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2016 Cross Country Roster

Darian Dutton

Darian Dutton

  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    St. George, Utah
  • Highschool:
    Desert Hills HS

Summary

Biography

At Utah Valley...

Senior (2016): Earned All-WAC second team honors with ninth place finish (18:32.9) at the 2016 WAC Championships… helped Wolverines claim their second straight WAC title with one of UVU’s four top-10 finishes… placed 72nd at the NCAA Mountain Regionals with a time of 22:02.8 in the 6K…

Redshirt (2015): Redshirted in the 2015 season.

Junior (2014): Earned Academic All-WAC honors...Participated in six events for the Wolverines...Qualified for the NCAA Division I Mountain Region Championships, where she finished 61st (22:40.1)...Finished third (17:53.2) at the WAC Championships...Finished 12th (21:27.7) at UC Riverside Invitational...Placed fourth (17:42.2) at the UNLV XC Invite...Also finished seventh (15:43.2) at the Color Country Invitational.  

Sophomore (2013):Earned Academic All-WAC honors...Participated in seven meets for the Wolverines including four top-15 finishes and qualifiing for the NCAA Mountain Region Championships...Of those top-15 finishes, the season included two top-ten finishes at the Utah State Invitational with a 7th place finish (19:52.9) and a 2nd place finish at the Color Country Invitational (15:17.4), both were in the 5K...Finished 11th at the conference championships with a time of 18:41.5 in the 5K.

Freshman (2012): Led team in five of seven meets and was second on team in other two events in first year of collegiate competition...Was top finisher among UVU runners and 11th overall at Aggie Invite (15:23.0)...10th overall and second on team at BYU Autumn Classic at Cascade Golf Course in Orem (17:57.1)...39th overall and first among UVU runners at Roy Griak Invitational (22:56.5) in Minneapolis...Took second overall and top team finisher at Color Country Invite in Cedar City (14:12.2)...Top among team and seventh overall at NCAA Pre-Nationals in Louisville (21:29.1)...Second on team and third overall in helping UVU women to fifth straight Great West Conference championship in Chicago with a time of 18:10...Was 30th overall and top UVU runner at NCAA Mountain Region Championship on Nov. 9 in Fort Collins Colo. (21:24.5).

Before Utah Valley ...
Placed second in state in the 800m in 2010...Region champion in cross country...Girls 3A State Champion in cross country...Girls 3A MVP in 2011...Placed second in state in the 800m and 1600m in 2011...Desert Hills HS Outstanding Athlete in 2011-12...Academic all region in track, cross country...First team all-state on cross county and track for two years...Also played soccer.

Personal ...
Daughter of Jenny and Ron Sharp...Graduated from Desert Hills HS in 2012 with a 3.93 GPA...Member of the National Honor Society...Plans to major in nursing...Also recruited by Southern Utah, Utah State and BYU.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2013Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2014Junior

    5'5"
  • 2015Senior

    5'5"
  • 2016Redshirt Senior

    5'5"

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