California State University at Bakersfield Athletics

2017 (SENIOR): Lowered 800m personal best by over half a second to 1:58.66 in 12th-place finish at Bulldog Open…Placed 12th in 800m prelims at WAC Outdoors (2:00.06)…Ran 1500m in 4:17.09 at Cal State LA Invite.
 
2016 (JUNIOR): Focused on 800m but also ran 1500m once for the ‘Runners…Posted time of 4:34.19 in 1500m at Cal State LA Invite…Lowered personal best in 800m twice…Posted 800m mark of 1:59.85 at Pomona-Pitzer Invite…Reset PR to 1:59.28 in 800m in sixth-place finish at Fresno State.
 
2015 (SOPHOMORE): Recorded best 1500m time of season for CSUB (4:16.30) at Fresno State’s Twilight meet in third-place finish…Ran in the 800m five times…Posted season and personal best time of 2:00.78 to finish 27th at Cal State LA Invite.
 
2014 (FRESHMAN): Bakersfield’s fastest 800m runner on the year…Debuted with a season-best time of 2:01.62 at the Cal State LA Invitational…Won the 600m race at the All-Comers meet with a time of 1:27.40.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2013 graduate of Highland High School…Helped the Bulldogs to a Golden League Championship in 2013…Awarded the cross country team MVP in 2012 and the track and field distance runner of the year in 2013…Won the 2013 Golden League Championships in both the 800 m and 1600 m races…Named the Antelope Valley Distance Runner of the Year for the 2013 season…Holds personal bests in the 800m race at 1:59 and 4:34 in the 1600m.
 
PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 14, 1995…Son of Merle Cole III and Tiffany Truss Cole…Plans on majoring in business and marketing and wants to be a marketing analyst after CSUB…Hobbies include playing basketball and video games as well as listening to music.