2014 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Cole Smith
- Height:
- 5-9
- 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 1500m 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.
2017 (XC)
Competed in two meets for the Bruins … Ran the 8k at the Santa Clara Bronco Invite, finishing 73rd overall with a time of 25:15.3 … 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 … Finished 10th in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 9:15.64 … Took home the victory in the steeple against USC, finishing with a time of 9:15.36 … Finished eighth in the 1,500m a the Jim Bush Collegiate, crossing with a personal-best time of 3:58.18 … 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 … Raced in the Pac-12 Championships in the 8k and finished in 55th place with a time of 26:01.3 … Placed 15th in the 8k at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational with a time of 24:19.6 … Raced in the Roy Griak Invitational and finished 192nd (8k) with a time of 26:26.9 … 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 … Ran the steeple and the 5,000m … Clocked a personal best 9:09.01 in the steeple to place 12th at the Oxy Invitational … Was the runner-up in the steeple in the dual meet against rival USC with a time of 9:39.21 … Clocked a personal best 14:59.28 in the 5,000m at the Mt. SAC Relays … Placed fifth in the steeple with a time of 9:28.54 at the Rafer/JJK Invitational … Clocked a 9:33.47 to place sixth in his first collegiate steeple race at the Jim Bush Collegiate.
2015 (XC) -
Raced in the Nevada Twilight Classic (5k) finishing fourth overall with a time of 16:29 … Also raced in the Mustang Challenge (8k) placing 31st overall and finishing with a time of 26:14.
2014 (XC)
Competed in two races for the Bruins unattached during his freshman year … 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. … Lettered three times in cross country and track and field for coaches Len Miller and Chris Molkoy … Garnered All-CIF accolades in 2013 and was an All-Channel League selection in 2012 and 2013 … Named the Channel League MVP in 2013 … Was the team captain his senior season … Holds a 5K personal best time of 15:23 … Has run the 3,200m in 9:24 and the 1,600m in 4:24.
Personal
Son of Mark and Cristi Smith … Named the Dos Pueblos Student of the Year … Chose UCLA because of the engineering department and the athletic tradition … Enjoys playing the guitar … Mechanical engineering major.
