Dan Curts

Position:
Distance
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Ellsworth, Maine
High School:
Ellsworth

Awards and Honors
First Team All-American (Indoor: DMR, 2019)
Big 12 Champion (Outdoor: 5,000m Run, 2019)
All-Big 12 XC: 2014, 2017, 2018
All-Midwest Region XC: 2014, 2017, 2018
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (XC - 2016; T&F - 2016, 2017)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (XC - 2018; T&F - 2019)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018)

Personal Bests

800m	1:53.19	2014 Outdoor (HS)
	1:52.64	2017 Indoor
1,000m	2:24.95	2017 Indoor
1,500m	3:44.10	2017 Outdoor
Mile	4:00.56	2019 Indoor
3,000m	7:55.26	2019 Indoor
5,000m	13:45.69	2018 Outdoor
10,000m	29:36.15	2019 Outdoor

2018-19

Outdoor: Ran in three meets … finished 27th in 5,000-meter run at NCAA West Preliminaries … won first career Big 12 title, claiming title in 5,000-meter run at conference championships (14:08.76) … also got bronze medal in 10,000-meter run at the conference championships … clocked a 13:48.97, the second-fastest 5K time of his career, at the Cardinal Classic.

Indoor: Took part in eight meets … earned First Team All-America honors by anchoring the distance medley relay team at the NCAA Indoor Championships (9:33.86) … anchored DMR team at JDL DMR Invitational to help Cyclones qualify for NCAAs (9:35.44) … finished sixth in mile run at Big 12 Championships (4:08.65) … also competed in 1,000-meter run at conference championships … posted personal best 4:00.56 in the mile at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational, finishing third … posted personal best 7:55.26 in 3,000-meter run at UW Invitational … also clocked a 7:57.07 at 3K at the Iowa State Classic … won 1,000-meter run at Hawkeye Invitational (2:25.03).

XC: Ran in every event for the Cyclones in 2018 during his senior campaign… posted at top-100 finish at the NCAA Championships, finishing 61st individually… earned All-Region honors by finishing seventh at the Midwest Regional Championships… took sixth at the Big 12 Championships to earn All-Big 12 recognition… ran at the Nuttycombe Invitational and the Hawkeye Invitational finishing 34th and second, respectively… earned Academic All-Big 12 Second Team recognition.

Summer 2018
Ran the 5,000-meter run in 13:51.08 at the Portland Track Festival.

2017-18
Outdoor: Competed in the 5,000-meter run at four meets for Iowa State … missed out on qualifying for NCAA Outdoor Championships by 0.02 seconds, finishing 13th in the 5K in 13:52.22 at the NCAA West Preliminaries … earned third Big 12 Championships silver medal of the year in the 5,000, taking second behind teammate Edwin Kurgat in 14:34.49 … ran 5K personal best 13:45.69 at Cardinal Classic … finished sixth in 5K in then-PR 13:56.39 at Stanford Invitational.

Indoor: Took part in six meets for the Cyclones … earned silver medals in the 1,000 (2:30.47) and Mile (4:05.66), while earning bronze as member of distance medley relay (9:50.65) at Big 12 Indoor Championships … was member of distance medley relay team which ran second-fastest time in school history (9:32.14) at Alex Wilson Invitational … finished fifth in mile at Iowa State Classic in personal best 4:02.54 … won Mile at Razorback Invitational (4:03.49) and 1,000 at Hawkeye Invitational (2:27.38) … also ran the 1,000 at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (third, 2:25.75).

XC: Was instrumental in Iowa State’s historic postseason run … he was one of five Cyclones to finish in the top-100 at the NCAA Championships, finishing 68th overall in 30:24.7… ISU took seventh overall, their best finish since 1994 … Iowa State’s top finisher at the NCAA Regional, taking third overall in 29:12.97 … one of five Cyclone runners to earn All-Region honors … All-Big 12 performer, taking sixth individually at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 24:16.9 … finished 179th individually at the Nuttycombe Invitational ... earned Academic All-Big 12 honors.

2016-17

Outdoor: Competed in six meets for Iowa State … qualified for NCAA West Preliminaries in 1,500-meter run, finishing 22nd overall … brought home a point for Iowa State in the 5,000 at the Big 12 Championships, finishing eighth … led-off for second-place 4x800-meter relay team at Drake Relays, while also leading off for ninth-place distance medley relay squad at Drake … qualified for NCAA West Prelims with a personal-best 3:43.67 in the 1,500 at the Cardinal Classic … his first PR in the 1,500 during outdoor season came at the Bryan Clay Invitational, where he ran a 3:44.10 … also ran 1,500 at the Stanford Invitational.

Indoor: Took part in four meets for Iowa State … anchored third-place distance medley relay team and finished seventh in the 1,000-meter run at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … finished seventh in the invitational mile at the PSU National Open … started the season with victories in the 1,000 at the Hawkeye Invite and the Larry Wieczorek Invite … also finished second in the 800-meter run premier at the Wieczorek Invite.

XC: Placed seventh (18:15) at the Hawkeye Invitational as Iowa State’s No. 3 finisher … helped the Cyclones to an 8-0 dual scoring record at the meet … did not compete at the Roy Griak or Wisconsin Invitational before returning for the Big 12 Championship … placed 18^th (26:05) as ISU’s No. 6 runner at the conference meet … finished 46^th (31:16) at the NCAA Midwest Regional … saved his best performance of the season for the NCAA Championship, where he placed 99^th (30:51.5) as Iowa State’s third finisher.

2015-16
Outdoor: Competed in five meets for Iowa State … set his personal best in the 1,500-meter run at 3:45.90 at the Bryan Clay Invitational … also ran the 1,500-meter run at the Stanford Invitational, Virginia Challenge and Big 12 Championships … also took part in the 5,000-meter run at the conference championships.

Indoor: Took part in five meets for the Cyclones … ran the 3,000-meter run at as part of ISU’s fourth-place distance medley relay at the Big 12 Championships … posted a personal-best 8:09.98 in the 3,000 at the Iowa State Classic … picked up win in the 3,000 at the Razorback Invitational … ran the 800 and mile at the Big 4 Duals … ran the Distance Medley Relay for the Cyclones at the Penn State Relays.

XC: Did not compete.

2014-15
Outdoor: Did not compete.

Indoor: Did not compete.

XC: Ran as the Cyclones’ No. 4 scorer in his collegiate debut, clocking an 8K time of 25:46 en route to a 42nd-place individual finish at the Roy Griak Invitational ... posted an impressive performance at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational, finishing as Iowa State’s No. 2 in 24:31 ... ran as Iowa State’s No. 1 at the Big 12 Championship, earning all-conference accolades with a 10th place individual finish ... one of two Cyclones to earn All-Big 12 recognition, finishing the 8K race with a time of 24:29 ... finished second in the newcomer race at Big 12s and was the top freshman in the field ... earned an individual-qualifying spot to the NCAA Championships on a fifth-place individual finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional ... ran as ISU’s top finisher for the second-consecutive race and earned All-Midwest recognition at the regional meet, finishing as one of the race’s top-25 individuals with a 10K time of 30:16 ... became the first Iowa State freshman to compete at the NCAA Championships since 2008 (Rico Loy) ... clocked a 10K time of 32:40.2 at the NCAA Championships, placing 205th.

Before Iowa State
Attended Ellsworth High School … two-time Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year … 11-time state champion … placed sixth at the Footlocker Regional in 15:39 … holds personal bests of 4:09.88 in the 1600m and 8:51.24 in the 3200m. Curts just recently ran the nation’s fastest time in the 3,000m, clocking in at 8:23.85 (fastest in New England high school history).

Personal
Born Jan. 17, 1996 ... son of Sarah Curts ... environmental science major.