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Dylan Allen - Men's Cross Country - University of Kentucky Athletics

DylanAllen

  • position Distance/XC
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Louisville, KY
  • High school Male High School
  • Major Marketing
BIO

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6995289/Kentucky/Dylan_Allen.html 

Career Accolades

  • Won bronze at SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 4:05.26

Academic Accolades 

  • 2021 SEC Community Service team; he has worked as a blood donor screener for the American Red Cross, spent time with patients at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital, sorted food and packed boxes at the Dare to Care Food Bank, assisted with food service at the Salvation Army, and has volunteered as a transcriber of old documents for the Smithsonian Institution 
  • SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll – 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 
  • SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll – 2020, 2021, 2022 

2022-23 (Fifth-Year)

Outdoor

  • Won the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:47.89 at the UCF Black & Gold Invite
  • Set a time of 3:45.13 in the 1500m at the Stanford Invitational
  • Placed 46th with a time of 1:52.28 in the 800m at the Tom Jones Memorial
  • Won the 1500 meters with a time of 3:48.32 at the Jim Green Invitational
  • Placed 20th in the 5000m with a personal best time of 14:53.22 at the SEC Outdoor Championships

Indoor

  • Won bronze at SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 4:05.26

Cross Country

  • Placed 13th at North Alabama Showcase with a season-best 24:03.47 in the 8k scoring 13 points.
  • Scored for the Wildcats with a top 50 finish at SEC Championships.

2021-22 (Senior) 

Outdoor 

  • Earned a personal best in the 800m (1:50.47) at the Joe Walker Invitational 
  • Ran a personal best 5000m (14:59.95) at SEC Championships 
  • Competed in five meets, including SEC Championships 

Indoor 

  • Ran a mile personal best (4:00.24) in 10th place finish at SEC Championships, now sitting at sixth all-time in the mile at UK 
  • Won the 3000m at the McCravy with a personal best time of 8:04.00, becoming the 10th fastest performer for UK all-time 
  • Placed second in the mile (4:04.06) at the Camel City Invitational 
  • Won the mile at the Jim Green Invitational (4:06.20) and was a member of the winning DMR  

Cross Country 

  • Scored for UKXC in the men’s 10K at NCAA Southeast Regionals 
  • Competed in the FSU Pre-Nationals Garnet 8K and SEC Championships 
  • Finished 13th at the Missouri Opener 6K (18:12.2) in the first meet of the season 
  • Placed 17th in the Commodore Classic 8K (25:16.9) 

2020-21 (Junior)
Cross Country 

  • Placed second at the Commodore Classic (7.9K, 24:36.6) as UK won the team title 
  • 35th at the SEC Championship (5M, 25:02.4) 

Indoor 

  • Won the mile at the McCravy-Green Invitational, 4:07.43 
  • Fifth in the mile at the SEC Championships with a personal-best 4:02.34 

Outdoor 

  • Second in the 800m at the Kentucky Invitational, personal best 1:50.97 
  • Ran 3:41.15 in the 1500m at the Rick Erdmann Twilight, No. 4 in UK history 
  • 22nd at the SEC Championships at the 1500m 
  • Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries, finishing 23rd in the 1500m 

2019-20 (Sophomore) 

  • Placed 12th at SEC Indoor Championships in the mile (4:12.94) 
  • Placed 30th at SEC Cross Country Championships (8K: 23:52.1) 

High School 

  • 2017 KHSAA Cross Country Champion 
  • 2017 3A KHSAA Track and Field team Champion 
  • Ran a 4:19 mile in high school 

Personal 

  • Birthday: November 22 
  • Parents: Ben and April Allen 
  • Siblings: Alex, Destini and Sadie Allen 
  • Major: Marketing 
  • Hobbies: Fishing and playing guitar 
  • Favorite sports teams: Philadelphia Eagles, FC Barcelona and the U.S. Men’s Soccer team 
  • Fun fact: Played soccer for 12 years before taking up running
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