Individual Meet Results
Career Honors & Awards
MIAA Academic Honor Roll - 2024
2024 - Ran a personal best in the 4M at RSU Distance After Dark with a time of 20:07.1 ... At the MIAA Championships on Oct 26, ran a personal best time of 24:13.6m in the 8k ... Ran a season-best in the 10k with a time of 32:09.9 at the NCAA DII Central Region Championships.
2023 - At the Southwest Baptist Invite on Sept 1, ran a personal best in the 6.25k with a time of 20:06.8 ... At the MIAA Championships ran a season-best of 24:58.9 in the 8k on Oct 20 ... Ran a season-best in the 10k at the NCAA DII Central Region Championships with a time of 31:53.4.
2022 - Ran a personal best in the 6k at the Rogers State Invite on Sept 1 with a time of 18:56.0m ... At the MIAA Championships, ran a season-best in the 8k with a time of 24:46.0m ... Ran a personal best in the 10k at the NCAA DII Central Region Championships on Nov 19 with a time of 30:36.9m.
Prior to Southern
Cole prepped at Neosho High School, where he competed in both cross country and track and field for the Wildcats. As a senior, he was selected to run in the Festival of Miles. He earned All-Conference honors in cross country and three times in track, along with All-State recognition in both sports during his senior year. Cole was also named first-team All-Area in cross country and track as a senior and was nominated for Athlete of the Year in Missouri for cross country. His personal bests include 1:57 in the 800 meters, 4:15 in the 1,600 meters, 4:18 in the mile, 9:27 in the 3,200 meters, and 15:32 in the 5,000 meters.
Personal
Kaden, the son of Lynnette and Dennis Cole, and is pursuing a degree in General Studies at Southern.