2022 Track & Field Roster

Daniel Winek

  • Position Distance
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.
  • Last School(s) Neuqua Valley

Biography

CROSS COUNTRY
2021: Competed in four meets…set a new personal record in the 8k run with a time of 25:21.3 at the Sacramento State Invitational… finished the 8k in 25:22.0 at the USF Invite.

2020-2021: Did not compete. 

2019: Appeared in three meets for the Bears… at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational, finished the 8k in 25:27.2… ran the 8k in 25:27.1 at the Capital Cross Challenge... Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll selection.

TRACK & FIELD
2022: Competed in five outdoor meets for Cal… raced to a personal-best 1500m time of 3:54.16 at the West Coast Last Chance Meet, good for second place… posted a 1500m time of 3:56.65 at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational… at the Cardinal Classic, took third in the 5000m run with a time of 15:13.56… Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Did not compete… made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2020: Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Finished second in the 4x800m relay at the 2017 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) 3A Boys State Track & Field Championships… 2016 Dupage Valley Conference Boys Champion in the 800m run and in the 4x800m relay… competed in the 2015 Nike Cross Nationals after placing 64th out of 375 runners at that year’s Nike Midwest Regional… finished fifth in the 2015 IHSA 3A West Chicago Cross Country Regional Championship… in 2014, placed 53rd out of 640 runners in the Nike Midwest Regional 5k Open… finished second at that year’s Upstate Eight Conference Cross Country Championships… Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar… graduated magna cum laude from Neuqua Valley High School.

PERSONAL: Majoring in mechanical engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

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  • 2021Sophomore

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  • 2022Junior

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