University of Wisconsin-Superior Athletics

YELLOWJACKET CAREER
2023: Ran in six meets as a senior ... Named to the All-UMAC First Team ... Debuted at the UMD Open, running a 19:51.6 on the 3.73-meter course ... Dropped his 8k time by a minute across three races before placing fourth in the UMAC Championships ... Clocked a 27:03.4 at the NCAA Division III Championships ... Named UMAC Academic All-Conference. 

2022: Ran in all seven meets as a junior ... Named to the All-UMAC Second Team ... Made his season debut at the Crown College Invitational, running a 21:56 6K good for 14th place ... Ran a career-best 27:16.9 at the Augustana Interregional Invitational on Oct. 15 ... Finished in 13th place in the UMAC Championships with a 29:36.7 mark ... Competed in the Division III Championships and finished with a time of 27:59 in the 8K ... Named UMAC Academic All-Conference. 

2021: Ran three of the team's six meets in his first season of competition ... Made his collegiate debut with a 32:06.3 8K time in the Blugold Invitational on Oct. 1 to finish 367th ... Ran a season-best 29:36.9 for 24th at the UMAC championship on Oct. 30 ... Named UMAC Academic All-Conference.

2020: Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before UWS: Son of Ramona and Jim Collins ... Graduate of Luther L. Wright High School in 2020 ... Ran cross country and track for the Red Devils ... Three-time All-Indianhead Conference First Team selection in cross country ... Three-time All-Upper Peninsula selection ... All-state pick in cross country as a senior ... Conference champion at 1,600 and 3,200 meters as a junior ... Helped lead cross country team to a conference title as a senior ... Team finished second in the conference twice and second in Division II for the UP once ... High honors throughout high school career, graduating as salutatorian ... Cousin Kolin Dean was head coach of the UW-Superior men's and women's tennis teams from 2017-19 ... Majoring in Exercise Science at UW-Superior.