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Daniel Watts
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Senior
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| Hometown:
March, Cambridgeshire, England
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Personal Bests
Mile - 4:13.47
3,000 meters - 8:06.05
5,000 meters - 14:00.81
10,000 meters - 30:36.6
All-Big 12 (Scored at conference meet)
2006 Cross Country
2007 Cross Country
2006 Outdoor 10,000 meters
2007 Indoor 3,000 meters
2008 Indoor 3,000 meters
Honors and Awards
2006 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Cross Country)
2007 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
2007 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Track and Field)
2007 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Cross Country)
2008 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Cross Country)
2009 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
2009 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Cross Country)
2010 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
2010 Outdoors: Second-team academic all-Big 12 honoree ... Placed 23rd in the 10,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships, crossing the finish line in 31:59.59 ... Ran the 1,500 meters in 4:38.08 at the Tulsa Duels ... Ran the 3,000 meters in 8:37.98 at the John Jacobs Invitational ... Ran the 5,000 meters in 14:29.29 at the Stanford Invitational.
2010 Indoors: Did not compete.
2009 Cross Country: First-team academic all-Big 12 selection ... Competed in four races as a senior member of Oklahoma State's NCAA and Big 12-champion team ... Ran the Cowboy Jamboree in 24:49 to place 27th ... Was 20th at the Chile Pepper Festival in 30:27 ... Was solid at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 16th-place finish in 31:07 ... Fourth-place finisher at the Hurricane Festival in 20:05.
2009 Outdoors: Did not compete, but earned second-team academic all-Big 12 honors.
2009 Indoors: Set a new personal best in the 3,000 meters when he was clocked at 8:06.05 at the Husky Classic ... His 8:17.50 at the Big 12 Championships was good for a 13th-place finish at the meet ... Was timed at 8:19.45 at the Razorback Invitational ... Ran the mile at the J.D. Martin Invitational, crossing the finish line in a personal-best 4:13.47 ... Competed in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships, taking 10th in 14:25.59.
2008 Cross Country: Second-team academic all-Big 12 honoree ... Just missed out on earning all-Big 12 honors when he finished 18th at the conference meet with a 25:02.53 ... His 24:52 at the Cowboy Jamboree was good for a 22nd-place finish ... Was 125th at the NCAA Championships with a 31:21.7.
2008 Outdoors: Ran a pair of races during the outdoor season, clocking a 4:03.94 in the 1,500 meters at the Tulsa Invitational and a 14:01.62 in the 5,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational.
2008 Indoors: All-Big 12 honoree after placing seventh in the 3,000 meters with an 8:16.75 at the conference meet ... Also competed in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships, placing 10th in 14:31.45 ... Ran the mile in 4:13.96 at the Razorback Invitational.
2007 Cross Country: Earned All-Midwest Region honors after helping Oklahoma State to its third consecutive regional title with 30:16 that was good for an 11th-place finish at the event ... First-team academic all-Big 12 honoree ... Key performer for an Oklahoma State team that placed third at the NCAA Championships, clocking a 30:43 at the national championship to finish 42nd ... His 25:35 at the Big 12 Championships placed him 25th ... Top 8,000 meter time of the year was a 23:56 at the pre-national meet ... Clocked a 24:40 to place 14th at the Cowboy Jamboree, helping the Pokes to the team title at the event.
2007 Outdoors: USTFCCCA Men's All-Academic Track and Field Team honoree ... Selected as first team Academic All-Big 12 ... Competed in four 5,000-meter events ... Ran a 14:23.17 at the NCAA Midwest Regionals where he placed 10th ... Finished second among Cowboys at the Big 12 Championships with 15:03.48 ... Posted his best 5,000-meter time with 14:00.81 at the Cardinal Invitational ... Was the second Cowboy to finish at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 14:16.12.
2007 Indoors: Competed in three events during sophomore indoor season ... Posted his personal best 3,000-meter time 8:08.38 and placed second at the Big 12 Championships ... Finished first among Cowboys at the Husky Invitational where he clocked 8:09.02 in the 3,000-meter run ... Placed seventh at the Arkansas Invitational with a personal best 4:19.66 mile.
2006 Cross Country: Named 2006 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year ... All-Big 12 Team selection ... Second team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Earned a spot on the Dean's Honor Roll ... Competed in six events as a freshman ... Finished second among Cowboys at the NCAA Championships with a time of 32:14 ... Clocked his best 10,000-meter time of 31:22.3 at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships where the Cowboys finished in first place ... Ran his best 8,000-meter time at the NCAA Pre-National Meet of 24:36 ... Helped the Cowboys to a fourth place finish at the Big 12 Championships with a 25:06 13th place run ... Had a top-15 finish at the four-mile Golden Hurricane Festival with a time of 20:58.
2006 Outdoors: Set a personal best by running the 10,000 meters in 30:36.6 at the Big 12 Championships ... Ran a 4:02.12 in the 1,500 meters at Oklahoma ... Clocked in at 14:15.67 in the 5,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational.
2006 Indoors: Ran the mile in 4:22.24 at the Wildcat Invitational ... Clocked in at 8:12.87 in the 3,000 meters at the Husky Invitational ... Clocked in at 8:22.15 in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships.
2005 Cross Country: Did not compete.
High School: Watts was one of the top high school recruits in the United Kingdom as a senior, capturing English Schools Championships in both cross country and the 3,000 meters ... Also finished second in the 3,000 meters in the United Kingdom under-20s division.
Personal: Son of David and Debra Watts ... Has a twin brother, Glen ... Majoring in Journalism/Broadcasting.
