University of Northern Colorado Athletics
2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Irish, Tristan

Tristan Irish
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Salina, Kan.
- Prev School:
- Salina South
- Major:
- Meteorology
Bio
2016-17:
Indoor: Competed in four meets for the indoor season...He ran the 3000m and the 5000m events...His best 3000m performance came at the Joe Davies Classic with a 9:40.35...His best time in the 5000m was at the Holiday Inn Invitational at Nebraska.
Outdoor: Competed in six meets during the outdoor season...He ran the 1500m, 3000m, and the 5000m events for the outdoor season...His best 1500m event came at the Fum McGraw Open in Fort Collins...His best 3000m came at the Air Force Twilight Open...His best 5000m came at the Adidas Steve Scott Invitational....He set new Personal Records in the 1500m and 5000m during the Outdoor Season.
2015-16:Â
Indoor: Competed in four events in his true freshman season, running the 3K and 5K... Best 3000m time was 9:51.58 and best 5000m run clocked in at 16:02.98... Also ran the mile once at the CSM Joe Davies Invite, recording a 4:42.67 finish.
Outdoor: Ran in five meets during the outdoor season... Earned two Top 10 finishes in the 5000m run, placing eighth at the CSM Nature Bakery Invite and ninth at the Tom Benich Invite... Quickest times of the season in the 5K and 3K were 16:31.80 and 9:13.10.Â
High School:Â Letter in track and field and cross country all four years of high school at Salina... A four-time state XC medalist in Kansas, taking 17th, 11th, 19th, and 3rd... Named to the All-League First Team for four straight seasons... Won the league Championships in 2014 and was the regional champion in 2013... A state medalist in the 1600m (8th) in 203 and was the league and regional champ in the 3200m his senior season... Four-year Honor Roll member... Graduated high school with a cumulative 4.0 GPA... National Honor Society member for two years... and a Governor's Scholar (Top 1% of his class).
Tristan is the son of Paula and Richard Irish... He is a Meteorology major at UNC.
Indoor: Competed in four meets for the indoor season...He ran the 3000m and the 5000m events...His best 3000m performance came at the Joe Davies Classic with a 9:40.35...His best time in the 5000m was at the Holiday Inn Invitational at Nebraska.
Outdoor: Competed in six meets during the outdoor season...He ran the 1500m, 3000m, and the 5000m events for the outdoor season...His best 1500m event came at the Fum McGraw Open in Fort Collins...His best 3000m came at the Air Force Twilight Open...His best 5000m came at the Adidas Steve Scott Invitational....He set new Personal Records in the 1500m and 5000m during the Outdoor Season.
2015-16:Â
Indoor: Competed in four events in his true freshman season, running the 3K and 5K... Best 3000m time was 9:51.58 and best 5000m run clocked in at 16:02.98... Also ran the mile once at the CSM Joe Davies Invite, recording a 4:42.67 finish.
Outdoor: Ran in five meets during the outdoor season... Earned two Top 10 finishes in the 5000m run, placing eighth at the CSM Nature Bakery Invite and ninth at the Tom Benich Invite... Quickest times of the season in the 5K and 3K were 16:31.80 and 9:13.10.Â
High School:Â Letter in track and field and cross country all four years of high school at Salina... A four-time state XC medalist in Kansas, taking 17th, 11th, 19th, and 3rd... Named to the All-League First Team for four straight seasons... Won the league Championships in 2014 and was the regional champion in 2013... A state medalist in the 1600m (8th) in 203 and was the league and regional champ in the 3200m his senior season... Four-year Honor Roll member... Graduated high school with a cumulative 4.0 GPA... National Honor Society member for two years... and a Governor's Scholar (Top 1% of his class).
Tristan is the son of Paula and Richard Irish... He is a Meteorology major at UNC.
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