Colorado State University Athletics
2020 Cross Country Roster
LaRance, Dawson
Dawson LaRance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Billings, Mont.
- High School:
- Billings Senior HS
- Prev School:
- Minnesota
- Major:
- Public Policy & Adminstration
Bio
Collegiate Personal Bests
Cross Country
- 4-mile – 21:12.2
- 5,000 meters - 16:03.8
- 6,000 meters - 19:04.7
- 8,000 meters – 23:49.3
- 10,000 meters - 30:08
Indoor
- 600m – 1:19.86
- 800m – 1:49.05; 1:49.88 at CSU (3rd in CSU history)
- 1,000m – 2:26.24
- Mile – 4:09.83
- 3,000 meters – 8:38.86
Outdoor
- 1,500 meters – 3:43.39 (6th in CSU history)
- 800m – 1:48.84 at Minnesota (1:50.18 at CSU, 10th in CSU history)
Accolades
- Academic All-Mountain West (2021 XC, 2021 TF, 2019 XC)
- All-Mountain West, 800m (2021 OTF) (2022 ITF)
- All-Mountain West, DMR (2022 ITF)
- Academic All-Big 10 (2019 XC, 2020 ITF, 2018 XC, 2019 OTF)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic (2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18)
- All-Big 10 Second Team, 800m (2020 ITF)
- USTFCCCA All-American, Distance Medley Relay (2020 ITF)
LaRance at the NCAA West Regional Championships
2021
- 40th place, 800m, prelims (Outdoor)
2019
- 40th place, 800m, prelims (Outdoor)
2018
- 34th place, 800m, prelims (Outdoor)
LaRance at the Big 10 Championships
2020
- 2nd place, 800m (Indoor)
- 4th place, DMR (Indoor)
2019
- 7th place, 800m (Outdoor)
- 11th place, 4x400m relay (Outdoor)
- 20th place, mile, prelims (Indoor)
- 9th place, DMR (Indoor)
2018
- 19th place, 800m, prelims (Outdoor)
- 14th place, 800m, prelims (Indoor)
- 8th place, DMR (Indoor)
LaRance at the Mountain West Championships
2022
- 3rd place, men's 800m (Indoor)
- 3rd place, DMR (Indoor)
2021
- 31st place, men's 8k (Cross Country)
- 1st place, 800m, (Outdoor)
- 4th place, 4x400m Relay (Outdoor)
COLORADO STATE
Graduate (2020-21)
(Cross Country): Appeared in three meets.
(Indoor): Competed in three meets including the Mountain West Championships...Placed third in the 800 at conference for six team points and was a part of the DMR team that also placed third for six points..His 1:51.30 in the 800 final at conference was his best of the season.
(Outdoor):
Senior (2020-21)
(Cross Country): Enters with two years eligibility...Scored as the fourth Ram in the Mountain West Championships, finishing 31st with a time of 24:49.3...Placed 16th in the Colorado State-Wyoming Dual for his CSU debut, crossing in 19:04.7.
(Indoor): Enters with two years eligibility...Recorded the third-best time in CSU history in the 800m at Iowa State Classic with a time of 1:49.88 while finishing fourth...Finished third in the mile at Mines Front Range Open.
(Outdoor): Enters with two years eligibility...Has competed in four meets...Recorded the sixth-best 1500 in school history at the West Coast Relays with a time of 3:43.39 for fourth place...Won the 1500m at Doug Max Invitational with a time of 3:49.25 for the 15th-best mark in CSU history...Won the 800 at Sooner Invitational...In CSU outdoor debut, he placed second in the 800m at CSU Pueblo Invite with a time of 1:50.18 - good for 10th all-time in CSU History.
BEFORE COLORADO STATE
University of Minnesota
Junior (2019-20)
(Cross Country): Named Academic All-Big Ten honoree…Ran three races…Placed seventh at the season-opening Oz Memorial, running 21:12.2 for four miles…Ran a career-best 25:34.7 for 8K as the second Gopher in 30th overall at the Griak Invitational…Finished 25th in the open race at Pre-Nationals, clocking an 8K time of 25:48.0.
(Indoor): Named All-American in the distance medley relay and Second Team All-Big Ten honoree in the 800 meters…Named USTFCCCA All-Academic and Academic All-Big Ten honoree…Earned third letter in track & field…Ran nine races with appearances in the 800 meters, mile, 3,000 meters, and 4x400-meter relay…Finished as Big Ten runner-up in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 1:49.05 and ran on fourth-place distance medley relay (9:45.43) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships…Ran a season-best 4:10.99 in the mile to place fifth at the Jack Johnson Classic…Won the 800 meters at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational…Placed third in the 3,000 meters in a season-best 8:38.86 at the SDSU Holiday Open…Ran on runner-up 4x400-meter relay at the Iowa State Classic…Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the distance medley relay, but the indoor season ended on March 12, 2020, when the Big Ten and NCAA announced they were ceasing competitions and championships because of COVID-19 public health concerns.
(Outdoor): N/A due to COVID-19
Sophomore (2018-19)
(Cross Country): Named Academic All-Big Ten honoree…Competed in three races for the Gophers while running new 8K personal records twice…Opened the season with a 14th-place finish at the Oz Memorial (21:18.5 for four miles)…Finished 69th at the Griak Invitational (26:12.5 for 8K)…Closed out the season with an eighth-place performance at the Fall Finale, setting an 8K career-best time of 25:57.
(Indoor): Competed in five events, making appearances in the 800 meters, 1,000 meters, mile, 4x400-meter relay, and distance medley relay…Recorded seven top-10 finishes…Ran a season-best 1:52.74 to finish sixth in the 800 meters at the Wieczorek Invitational…Posted a personal record of 2:26.24 with Minnesota's fastest 1,000 meters of the season, finishing third in the 1,000 meters at the Graduate Classic…Ran fastest mile of the year at the Iowa State Classic with a season-best time of 4:09.83…Fastest 4x400-meter relay of the year came at the Power Five Invitational when the Gophers clocked a time of 3:17.71…Ran on runner-up 4x400-meter relay at the Jack Johnson Classic…Finished ninth in the distance medley relay at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 9:59.72.
(Outdoor): Named USTFCCCA All-Academic and Academic All-Big Ten honoree…Earned second letter in track & field…Competed in five events with appearances in the 800 meters, 1,500 meters, 4x400-meter relay, 4x800-meter relay, and 4x1,600-meter relay…Recorded seven top-10 finishes for the Maroon & Gold…Clocked Minnesota's fastest 800 meters of the season, running 1:48.84 as runner-up at the Jim Click Shootout…Scored for the Gophers at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a seventh-place finish in the 800 meters (1:49.91)…Finished 40th in the 800 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary (1:51.89)…Posted a pair of top-10 finishes at Drake Relays, helping the 4x1,600-meter relay to a fourth-place finish (16:41.73) and the 4x800-meter relay to a fifth-place showing (7:26.42).
Freshman (2017-18)
(Cross Country): Did not compete.
(Indoor): Ran 1:50.00 in the 800 meters at the Power 5 Invitational, ranking 10th all-time at Minnesota…Represented the Gophers at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.
(Outdoor): Named USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree…Won the 800 meters at UCLA's Jim Bush Legends Invitational…Made Big Ten Outdoor Championships and NCAA West Prelim debuts…Earned first letter in track & field.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
A 2017 graduate of Billings Senior High School…The 2017 Montana Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year…A four-time individual Montana Class AA state champion…Won three state titles as a senior with titles in the 4x400-meter relay and 1,600 meters along with repeating in 800 meters…His state championship in the 800 meters as a senior (1:50.22) broke a 31-year old Montana state record…Billings Senior also set a Montana Class AA record in the 4x400 (3:18.01)…A 2017 Second Team All-American (MileSplit), a four-year all-state and all-conference honoree…Holds school records for 800 meters (1:50.22), 1,600 meters (4:15.31), and 4x400-meter relay (3:18.01)…Earned Academic All-State honors for track and cross country…A 12-time letter winner (four in track, four in cross country, four in choir)…Competed as a prep for Sarah Lord and T.J. Umemoto…Won 800 meter titles on the national circuit in 2017 at the Simplot Games and the Brooks PR Invitational…Son of Randy and Jill LaRance…Has one sister, Elizabeth…Political Science and Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Deviance major…Lists breaking the 31-year old Montana 800-meter record and winning the Brooks PR 800 meters as his most memorable sports thrills.
High School Personal Bests
Outdoor
- 800 meters – 1:49.63
- 1600 meters – 4:15.37
Indoor
- 800 meters – 1:54:60
- 1600 meters – 4:47.83
Cross Country
- 5,000 meters – 16:46.60
Cross Country
- 4-mile – 21:12.2
- 5,000 meters - 16:03.8
- 6,000 meters - 19:04.7
- 8,000 meters – 23:49.3
- 10,000 meters - 30:08
Indoor
- 600m – 1:19.86
- 800m – 1:49.05; 1:49.88 at CSU (3rd in CSU history)
- 1,000m – 2:26.24
- Mile – 4:09.83
- 3,000 meters – 8:38.86
Outdoor
- 1,500 meters – 3:43.39 (6th in CSU history)
- 800m – 1:48.84 at Minnesota (1:50.18 at CSU, 10th in CSU history)
Accolades
- Academic All-Mountain West (2021 XC, 2021 TF, 2019 XC)
- All-Mountain West, 800m (2021 OTF) (2022 ITF)
- All-Mountain West, DMR (2022 ITF)
- Academic All-Big 10 (2019 XC, 2020 ITF, 2018 XC, 2019 OTF)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic (2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18)
- All-Big 10 Second Team, 800m (2020 ITF)
- USTFCCCA All-American, Distance Medley Relay (2020 ITF)
LaRance at the NCAA West Regional Championships
2021
- 40th place, 800m, prelims (Outdoor)
2019
- 40th place, 800m, prelims (Outdoor)
2018
- 34th place, 800m, prelims (Outdoor)
LaRance at the Big 10 Championships
2020
- 2nd place, 800m (Indoor)
- 4th place, DMR (Indoor)
2019
- 7th place, 800m (Outdoor)
- 11th place, 4x400m relay (Outdoor)
- 20th place, mile, prelims (Indoor)
- 9th place, DMR (Indoor)
2018
- 19th place, 800m, prelims (Outdoor)
- 14th place, 800m, prelims (Indoor)
- 8th place, DMR (Indoor)
LaRance at the Mountain West Championships
2022
- 3rd place, men's 800m (Indoor)
- 3rd place, DMR (Indoor)
2021
- 31st place, men's 8k (Cross Country)
- 1st place, 800m, (Outdoor)
- 4th place, 4x400m Relay (Outdoor)
COLORADO STATE
Graduate (2020-21)
(Cross Country): Appeared in three meets.
(Indoor): Competed in three meets including the Mountain West Championships...Placed third in the 800 at conference for six team points and was a part of the DMR team that also placed third for six points..His 1:51.30 in the 800 final at conference was his best of the season.
(Outdoor):
Senior (2020-21)
(Cross Country): Enters with two years eligibility...Scored as the fourth Ram in the Mountain West Championships, finishing 31st with a time of 24:49.3...Placed 16th in the Colorado State-Wyoming Dual for his CSU debut, crossing in 19:04.7.
(Indoor): Enters with two years eligibility...Recorded the third-best time in CSU history in the 800m at Iowa State Classic with a time of 1:49.88 while finishing fourth...Finished third in the mile at Mines Front Range Open.
(Outdoor): Enters with two years eligibility...Has competed in four meets...Recorded the sixth-best 1500 in school history at the West Coast Relays with a time of 3:43.39 for fourth place...Won the 1500m at Doug Max Invitational with a time of 3:49.25 for the 15th-best mark in CSU history...Won the 800 at Sooner Invitational...In CSU outdoor debut, he placed second in the 800m at CSU Pueblo Invite with a time of 1:50.18 - good for 10th all-time in CSU History.
BEFORE COLORADO STATE
University of Minnesota
Junior (2019-20)
(Cross Country): Named Academic All-Big Ten honoree…Ran three races…Placed seventh at the season-opening Oz Memorial, running 21:12.2 for four miles…Ran a career-best 25:34.7 for 8K as the second Gopher in 30th overall at the Griak Invitational…Finished 25th in the open race at Pre-Nationals, clocking an 8K time of 25:48.0.
(Indoor): Named All-American in the distance medley relay and Second Team All-Big Ten honoree in the 800 meters…Named USTFCCCA All-Academic and Academic All-Big Ten honoree…Earned third letter in track & field…Ran nine races with appearances in the 800 meters, mile, 3,000 meters, and 4x400-meter relay…Finished as Big Ten runner-up in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 1:49.05 and ran on fourth-place distance medley relay (9:45.43) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships…Ran a season-best 4:10.99 in the mile to place fifth at the Jack Johnson Classic…Won the 800 meters at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational…Placed third in the 3,000 meters in a season-best 8:38.86 at the SDSU Holiday Open…Ran on runner-up 4x400-meter relay at the Iowa State Classic…Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the distance medley relay, but the indoor season ended on March 12, 2020, when the Big Ten and NCAA announced they were ceasing competitions and championships because of COVID-19 public health concerns.
(Outdoor): N/A due to COVID-19
Sophomore (2018-19)
(Cross Country): Named Academic All-Big Ten honoree…Competed in three races for the Gophers while running new 8K personal records twice…Opened the season with a 14th-place finish at the Oz Memorial (21:18.5 for four miles)…Finished 69th at the Griak Invitational (26:12.5 for 8K)…Closed out the season with an eighth-place performance at the Fall Finale, setting an 8K career-best time of 25:57.
(Indoor): Competed in five events, making appearances in the 800 meters, 1,000 meters, mile, 4x400-meter relay, and distance medley relay…Recorded seven top-10 finishes…Ran a season-best 1:52.74 to finish sixth in the 800 meters at the Wieczorek Invitational…Posted a personal record of 2:26.24 with Minnesota's fastest 1,000 meters of the season, finishing third in the 1,000 meters at the Graduate Classic…Ran fastest mile of the year at the Iowa State Classic with a season-best time of 4:09.83…Fastest 4x400-meter relay of the year came at the Power Five Invitational when the Gophers clocked a time of 3:17.71…Ran on runner-up 4x400-meter relay at the Jack Johnson Classic…Finished ninth in the distance medley relay at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 9:59.72.
(Outdoor): Named USTFCCCA All-Academic and Academic All-Big Ten honoree…Earned second letter in track & field…Competed in five events with appearances in the 800 meters, 1,500 meters, 4x400-meter relay, 4x800-meter relay, and 4x1,600-meter relay…Recorded seven top-10 finishes for the Maroon & Gold…Clocked Minnesota's fastest 800 meters of the season, running 1:48.84 as runner-up at the Jim Click Shootout…Scored for the Gophers at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a seventh-place finish in the 800 meters (1:49.91)…Finished 40th in the 800 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary (1:51.89)…Posted a pair of top-10 finishes at Drake Relays, helping the 4x1,600-meter relay to a fourth-place finish (16:41.73) and the 4x800-meter relay to a fifth-place showing (7:26.42).
Freshman (2017-18)
(Cross Country): Did not compete.
(Indoor): Ran 1:50.00 in the 800 meters at the Power 5 Invitational, ranking 10th all-time at Minnesota…Represented the Gophers at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.
(Outdoor): Named USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree…Won the 800 meters at UCLA's Jim Bush Legends Invitational…Made Big Ten Outdoor Championships and NCAA West Prelim debuts…Earned first letter in track & field.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
A 2017 graduate of Billings Senior High School…The 2017 Montana Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year…A four-time individual Montana Class AA state champion…Won three state titles as a senior with titles in the 4x400-meter relay and 1,600 meters along with repeating in 800 meters…His state championship in the 800 meters as a senior (1:50.22) broke a 31-year old Montana state record…Billings Senior also set a Montana Class AA record in the 4x400 (3:18.01)…A 2017 Second Team All-American (MileSplit), a four-year all-state and all-conference honoree…Holds school records for 800 meters (1:50.22), 1,600 meters (4:15.31), and 4x400-meter relay (3:18.01)…Earned Academic All-State honors for track and cross country…A 12-time letter winner (four in track, four in cross country, four in choir)…Competed as a prep for Sarah Lord and T.J. Umemoto…Won 800 meter titles on the national circuit in 2017 at the Simplot Games and the Brooks PR Invitational…Son of Randy and Jill LaRance…Has one sister, Elizabeth…Political Science and Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Deviance major…Lists breaking the 31-year old Montana 800-meter record and winning the Brooks PR 800 meters as his most memorable sports thrills.
High School Personal Bests
Outdoor
- 800 meters – 1:49.63
- 1600 meters – 4:15.37
Indoor
- 800 meters – 1:54:60
- 1600 meters – 4:47.83
Cross Country
- 5,000 meters – 16:46.60
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