2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Jake Derouin

Jake Derouin

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    null
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Eden Prairie, Minn.
  • High School:
    Eden Prairie
  • Major:
    Creative Technology and Design
Jake Derouin TFRRS

2022-23
  • XC: Ran in three races for the Buffs ... placed 10th in the 8K at the Highlander Invitational setting a personal record of 24:04.0
  • Indoor: Competed in the 3,000 at the Colorado Invitational, finishing sixth in 8:43.86
  • Outdoor: Ran in three meets ... set a personal best of 29:13.28 in the 10,000 at the Stanford Invitational ... set a personal best of 14:06.54 in the 5,000 at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... competed in both the 5,000 and 10,000 at the Pac-12 Championships ... finsihed fifth overall in the 10,000 with a time of 29:46.90

2021-22
  • XC: Did not compete
  • Indoor: Ran in three meets for the Buffs ... set a personal best of 4:22.43 in the mile at the Potts Invitational ... set a personal best of 8:15.68 in the 3,000 at the Husky Classic
  • Outdoor: Ran in five meets ... had five top-10 finishes in seven races ... set a personal best of 3:57.40 in the 1,500 at the CU Invitational ... ran the 5,000 and 10,000 at the Pac-12 Championships


2020-21

  • XC: Season was canceled due to COVID-19
  • Winter XC: Recorded an eighth-place finish at the FSU Winter Classic in the gold race … he was the second CU runner to finish that race, finishing in 25:13.1 behind teammate Ethan Powell
  • Outdoor: Did not compete
 
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Attended Eden Prairie High School
  • Helped his team to a runner-up finish at the 2019 MSHSL State Cross Country Class AA Championships
    • Finished fourth overall to earn all-state honors
  • Placed 23rd as a senior at the Nike Cross Heartland Regional Championships
  • Named all-conference three seasons and lettered all four
  • Was selected as the team’s MVP his sophomore season
  • Finished 21st at the state championship in addition to a 14th-place finish at Nike Cross Regionals
  • As a junior, he earned all-state honors in the 3,200-meter run with a third-place finish (9:17.53)
  • Placed third in the 1,600, running a PR of 4:18.27, and was second in the 3,200 with another PR (9:14.57)
  • Also lettered in swim and dive where he was named the hardest worker his sophomore, junior and senior years
  • Served as the captain for his cross country, track and swim and dive teams as a senior
  • Also recruited by Minnesota, Iowa, Arizona State, Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin
 
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS
  • 800m - 2:02.49
  • 1,600m - 4:18.27
  • 3,200m - 9:14.57
 
IN THE CLASSROOM
  • Exploratory studies major
  • Owns a GPA greater than 3.3
 
PERSONAL
  • Jake Patrick Derouin
  • Has two younger siblings
  • Mother, Kelly, was a diver at Iowa
  • Father, Thomas, played tennis at Iowa
  • Enjoys reading, video games and mobile app development
  • Created an app for his cross country team that is available in the App Store
  • Named the 2019 Congressional App Challenge Winner (District: MN-03)
Colorado T&F/XC: 2016 HOF Sara Gorton Slattery
Monday, August 12
Bailey Hertenstein @baileyh_ Wins the Pac-12 5k Championship @cubuffstrack #gobuffs
Monday, May 13
Pac-12 TRACK Championships - Wrap Up
Monday, May 13
@cubufffstrack First Crack at NEW Potts Field #gobuffs
Wednesday, April 10