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2015 Men's Track and Field Roster

Daniel Block

  • Position Distances
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 155
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Dalmeny, Saskatchewan
  • Highschool Dalmeny HS

Biography

2014-15 (Senior): Third Team CoSIDA / Captial One Academic All-America ... First Team Academic All-District ... Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll and its Cross Country / Track & Field All-Academic Team ... Indoor 800m champion and first team honoree at the Southland Conference Championships, clocking a personal record of 1:50.01 that ranked him as the seventh-fastest performer in Wildcat history ... Second Team Southland Conference performer with the distance medley relay (10:07.63) ... Third Team Southland Conference honoree in the outdoor 800m (1:52.74) ... Placed seventh in the Drake Relays 800m and ninth with the 1600 sprint medley relay at the Texas Relays ... Indoor 800m champion at the Texas Tech Masked Rider Open (1:51.65) ... Competed at all six cross country meets, including the Southland Conference Championships where he placed 31st overall and first among the Wildcats with a career best 8K time of 25:17.8 ... Led the Wildcats to the finish line five times ... Highest overall finish was fourth place at the season-opening West Texas College Open (28:47).

2013-14 (Junior): Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll ... All-Southland Conference second team indoors in the 800m (1:52.71) and third team honoree with the 4x400-meter relay (3:15.81) ... Runner-up in the indoor 800m at Texas A&M (1:52.67) and Texas Tech's Masked Rider Open (1:52.14) ... All-Southland Conference third team outdoors after placing third in the 1500m with a mark of 3:53.60 ... Finished first in 800m prelims at conference with a time of (1:53.78) before placing sixth in finals at 1:520.50 ... Just missed making all-conference team with fourth-place showing on outdoor 4x400m relay that posted time of 3:13.64 ... Third place in the 800m at Drake Relays (1:52.23) ... Clocked best 800m time two weeks earlier at ACU's Wes Kittley Invitational, placing fifth in 1:51.27 ... Best 1500m of the season came at the Texas Relays, where he placed fourth in 3:52.91 ... Started outdoor campaign with consecutive runner-up showings in the 800m and 1500m at McMurry's War Hawk Classic ... No. 1 runner for Wildcats at SLC cross country meet Nov. 1 in Lake Charles with 27:06 for 8k for 40th as ACU finished 10th in standings among 14 teams behind champion Lamar ... No. 2 runner for each of other five meets with previous best time of 27:15 in season opener at McMurry for 12th overall.  

2010-13 (Freshman/Sophomore at University of Saskatchewan):  First team all-star for Canada West champions in 2013 ... Best times include 1:49.28 for 800 and 3:56.00 for 1,500.

High School: Graduated in 2010 from Dalmeny High School ... Competed in track and field and cross country ... Named to Academic High Honor Roll.

Personal: Given name is Daniel James Block ... Born 27 Dec 1991 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ... Resides in Dalmeny, Saskatchewan ... Son of Stew and Yvonne Block.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Junior

    Distances
    5'10" 155 lbs
  • 2015Senior

    Distances
    5'10" 155 lbs