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2023-2024 Men's Track & Field Roster

Sandy King, Eastern Illinois University
Carson Kleinhelter
Emily Papandria, USI Photography
Emily Papandria, USI Photography

Dylan Bland

  • Position
    Distance
  • Indoor Class
    Junior
  • Outdoor Class
    So.
  • Hometown
    Holland, IN
  • Highschool
    Southridge
  • Major
    Business Administration

Biography

2022-23
CROSS COUNTRY: Earned a personal-best time of 24:50.30 at the Louisville Classic…competed to a top-30 finish at the OVC Championship...named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Ran a personal-best 8:28.95 time in a ninth-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the PNC Bellarmine Classic…earned a 10th-place finish and a 16th-place finish at the OVC Championship in the 5,000 meters…competed to a personal-best mile time of 4:21.80 at the Bellarmine Open…obtained a personal-best 5,000 meters time at the GVSU Big Meet...named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed to a sixth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Joey Haines Invite…finished 11th in the 5,000 meters at the EKU Rick Erdmann Twilight...named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2021-22
CROSS COUNTRY
: Finished a season-best second place at the Stegemoller Classic…competed in four meets, finishing 34th in the GLVC Championships.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in the mile, 3,000 meters, and 5,000 meters in four meets…had an indoor season-best finish in the 3,000 meters in the EIU Friday Night Special…finished 16th in the 5,000 meters in the GLVC Indoor Championships.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Ran in five meets in the 1,500 meters, 3,000-meter steeplechase, and 5,000 meters…finished 11th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in the GLVC Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Southridge High School in Huntingburg, Indiana, where he earned letters in basketball, cross country and track & field...was a two-time IATCCC Class 2A All-State honoree on the cross country course as well as a three-time All-PAC honoree...set the school record in the 5,000 meters (15:50)...also was an All-Conference honoree in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters, while also setting school records in the 1,600 meters (4:24), the 3,200 meters (9:44) and the 4x800-meter relay (8:26)...was an IHSAA Sportsmanship Award winner.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-2022Freshman

    Distance
  • 2022-2023Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2023-2024Junior

    Distance