2014 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Cole Smith
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Goleta, Calif.
- High School:
- Dos Pueblos
2018 (XC)
Finished in the top 50 at the NCAA West Regionals, taking 41st with a time of 30:24.7 ... Raced to a 29th-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships with a season-best 8K time of 23:47.3 ... Took 16th at the Stanford Invite with a time of 24:38.8 ... Recorded a mark of 24:40.0 at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals for 52nd place.
2018 (Track & Field)
Competed in five outdoor meets for the Bruins, participating in the 1500mย and steeplechase ... Won the men's steeplechase at the USC Dual Meet, finishing in 9:17.80 ... Set a collegiate-best and broke the nine-minute mark for the first time in the steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays, crossing the line in 8:58.58 for a ninth-place finish ... Was third in the steeplechase at the Jim Bush/Bob Larsen Invitational with a time of 9:02.72 ... Opened his outdoor season with a 3:56.79 time in the 1500 at the Aztec Invitational on Mar. 24, a collegiate best.ย
2017 (XC)
Competed in two meets for the Bruins โฆ Ran the 8k at the Santa Clara Bronco Invite, finishing 73rd overall with a time of 25:15.3 โฆ Finished ninth overall at the TMU Invite (8k), crossing the line at 25:36.3.
2017 (Track & Field)
Competed in the distance races in seven outdoor meets for UCLA โฆ Finished 10th in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 9:15.64 โฆ Took home the victory in the steeple against USC, finishing with a time of 9:15.36 โฆ Finished eighth in the 1,500m a the Jim Bush Collegiate, crossing with a personal-best time of 3:58.18 โฆ Kicked his outdoor season off with a lifetime-best time of 8:55.39 in the 3,000m, good for third overall.
2016 (XC)
Competed in four meets โฆ Raced in the Pac-12 Championships in the 8k and finished in 55th place with a time of 26:01.3 โฆ Placed 15th in the 8k at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational with a time of 24:19.6 โฆ Raced in the Roy Griak Invitational and finished 192nd (8k) with a time of 26:26.9 โฆ Opened the season with a fourth-place finish in the 5k at the Nevada Twilight with a time of 16:09.9.
2016 (Track and Field)
Competed in six meets during the outdoor season โฆ Ran the steeple and the 5,000m โฆ Clocked a personal best 9:09.01 in the steeple to place 12th at the Oxy Invitational โฆ Was the runner-up in the steeple in the dual meet against rival USC with a time of 9:39.21 โฆ Clocked a personal best 14:59.28 in the 5,000m at the Mt. SAC Relays โฆ Placed fifth in the steeple with a time of 9:28.54 at the Rafer/JJK Invitational โฆ Clocked a 9:33.47 to place sixth in his first collegiate steeple race at the Jim Bush Collegiate.
2015 (XC) -ย
Raced in the Nevada Twilight Classic (5k) finishing fourth overall with a time of 16:29 โฆ Also raced in the Mustang Challenge (8k) placing 31st overall and finishing with a time of 26:14.ย
2014 (XC)ย
Competed in two races for the Bruins unattached during his freshman year โฆ Ran at the Titan Invitational (8k) for a time of 26:25 ... Competed at the Dual at the Rose Bowl (8k) and posted a time of 27:08.
High School
Attended Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, Calif. โฆ Lettered three times in cross country and track and field for coaches Len Miller and Chris Molkoy โฆ Garnered All-CIF accolades in 2013 and was an All-Channel League selection in 2012 and 2013 โฆ Named the Channel League MVP in 2013 โฆ Was the team captain his senior season โฆ Holds a 5K personal best time of 15:23 โฆ Has run the 3,200m in 9:24 and the 1,600m in 4:24.
Personal
Son of Mark and Cristi Smith โฆ Named the Dos Pueblos Student of the Year โฆ Chose UCLA because of the engineering department and the athletic tradition โฆ Enjoys playing the guitar โฆ Mechanical engineering major.
