Hayden Krick
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- Hometown:
- Antwerp, Ohio
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Antwerp
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- Major:
- Sr.
Bio
Senior (2012): Selected first team All-HCAC ... Ran in five events for the Yellow Jackets ... Finished as the top Yellow Jacket in two events ... Finished in the top 10 overall three times ... Finished in the top 100 in all five events ... Ran a season best and set a Defiance College record with a 25:57.8 to win the Penn-State Behrend Invitational ... Named HCAC Runner of the Week after the victory ... Finished 6th overall in the Bluffton Invitational with a 27:25.0 ... Finished 9th overall in the HCAC Championships with a 26:52.3 ... Named to the HCAC All-Sportsmanship team ...
Junior (2011): Voted Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Preseason Runner to Watch for third-consecutive season … Recorded a season-best finish of second place at Defiance Duals on September 10 … Ran a season-best time of 27:34.6 at Penn-State Behrend Invitational on September 17 … Competed in all six meets, while finishing five competitions amongst the squads top-four runners … Placed in the top-30 overall three times on the season.
Sophomore (2010): Earned second HCAC Runner-to-Watch nomination entering sophomore season … Paced the DC squad at first four events of the season … Individual winner at Yellow Jacket Open and Bluffton Dual on September 11th and 24th respectively … Career and season-best time of 27:18.8 at NCAA Div. III Regional Championships on November 13 … HCAC Runner-of-the-Week award for September 19 through 26, after leading the Defiance harriers at the Penn-State Behrend Invitational.
Freshman (2009): Selected as a HCAC Runner-to-Watch entering freshman campaign … Placed among the top-two Yellow Jacket harriers in each of DC’s eight competitions … Finished first among DC harriers in three competitions.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Antwerp High under head coach Cord Ehrhart … Conference, district and county champion…School record holder in the 3,200-meter run.
Personal: Son of Dave and Michelle Krick … Majoring in wellness and corporate fitness.
News mentions
CEDERVILLE, Ohio – The Defiance men’s cross country team performed well in the annual All-Ohio Championships in Cedarville, Ohio on Saturday, September 29. Senior Hayden Krick finished first for the Yellow Jackets with a time of 26:19.11. He finished 87th overall, while being 16th amongst NCAA Division III schools.
BLUFFTON, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s cross country team finished 4th for its highest finish since 2001 at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday, October 27. Junior Joe Davis and Senior Hayden Krick finished in the top-10 overall and earned First-Team All-HCAC.
WILMINGTON, Ohio – It was a personal record setting day for the Defiance men’s cross country team, as five harries set career times including Joe Davis, who finished first for DC and 29th of 380 runners with a time of 26:04.54. The team placed 15th of 34 teams at the meet.
GREENWOOD, Ind. – Senior DC Harrier Hayden Krick was named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference runner of the week for men’s cross country, after his record-setting performance at the Penn-State Behrend Invitational on Saturday, September 15.
ERIE, Pa. – Senior Hayden Krick had himself a career day on Saturday September 15, as he set the all-time Defiance record, as well as the course record, at the Penn-State Behrend Invitational. Krick finished with a first place time of 25:57.8 that shattered the old record of 26:17 set by Justin Perkins last season.
BLUFFTON, Ohio – In the second meet of the season, the DC men’s cross-country team showed well as it finished second at the Bluffton Invitational behind Manchester. The squad was led by junior Joe Davis who placed second overall with a time of 26:45:00, four seconds off first.
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s cross country team got off to a good start on the season as junior Joe Davis and senior Hayden Krick paired to finish in fourth place at the Manchester College Hokem Karem.
GREENWOOD, Ind. – As the cross country squad is training at their preseason camp in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference released its preseason poll Monday morning with the DC Harriers notched for a fifth-place finish. Three Yellow Jackets were named HCAC Runners to Watch in senior Hayden Krick, junior Joe Davis, and sophomore Josh Hilton.