Daniel Michalski

2019 NCAA Division 1 Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Missy Minear/Indiana Athletics

Weight:
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Position:
Distance
Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Xenia, Ohio
High School:
Xenia

2018-19 (GRADUATE TRANSFER)—At Indiana
Cross Country
Made an impact in his first season with the Hoosiers, by making the NCAA National Championships roster…crossed 37^th at NCAA Great Lakes Regionals (31:55.4)…saw a season best time at Big Ten Championships with a time of 24:53.7…opened the season with a second place finish at the Miami Opener (25:33.0)…clocked a time of 25:06.0 at Pre Nationals.

2016-17 (JUNIOR)—At Cedarville
Cross Country:
competed in the first three cross country meets of 2016 before sitting out the rest of the season with an injury.....Friendship Invitational champion in 25:16 for the 8K.....Dayton 5K Challenge runner-up in 15:20.....placed 55th of 287 in the All-Ohio Championship in 26:28 in what was his final appearance....

Track:
recovered to produce an outstanding season on the track.....NCAA Division II Indoor All-American in the mile run placing 7th in 4:09.45.....turned in a 4:07.69 performance in the prelims.....set the school mile record of 4:05.60 at Grand Valley State and owns the top four indoor times in CU history.....Indoor All-American in the distance medley relay anchoring the team to an 8th-place finish in a school-record 9:53.72.....USTFCCCA Division II Indoor All-American in the mile and DMR.....USTFCCCA Division II Indoor All-Region Team (mile).....G-MAC indoor champion in the 800 and mile setting meet records in both events.....G-MAC Indoor First Team.....NCAA Division II Outdoor National Champion in the steeplechase in a school-record time of 8:44.49.....Cedarville’s first NCAA men’s national champion.....won the steeple at the Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational in 8:52.01.....clocked in 8:52.90 at the Music City Distance Carnival in Nashville.....owns the top three marks in school history.....turned in the second-fastest 1,500 effort in CU history at Azusa of 3:46.71.....runner-up at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Classic in 3:46.87.....USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor All-American.....USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor All-Region Team (1,500, steeplechase).....G-MAC outdoor champion in the 800 (meet record) and 1,500.....G-MAC Outdoor First Team.

2015-16 (SOPHOMORE)—At Cedarville
Cross Country:
Ran in all seven meets as a sophomore and finished among the team’s top three every time.....NCCAA All-American placing 9th in 25:34 to lead squad to national title.....G-MAC First Team with 4th place performance in 26:50.....finished 55th of 215 in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional in a career-best 32:39 for the 10K.....posted an 8K PR of 25:12 at the Lewis Cross-Over which placed 13th.....came in 29th of 647 in the All-Ohio Championship in 25:19.....outstanding year on the track.....CU’s first-ever NCAA Division II Outdoor All-American after finishing 8th in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 9:03.95.....NCCAA Outdoor Champion in the 4 x 800 meter relay in a school-record time of 7:35.94.....NCCAA Indoor Champion in the mile run.....NCCAA Indoor All-American in the 800 meters and the mile.....USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor All-American in the steeple.....USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region in the mile and Outdoor All-Region in the 1,500 and steeple.....G-MAC Indoor Champion in the 3,000 meters.....G-MAC Outdoor 1,500 meter Champion.

Track:
Cedarville’s first-ever NCAA Division II men’s track & field All-American.....placed 8th in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in 9:03.95.....ran a career-best 8:59.43 at Ohio State which ranks #2 on the Yellow Jackets’ all-time list.....USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor All-Region Team in the 1,500 and steeplechase.....NCCAA Outdoor 4 x 800 meter relay champion.....joined Tim De Jong, Ethan Gatchell, and Wyatt Hartman to post a school-record time of 7:35.94.....G-MAC Outdoor First Team as 1,500 meter champion in 3:51.84.....800 meter runner-up in 1:54.29.....registered PR’s of 3:47.80 in the 1,500 at Toledo, which is #3 all-time at CU, and 1:54.29 at the Yellow Jacket Open.....NCCAA Indoor champion in the mile in 4:12.66 and All-American in the 800 placing 3rd in a career-best 1:56.23.....G-MAC Indoor First Team by winning the 3K in a personal-best 8:28.24.....posted a mile PR of 4:09.91 at Grand Valley State.....member distance medley team that set the school record also at Grand Valley State.....joined Sam Harper, Wyatt Hartman, and Forrest Thayer to turn in a time of 10:02.91.....ran in all seven cross country meets in 2015 and was among the team’s top three finishers each time out.....NCCAA All-American as squad’s #1 runner in 9th place in 25:34 to lead CU to the national title.....G-MAC First Team after finishing 4th overall in 26:50 for conference championship team.....led Cedarville at the Lewis Cross-Over placing 13th overall in a career-best 25:12.....finished 55th of 215 in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional with a PR in the 10K of 32:39.

2014-15 (FRESHMAN)—At Cedarville
Cross Country:
Produced a successful rookie season with the Yellow Jackets.....one of three runners to compete in all seven cross country meets.....G-MAC First Team honoree after placing 6th in 26:18.....finished 14th at Carnegie Mellon in a season-low 8K time of 26:09.....placed 15th in the Friendship Invitational in 26:52.....team’s #2 finisher in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional in 32:43 for the 10K.....NCCAA Indoor All-American on the track in the mile and distance medley relay.....NCCAA Outdoor Champion in the steeplechase in 9:03.06.....named to the USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor Region Team in the event.....G-MAC Indoor First Team with a win in the 3,000 meters.....G-MAC Outdoor First Team following a victory in the steeple.....G-MAC Freshmen Team both indoors and outdoors.

Track:
NCCAA Indoor All-American on the track following runner-up finishes in the mile with a season-best 4:23.28 and in the distance medley relay with the #2 time in school history of 10:21.34.....G-MAC indoor 3K champion in 8:51.51 and was the 800 runner-up in a season-best 1:59.15.....named to the G-MAC Indoor First Team and the G-MAC Indoor Freshmen Team.....NCCAA Outdoor Champion in the steeplechase in 9:03.06.....named to the USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor Region Team in the event.....G-MAC Outdoor First Team following a victory in the steeple (9:26.37).....other season-bests were in the 800 (1:57.47) and 1,500 (3:51.86).....G-MAC Outdoor Freshmen Team.....one of three runners to compete in all seven cross country meets in 2014.....G-MAC First Team honoree after placing 6th in 26:18.....finished 14th at Carnegie Mellon in a season-low 8K time of 26:09.....placed 15th in the Friendship Invitational in 26:52.....team’s #2 finisher in the Division II Midwest Regional in 32:43 for the 10K.

Prep and Personal
Outstanding prep career at Xenia High School after picking up distance running his junior year.....two-year letter winner.....two-time Greater Western Ohio Conference South Runner of the Year.....led team to a pair of conference championships.....twice named the team’s MVP.....holds the school’s 5K cross country record at 16:20.....earned a letter in his only season of track & field.....Team MVP.....set XHS records in the 1600, 3200, 4 x 400, and distance medley.....GWOC South champion in the 1600 and 3200.....played three seasons of baseball with two letters.....achieved one letter in three years of basketball.....graduated with academic honors….exercise science major at Cedarville University...son of Morris and Kelly Michalski.....both parents played college athletics.....has four siblings who have participated in athletics at Grace College.....older sister, Bethany, was a four-year volleyball player; older sister, Meredith, played one season; and younger sister, Deborah, is a sophomore with the Lancers.....older brother, Morgan, played four years of basketball at Grace.