Daren Gies
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- Hometown:
- Plymouth, Ohio
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- High School:
- Plymouth
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- Major:
- Integrated Mathmatics
Bio
Junior (2017): Competed in six races ... Had a personal best 6K at Bluffton University on Sept. 1 with a time of 21:24.1 ... Ran a personal best 8K at of 29:50.1 at the Regional Preview Meet at Ohio Wesleyan on Sept. 9.
Sophomore (2016): Competed in four races ... Had a personal best 6K at Bluffton University on Sept. 2 with a time of 25:29.6 ... Ran a personal best 8K at the Oberlin University Invitational on Sept. 17 in a time of 33:11.7.
Freshman (2015): Competed in seven events ... Had a best overall finish of 90th and averaged a finish of 194 ... Had a best overall time of 31:41.7 and averaged a finishing time of 32:58.7.
Prep: Four-year letterwinner at Plymouth High School … Also lettered in basketball and track ... Named Honorable Mention All-Conference his sophomore and junior years ... Honorable Mention All-District his sophomore year ... Received second-team All-Conference and All-District his senior year ... Academic letterwinner ... Eight-time second-team All- Academic and one-time first-team All-Academic winner.
Personal: Son of John and April Gies … Majoring in integrated mathematics ... Also a member of the men's indoor and outdoor track and field team.
News mentions
NORTH MANCHESTER, IND. – The Defiance College men’s cross country team placed ninth out of nine teams at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday afternoon at Manchester University.
WILMINGTON, OHIO -- The Defiance College men's cross country team sent four runners to the #JennaStrong Invitational hosted by Wilmington College on Friday evening.
CEDARVILLE, OHIO – The Defiance College men's cross country team participated in the All-Ohio Championship, hosted by Cedarville University, with teams across the state from all three divisions of the NCAA, as well as many NAIA and junior college competitors.
WESTERVILLE, OHIO -- The Defince College men's cross country team finished in the ninth position at the Otterbein University Invitational this morning in Westerville.
DELAWARE, OHIO -- Junior Darren Gies (Plymouth) set a personal-best by almost two minutes to lead the Defiance College Yellow Jacket herriers at the Regional Preview meet hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University on Saturday.
BLUFFTON, OHIO -- The Defiance College men's cross country team kicked off the 2017 cross country season with a ninth place finish at the Back to the Nature Preserve Invitational, a six-kilometer race on the campus of Bluffton University on Friday.
GREENWOOD, IND. -- The Defiance College men's cross country team added three runners to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference preseason "Runners to Watch" list on Wednesday.