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Drake University Athletics

2018 Men's Cross Country Roster

Cole Friedman

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Overland Park, Kan.
  • Highschool St. Thomas Aquinas

Biography

Personal Bests (as of Mar 2, 2020)

Cross Country
4,000m:
14:38.1
6,000m: 19:18.8
8,000m: 26:38.1
10,000m: 33:39.9

Indoor
5,000m: 15:35.44

Outdoor
1,500m: 4:27.35
3,000m: 8:59.23
5,000m: 15:35.55

2020 Indoor: Finished second in the 5000m at the Graduate Classic setting a personal best.

2019 Cross Country: Set a personal best in the 6k at the Creighton vs Drake Dual ... set a personal best in the 4k at the Oz Memorial ... finished 97th at the Dan Huston Invitational.

2019 Outdoor: Finished fourth at the Jim Duncan Invitational ... placed seventh at the John McDonnell Invitational with a personal best in the 3000m.

2019 Indoor: Ran at the MVC Indoor Championship 5000m.

2018 Outdoor: Ran a personal best of 15:35.55 in the 5,000 meters at the Jim Duncan Invitational...finished 11th in the 3,000m at the Arkansas Spring Invitational ... finished seventh at Tom Botts.

2018 Indoor: Did not compete.

2017 Cross Country: Finished 56th at the Oz Memorial...placed 65th at the Hawkeye Invitational with a 6k time of 20:12.9.

2017 Outdoor: Finished 22nd in the 1,500m at the Central Invitational with a personal best ... finished sixth at the Viking Classic.

2017 Indoor: Did not compete.

2016 Cross Country: Did not compete.

2016 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2016 Indoor: Did not compete.

2015 Cross Country: Finished 160th at the NCAA Regional Championship...placed 59th at the MVC Championship...finished 168th at the Bradley Classic...placed 216th at the Chile Pepper Festival...finished 33rd at the Oz Memorial ... set a personal best in the 4k at the Drake Invitational.

High School: Was a four-time letterwinner in both cross country and track and field ... led his team to the state cross country championship as a senior as the team captain ... as a junior, he led the cross country team to a state runner-up finish ... during the track season, he ran on the 4x800-meter relay team that finished third at the state championship ... competed on the same high school team as current Bulldog Bailee Cofer. 

Personal: Is the son of Charles and Lisa Friedman ... both parents are Drake alums and his mother, Lisa, was a member of the women's tennis team ... is majoring in biology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

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  • 2016Sophomore

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  • 2017Junior

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  • 2018Senior

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