Cayden Hein

Height:
5-11
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Moraga, CA
High School:
Campolindo HS

2022-23 -- Cross Country: Competed in four meets in third season at Cal Poly ... placed third in UC Riverside Invitational open race ... finished fourth at Pacific Collegiate Invitational ... ran personal-best 8K time (24:25.6) at Bronco Invitational.

2021-22 -- Cross Country: Did not compete in any invitational meets ... placed 10th in Bronco Invitational Open Division. Track & Field: Placed fourth in the 3,000 at the Mustang Invitational with a time of 8:45.10 … took fifth in the 5,000 at the Cal Poly Invitational with a time of 15:09.30 … ran a 4:13.47 in the 1,500 at the Cal Poly Open.

2020-21 -- Cross Country: Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Track and Field: Did not compete in any meets, utilizing his redshirt year.

Prep -- While with Campolindo High School in Moraga, shattered his 3,200-meter PR during the spring of 2020, posting a time trials effort of 9:06.9 (earning the No. 4 ranking in school history) ... added a mile PR of 4:20.8 ... had begun his 2020 season with a 1,600m victory at the dual meet against Northgate, winning via 4:26.07 … his PR for the Cougars — 4:22.74 — took sixth place at the North Coast Section Meet of Champions held at Diablo Valley College his junior season … in cross country, closed his career taking 17th at the CIF State Championships, running the 5k Fresno course in 15:52.2 … also in the fall of 2019, came in 12th place at the Capital XC Challenge in Sacramento’s Arcade Creek Course, with a pace of 15:43.2 … his 3-mile showing of 15:49.0 finished 11th at the Nike Invitational hosted at Newhall Park in Concord in 2019; top 3-mile performance was 15:30 ... in addition, was an NCS Scholar-Athlete recipient academically.

Personal -- Majoring in BioResource and agricultural engineering (while minoring in Kinesiology) ... also visited Chico State; chose Cal Poly because it’s a “great school and an awesome place with a great running program,” adding that he “also had many friends already going there.”