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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Dayton Carlson

Distance Runner
CASTEEL HS
QUEEN CREEK, ARIZONA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-1
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:06.1

Division 2 individual state championship

1st

Desert Daylight Invitational

1st

Chandler Invitational
“This season was very challenging, but Dayton is a hard worker, in all areas of life. He has put in a lot of quality miles, and pushed himself through countless training and physical therapy sessions to make huge gains.”
Whitney Lemieux
Head Coach - Casteel coach
excellence star

Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-1, 135-pound senior raced to the Division 2 individual state championship this past season with a time of 15:06.1. Carlson also won the sectional championship, the Chandler Invitational, the Western Equinox Festival, the Titan Invitational, the Desert Daylight Invitational and the Chandler City championship.

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Academic Achievement

Carlson has maintained a 3.71 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field on scholarship at Arizona State University this fall.

first place ribbon

Exemplary Character

Carlson has volunteered locally on behalf of Feed My Starving Children and youth track programs.