Tom Oates

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Chelsea, Mich.
High School:
Chelsea
Major:
Health and Exercise Science

ACCOLADES
Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24)
All-Mountain West (2022)
Academic All-Mountain West (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Collegiate-Best Marks

Graduate Student (2023)
(Cross Country): Competed in four races ... Posted a season-best 8k time of 24:31.0 to finish 37th at the 2023 Mountain West Cross Country Championships (Oct. 27) ... Also ran in 5k and 10k events throughout the season.

Redshirt Senior (2022)
(Cross Country): Appeared in six meets during the season, including the Mountain West Championship, NCAA Mountain Regional and NCAA Championship... Finished fourth overall at the Wyoming Invite (9/3) with a career time 14:56.8 in the 5K... Scored first for the team at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/23) with a 11th overall finish and time of 24:25.7... Set a career mark at the NCAA Mountain Regionals (11/11) with a time of 29:09.2 and finished 43rd overall... Finished the season scoring second for the team at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 30:34.0 and finishing 43rd overall.

Redshirt Junior (2021)
(Cross Country): Competed in four meets including the Mountain West Championships... Represented the fifth Ram scorer at Bill Dellinger Invite to help CSU take sixth place.

Redshirt Sophomore (2020)
(Cross Country): Represented the last Ram scorer at the Mountain West Championships, crossing in 33rd place in 24:54.2... Sixth Ram to cross at the Colorado State-Wyoming Dual for eighth overall with a time of 18:43.7... Finished just outside scoring at the Battle Born Collegiate XC Challenge as the sixth Ram finisher in 49th place at 24:24.7.

Redshirt Freshman (2019)
(Cross Country): Competed at the Wyoming Invite 5K, placing 30th overall for a PR of 16:03.6... Competed at the Joe Piane Invitational 8K... Placed 16th, third for CSU, in the UCCS Open 8K with a PR of 25:14.4... Ran in the B Race 8K at the Nuttycombe Invite.

Freshman (2018)
(Cross Country): Did not appear in any meets.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Attended Chelsea HS in Chelsea, Michigan... Joins Colorado State as the nation's No. 6-ranked runner in the indoor 3,200 meters... Took fifth place at the 2017 MHSAA State Cross Country Championships LP... Finished runner-up in the 1,600 meters at 2017 MHSAA State Championships LP-2... Placed sixth in the 800 meters at the 2017 MHSAA State Championships LP-2... Son of Alex Foulis and Paddy Oates... Has two siblings Robbie and Aoife... Graduated with his bachelor's in health and exercise science in spring 2023.