Colton Swinth

Men's 10,000 Podium, Big West Championships, 051024

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Height:
5-9
Weight:
null
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Santa Rosa, CA
High School:
Carrillo HS

TFRRS Profile
2023 Big West champion in men's 10,000

2022-23 -- Cross Country: Competed in two meets in third season with the Mustangs ... placed 27th at UC Riverside Invitational ... also finished 149th at Joe Piane Invitational. Indoor: Competed indoors for the first time, running the 5,000-meter at UW Invite. Outdoor: Running first collegiate 10,000-meter, won the Big West title as a redshirt sophomore with a personal best time (30:31.78) ... Cal Poly's first conference champion in the event since 2018 ... also placed sixth in the 5,000 at the Big West Championships ... posted personal best in 5,000 (14:28.68) at Mike Fanelli Track Classic.

2021-22 -- Cross Country: Competed in four of Cal Poly's five meets in second season with the Mustangs ... placed 16th and was Cal Poly's top finisher in Bronco Invitational with an 8K time of 24:09.9 ... also was 20th in Big West Conference Championships and 31st in season-opening Stump Invitational ... also competed in NCAA West Regional at Sacramento, placing 94th with a 10K time of 31:57.1. Track & Field: Competed in four meets … posted a season best time of 3:52.05 in the 1,500 at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

2020-21 -- Cross Country: Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Track and Field: Medically redshirted ... competed in two meets before suffering season-ending injury ... placed third in 1,500 with personal-best time of 3:50.69 at Cal Poly Spring Break Challenge ... also was sixth in 5,000 at Spring Break Invitational with career-best clocking of 14:30.15.

Prep -- While attending Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, won the CIF State Cross Country championship in 2019 for the Division 3 meet, in 15:10.2 … before his title for the Pumas at Woodward Park, ran the Spring Lake course at home in 15:04.4 (a 3-mile format), another win at the league finals … clocked a 14:47.6 effort at a 3-mile distance around Silverlakes Sports Park … in the spring of 2020, bettered his 3,200-meter PR to 9:13 in a time trial ... was coached by Greg Fogg ... ran the mile in 4:23.2 at the Arcadia Invite in 2019, good for 13th overall … added a third-place 1,600m performance of 4:16.8 at the Redwood Empire Finals as a junior … also in 2019, posted a best 800m effort of 1:58.8 (tallying seventh) at the NCS Championships ... additionally, belonged to the California Scholarship Federation, earned a Seal of Biliteracy and graduated summa cum laude.

Personal -- Majoring in mechanical engineering ... parents are also both Cal Poly alumni ... worked at Fleet Feet Santa Rosa in addition to restoring classic cars in his spare time ... chose the Mustangs due to “the strong engineering department, the cross country team culture, Coach Conover’s training philosophy and leadership, as well as both of my parents attending in the ’90s” ... aspires for a career as a mechanical engineer for an auto manufacturer.