&F, 2021 XC, 2022 T&F, 2022 XC, 2023 T&F).

OUTDOOR RECORDS: Ranks 10th all-time in USU history in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:09.77, set in 2022. 

2023 (GS)
CROSS COUNTRY (2022):
Placed 218th with a 10K time of 31:21.0 at the NCAA Championships, helping Utah State finish 26th as a team… Finished 40th with a 10K time of 28:58.0 at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships… Earned second-team all-Mountain West honors after placing 10th with an 8K time of 24:00.2 at the conference championships, helping the Aggies finish third as a team… Placed 132nd with an 8K time of 24:15.5 at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational… Began the season by placing fourth with a 7K time of 21:34 at the Utah State-hosted Sagebrush Invitational, helping the Aggies place first as a team… Finished 82nd with an 8K time of 23:52.5 at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run to help Utah State place third out of 46 teams.
Indoor: Did not finish in the 5,000 meters at the Washington Invitational.
Outdoor: Finished 10th in the 10,000 meters with a season-best time of 31:08.14 and 15th in the 5,000 meters with a season-best time of 14:41.56 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete honors.

2022 (SR)
Cross Country (2021): Was Utah State’s top finisher as the NCAA Mountain Region Championships as he placed 27th with a time of 30:31.2 to help the Aggies finish eighth out of 17 teams… Finished 15th with a time of 24:01.1 at the Mountain West Championships, helping Utah State finish third as a team… Placed eighth with a time of 24:52.6 in the B race at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational… Finished 63rd in the Gold 8K race with a time of 24:27.5 as the Aggies placed fourth out of 40 teams at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run… Opened the season at the Montana State Invitational, where he helped lead Utah State to the team title by placing fourth with a time of 24:31.30... Named a MW Scholar-Athlete.
Indoor: Placed 11th in the 3,000 meters at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a career-best time of 8:23.23… Set a personal-best time of 14:34.15 in the 5,000 meters to finish 17th at the Washington Invitational… Placed second in the mile with a career-best time of 4:15.84 at the Utah State-hosted Speed and Power Meet… Placed second in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:37.92 at the Idaho State-hosted Mountain State Games.
Outdoor: Placed 10th in the 5,000 meters with a career-best time of 14:09.77, which ranks 10th all-time in school history, at the San Francisco-hosted Mike Fanelli Track Classic… Ran a personal-best time of 4:00.73 in the 1,500 meters to place fourth at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational… Placed fifth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:17.11 at the Fresno State Invitational... Was named a MW Scholar-Athlete and a USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2021 (JR)
Cross Country (2020): Helped Utah State to its best-ever finish at the NCAA National Championships, placing 161st with a time of 32:20.5… Placed 25th at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 24:37.5… Posted a top-20 finish at the Dixie State Invitational with a time of 24:26.7 to place 16th as Utah State captured the team title… Finished 67th in the Florida State Winter Classic Garnet Race with a time of 24:46.3… Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete accolades.
Indoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Outdoor: Did not compete during the season… Earned academic all-Mountain West and MW Scholar-Athlete accolades.

2018 (SO)
Cross Country (2017): 
Placed 194th at the NCAA National Cross Country Championships with a time of 31:33.34… Placed 70th at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships with a time of 32:16.9… Finished 28th at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 24:50.71… Competed in three other races for USU during the fall, with his best finish coming at the BYU Autumn Classic, where he placed 21st with a time of 20:07.3.

2017 (FR)
Cross Country (2016): Placed 56th with a time of 32:21.80 at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships… Finished 37th with a time of 25:13.90 at the Mountain West Championships… Competed in six meets during the season and finished in the top 25 three times with his best finish coming at the Pre-Nationals open race, where he placed sixth with a time of 25:46.7… Also placed 14th with a time of 25:14.32 at the Montana State Invitational… Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete honors.
Indoor: Placed 11th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:21.77 and 18th in the 3,000 meters with a season-best time of 8:40.44 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships… Ran a season best of 4:21.16 in the mile at the New Mexico Team Invitational… Placed third in the 5,000 meters with a season-best time of 14:53.10 at the Boise State Challenge.
Outdoor: Finished 11th in the 5,000 meters (15:13.59) at the USA Junior Track & Field Championships... Placed 11th in the 10,000 meters (32:47.97) at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Recorded season-best times of 14:31.72 in the 5,000 meters at the UC Irvine-hosted Spring Collegiate Classic and 30:42.45 in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford-hosted Cardinal Classic... Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete accolades.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 12-time letterwinner in cross country and track & field at South Hagerstown High School in Hagerstown, Md... Won seven cross country races and placed second at state during his senior season... Led the state with a three-mile time of 15:20... Helped lead South Hagerstown HS to the track & field county championship as a senior, and the cross country city championship three times (2013, 2014, 2015)... Was undefeated in the 3,200m during his indoor senior season and captured the individual state title... A four-time county champion in the 3,200m and two-time champion in the 1,600m... Also was a three-time city champion in cross country, state runner-up in 2015 and county champion in 2014... Was tabbed his team's cross country MVP three times and the track & field MVP twice... Tabbed all-county seven times and all-state three times.

PERSONAL: One of five children of Gregory and Katherine Harman... Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Lyon, France, from 2018-20... Majoring in marketing.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:

EVENT INDOOR OUTDOOR
1,500 Meters NA 4:00.73
Mile 4:15.84 NA
3,000 Meters 8:40.44 NA
5,000 Meters 14:34.15 14:09.77
10,000 Meters NA 30:39.89

POSTSEASON RESULTS:
NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR PLACE TIME
2020 161st 32:20.5

NCAA CROSS COUNTRY REGIONALS
YEAR PLACE TIME
2021 27th .30:31.2

MW CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR PLACE TIME
2020 25th 24:37.5
2021 15th 24:01.1

MW INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR EVENT PLACE TIME
2017 5,000 Meters 11th 15:21.77
2017 3,000 Meters 18th 8:40.44
2022 3,000 Meters 11th 8:23.23

MW OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR EVENT PLACE TIME
2017 10,000 Meters 11th 32:47.97
2023 5,000 Meters 15th 14:41.56
2023 10,000 Meters 10th 31:08.14
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