University of Northern Colorado Athletics
2010-11 Track and Field
Roster
Derek Schneider
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Gilcrest, Colo.
2011-2012
CrossCountry
Derek ran at the Big Sky Cross Country Championships and finishedin 58th place. Set a personal best at the FortHayes Invitational for the 8000M Run with a time of 28:38.00.
Indoor
Derek qualified for the Big Sky Conference Indoor Track & FieldChampionships for the 800M Run and finished in 9th placewhile running a personal best time of 1:58.33.
2010-2011
Indoor
Ran the third leg of the distance medley relay team at the BigSky Conference Championship that finished ninth... Postedcareer-best times of 50.92 in the 400 meters and 2:02.24 in the 800meters... His 800 time ranks seventh in Northern Colorado schoolhistory.
Outdoor
Ran a career-best time of 49.43 at the Big Sky ConferenceChampionship to finish 11th overall and fourth amongst freshman...Competed in all eight meets during the year.
High School
Graduated of Valley High School... Was coached by his highschool coaches Mike Hubbard and Ryan Werhmen... Was a standoutstudent-athlete earning a total of 9 varsity letters (3 in Track& Field, 2 in Cross Country, and 4 in Wrestling)... Earned 2All Conference Track & Field Honors, 1 All Conference CrossCountry Honors, and 3 All Conference Wrestling Honors. Qualified for the Colorado State High School Track & FieldChampionships his Senior year in the 400M Dash and 800M Dash andfinished in 5th place in the 400M Dash and6th place in the 800M Run... Qualified for the ColoradoState High School Cross Country Championships his Senior year andthe Colorado State High School Wrestling Championships his Juniorand Senior year... Was the captain of his high school Track &Field, Cross Country, and Wrestling teams his Junior and Senioryear...
Personal
Derek was born on March 11th, 1992 in Greeley,Colorado to Kevin and Cindy Schneider. Has one older brotherAlex who runs on the Track & Field team at The University ofNorthern Colorado and one younger brother Trevor.
