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2017-18 Men's Track & Field Roster

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Josh Dyrland

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Irondequoit, N.Y.
  • Highschool Irondequoit HS

Biography

Josh Dyrland's up-to-date results

As a Senior (2017-18)

• Competed at Outdoor Heps, taking 13th in the 10,000 (30:58.87) and 22nd in the 5000 (14:59.79).
• Scored at the IC4A Outdoor Championships, placing fifth in a personal-record time of 30:25.57.
• Was part of the winning DMR at the Upstate Challenge (10:29.05).
• Notched a personal best in the indoor 5000 (14:41.76) at the Valentine Invitational.
• Had a solid senior cross country season, placing in the top five for Cornell in all five meets he competed in.
• Was fifth for the team and 10th overall at the quad meet with Columbia, Brown and NYU while finishing 105th at the Paul Short Run as the fourth Big Red runner to complete the course.
• At the Penn State National Open, notched a 50th-place finish to be the fifth member of the team to cross the line.
• Was once again the fifth Cornellian to finish at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships en route to a 44th-place showing.
• Closed out the season on a high note, taking 50th overall as the number two runner for Cornell at the NCAA Northeast Regional.

As a Junior (2016-17)
• Ran in four cross country meets as a junior, finishing 13th at the Spiked Shoe Invitational, 53rd at the Paul Short 8k Gold Race, 221st at the Adidas Pre-Nationals, 32nd at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships and 71st at the NCAA Northeast Regionals.
• Competed in six indoor and two outdoor meets for Cornell, with seven top 10 finishes and highlighted by a sixth place in the 10000 at the IC4A Outdoor Track and Field Championships (30:45.91).
• Finished fourth in the 3000 at both the Marc Deneault Memorial (8:43.21) and the Cornell Cabin Fever Invitational (8:52.19).
• His 4:27.72 for seventh place in the mile at the Robert J. Kane Invitational was a collegiate best.

As a Sophomore (2015-16)
• Ran in the Coast To Coast Battle at Beantown and at Division I Pre-Nationals in his sophomore cross country season before placing 68th at Ivy League Cross Country Championships and finishing a very respectable 44th at NCAA Division I Northeast Region Championships.
• On the track, competed in the 5K indoors, posting a personal best (15:30.75) at the Marc Deneault Invitational.
• Outdoors, took on the 3K steeplechase, winning the event at the Cornell Outdoor Upstate Challenge.

As a Freshman (2014-15)
• Finished third in his first collegiate cross country race, finishing the 8K course in 24:46.99 at the season-opening dual meet at Army.
• Helped the Big Red to a second-place team finish at Ivy League Heptagonals with an 8K time of 25:05.5, good for 27th.
• On the track, placed seventh in the 3K at the Beantown Challenge with a time of 8:31.33.

Before Cornell
• Dyrland had strong senior year at the high school level, taking home 3rd place at both the New York Federation Cross-Country Meet and the Nike New York Regional Meet.
• On the track, he was one of the best steeplechase runners in the country.
• He took home 6th place in the 3000 steeplechase at the New Balance Outdoor National Championship.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

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  • 2015-16Sophomore

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  • 2016-17Junior

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  • 2017-18Senior

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