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2016-17 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Darren Miller - University of Iowa
Darren Miller - University of Iowa
Darren Miller - University of Iowa

Reed Fischer

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Minnetonka, Minn.
  • Highschool Hopkins

Biography

Track and Field Personal Bests (as of April 2017)
Indoor
Mile:
4:18.06
3,000m: 8:04.98
5,000m: 13:55.27

Outdoor
3,000m: 8:35.21
5,000m: 14:00.28
10,000m: 28:47.86

2017 Outdoor - Ran the second fastest 10,000m in school history in 28:47.86 to finished 16th at the Stanford Invitational

2017 Indoor - Won the 5,000m and 3,000m MVC Indoor Championship titles...set a school record for the 5,000m of 13:55.27 at the Iowa State Classic...finished 4th in the 3,000m and set a school record of 8:04.98 at the Meyo Invitational...was on the 4th place distance medley relay team at the Holiday Inn Invite...took 4th in the mile at the Holiday Inn Invite with a personal best 4:18.06. 

2016 Cross Country- Became 13th Bulldog to become MVC Cross Country Champion in the 8k with a time 24:31.8... MVC Cross Country Athlete of the Week and Eagle Bank MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week Sept. 6... MVC Cross Country Athlete of the Week Sept.13...Eagle Bank MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week and MVC Cross Country Athlete of the Week Oct. 4...  Took 2nd at the 6k Hawkeye Invitational with a time of 17:59.5... finished 4th with a 4 mile time of 20:01.4 at the Oz Memorial... took 6th at the 8k Chile Pepper Festival with a time of 23:53.25... finished 2nd in the 8k at the Adidas Pre-National Invitational with a time of 24:46.3

2016 Outdoor- Placed third in the 5000m at the Drake Relays shattering his career best with a time of 14:00.28...took seventh at the Mt. Sac Relays in the 10,000m with another big career best of 29:09.86...took first in the 4x800 at the Grand View Invitational.

2015 Cross Country- All- MVC...all-region...MVC Scholar-Athlete Team...MVC athlete of the week Sept. 29 and Oct. 6...MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week Oct. 6...finished 20th at the NCAA Regional Championship...placed second at the MVC Championship...finished third at the Bradley Classic...placed sixth at the Chile Pepper Festival...finished second at the Oz Memorial...placed 11th at the Roy Griak Inviational. 

2015 Outdoor- Set a personal best in the 500om with a time of 14.24.24 at the 2015 Drake Relays placing ninth overall. Set another personal best in the 10,000m at the Mt. SAC Relays finishing third with a time of 29:59.09.

2015 Indoor- Set a new personal best in the 3,000 meters at 8:29.43, finishing number three overall on the season's best for the Bulldogs. Finished first at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational with a time of 8:32.22. Ran 14:35.33 at the MVC Indoor Championships, finished seventh overall.  

2014 Cross Country — Finished 60th at the NCAA Midwest Regional...placed 18th at the MVC Outdoor Championships...finished 28th at the ISU Pre-National Invitational...placed 85th at the Chile Pepper Invitational...finished ninth at the Oz Memorial as the third Drake runner to help win the team title... was 17th at the Bulldog Classic.

2014 Outdoor — Placed eighth in the 10,000m at the MVC Outdoor Championship ... took 23rd in the 10,000 at the Drake Relays ... placed 10th in the 5000 at the Duncan Invitational ... ran a personal best of 8:41.39 to place seventh at the Arkansas Spring Invitational

2014 Indoor — Finished 13th in the 5000m at the MVC Indoor Championship … placed 11th in the 3000m at the Iowa Invite with a personal best time of 8:43.73 … ran the mile in 4:32.57 to finish 12th at the Big Four Duals

2013 Cross Country — Honored with the Jim Garrison Leadership award given to an outstanding freshman... finished in 49th at the MVC Outdoor Championship ... Drake's third runner and 35th overall at the Bradley Classic ... top team finisher in 108th at the Roy Griak Invitational ... was 14th overall and second on the team at the Oz Memorial ... placed 14th at the Bulldog Classic 4K.

Prep  An all-state selection in track in his senior year for Hopkins High School ... also named all-section and all-conference in track and cross country his senior year … winner of the Triple A Award for excellence in academics, arts, and athletics … a four-time academic letter winner.

Personal — Secondary education major... named to the 2013-14 MVC Academic Honor Roll... son of John and Amy Fischer… has two older brothers, Graham and Evan.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

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  • 2014-15Sophomore

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  • 2015-16Junior

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  • 2016-17Senior

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