Austen Dalquist - Cross Country - Arkansas Razorbacks

Austen Dalquist

Sr | 6-3 | Keller, Texas | Keller HS

#RazorFacts

  • All-SEC Second Team (2016)
  • All-SEC First Team (2015)
  • All-Region (2014)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic (2015)

Senior (2017)
Started out his senior campaign at the Chile Pepper Festival (Sept. 30) finishing fourth overall at 30:12.20 …  At the SEC Championships (Oct. 27), he helped Arkansas win the SEC Conference title placing 13th overall at 24:16.20, the fifth-best time for the Razorbacks, earning All-SEC second-team honors … Dalquist earned All-Region honors at the NCAA South-Central Regional (Nov. 10) by placing eighth overall with a time of 30:12.60 … He finished his cross country season for Arkansas at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (Nov. 18), finishing second for the Razorbacks completing the 6K course in 30:04.75, finishing 43rd overall.

Junior (2016)
Began the season with a top-10 finish at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 1) good for fourth among Razorback runners … Repeated as a member of Arkansas’ top five at Pre-Nationals (Oct. 15), placing 29th overall in Terre Haute, Indiana … Was the fifth Razorback to finish the 8K race at the SEC Championship (Oct. 28) assisting Arkansas to claim its 49th conference title, placing ninth overall for All-SEC second team honors … Closed the year as a member of Arkansas’ NCAA squad which raced to a fifth-place team finish at the national meet (Nov. 19).

Sophomore (2015)
Opened his sophomore season at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 3) placing 12th overall … Crossed the line in a time of 24:00.74 good for a 4th place finish among Arkansas runners … Picked up a first place finish for Arkansas at the Pre-Nationals 8K race (Oct. 17) … Placed 21st overall with a time of 23:38.70 at Tom Sawyer Park … Raced in the SEC Championships (Oct. 30) finishing sixth overall and fourth for Arkansas respectively … Set a personal record on the 8K course in College Station, Texas posting a time of 23:36.20 … Capped off his season at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 21) finishing 89th overall … Was the fourth Razorback to cross the line posting a time of 30:53.10.

Freshman (2014)
Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors … NCAA All-Region … Competed in all seven races … Placed inside Arkansas’ top five in three races … Placed fifth in the Razorback scoring rotation in three straight races from Sept. 20-Oct.17 … Made his Razorback debut at the Hurricane Cross Country Festival (Aug. 30) and posted an 18th-place finish with a four-mile time of 20:43.00 … Posted a time of 26:31.67 in his first collegiate 8-kilometer race at the Iona Meet of Champions (Sept. 20) to place 27th overall … Ran a personal-best 8K time of 24:54.00 at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 4) to finish 20th … Placed 147 with an 8K time of 25:00.00 at the prestigious Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 17) … Competed in the SEC Championship but did not finish … Earned NCAA South Central All-Region honors after his 23rd-place finish with a personal-best 10-kilometer of 30:22.80 at the NCAA South Central Region in Fayetteville … Ended his first year at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, where he placed 229th overall with a 10K time of 33:18.70.

High School
A four-year letterwinner in cross country at Keller High School in Keller, Texas … Earned All-State honors as a senior … Two-time all-district and all-region selection … Holds the school record in the 5K in both cross country (15:18) and track (14:48) … Also holds the school record in both the one and two mile.

Personal
Born on Nov. 16, 1995 in Dickinson, N.D. … Son of Dean and Allison Dalquist … Has two siblings, Kirsten and Keaton … Plans to major in either accounting or business management.

TFRRS Profile

Cross Country PR Times

  • Four-Mile: 20:43.00 (Hurricane Cross Country Festival 8/30/14)
  • 8K: 23:36.20 (SEC Championships 10/30/15)
  • 10K: 30:22.80 (NCAA South Central Region  11/14/14)