2023 Men's Track and Field Roster

Christine Rush

Daniel Rush

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Santa Clarita, CA
  • High school Golden Valley HS

Biography

Complete stats

Awards:
  • NAIA 5,000 meter All-American (2022)
  • 2x GSAC 5,000 meter Champion (2021, 2022)
  • 3x All-GSAC XC Team (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • GSAC/NAIA Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022)
  • 2021-22 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Men's Track & Field / Cross Country First Team
  • GSAC XC Athlete of the Month (Sep. 2021)
2020-21 (Sophomore): Cross Country… Placed seventh at the GSAC Championships (26:09) to earn All-GSAC honors for the second-straight year… Had his best race at the Pre-Nationals Invitational, finishing second in a time of 25:26.9… Finished 105th at the NAIA Championships (26:19.25)... Track & Field... Won the GSAC title in the 5000 meters in a time of 14:51.66… Finished 26th at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 5,000 meters (15:13.90).

2019-20 (Freshman): Cross Country.... Earned All-GSAC honors by finishing 14th at the GSAC Championships (26:47.9)... Ran a season-best time of 25:16.2 at the UCR 39th Annual Cross Country Invitational.

Golden Valley HS (Santa Clarita, CA): Set the school record in the 3-mile with a time of 14 minutes, 27 seconds ... qualified for the California state cross country meet as a senior in 2018, finishing 54th in a 5K time of 16:05.8 ... finished third place individually at the highly-competitive Foothill League finals as a senior ... posted a 5K PR (15:29.2) at The Master's University XC Invitational on Sept. 29, 2018 ... in track and field, Rush advanced to the CIF Southern Section Division 2 prelims in the 3,200 in 2019 ... finished 15th in prelims with a time of 9:33.12. 

Personal: Full name is Daniel Christopher Rush ... parents are Brian and Christine ... siblings are Hannah and Rachel ... major is kinesiology ... said he chose Master's because "it's a college that prioritizes Jesus Christ first and still has a successful cross country program that can offer an amazing four years of competition."

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    5'9"

  • 2021Sophomore

    5K
    5'9"

  • 2022Junior

    5K
    5'9"

  • 2023Senior

    4X800m, 1500m, 5K, 10K
    5'9"

  • 2023Senior

    5K
    5'9"

  • 2023Senior

    5K
    5'9"

  • 2023Senior

    5K
    5'9"