Colton Colonna

COLLEGE STATION, TX - 20211016 - Texas A&M Aggies Cross Country vs. Texas A&M Aggies

Photo by: Bailey Orr/Texas A&M Athletics

Weight:
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Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Mountain View, Calif.
High School:
Saint Francis

Season and Career Results
*Last Updated 10/17/22

Academic Honors
2022 SEC Spring Honor Roll
2021 SEC Fall Honor Roll
2021 SEC Spring Honor Roll

2022-23: Cross Country - Clocked a 15:46.7 to place 29th at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Preview 5k... Ran a time of 25:55.1 at the Texas A&M Invite 8k... Registered a time of 24:49.8 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational 8k... At the 40th Victor Lopez Classic, placed thirteenth in the 5000m with a time of 15:17.83.

2021-22: Cross Country - Completed the Aggie Opener 5k at 16:06.4, placed 13th overall...Placed 20th in the Texas A&M Invitational 8k (24:33.0)...Was the third Aggie to cross the finish line at the Gans Creek Classic 8k with a time of 24:51.8, placed 37th overall...Competed at the Arturo Barrios Invitational, finished the 8k trail with a time of 26:13.5... Indoor- Clocked a 8:47.03 in the 3000m at the Ted Nelson Invite... Ran a personal best in the 3000m at the Aggie Invite, clocking 8:34.14... Outdoor- Competed at the Texas A&M vs Texas Dual meet, running 9:00.96 in the 3000m... Clocked a personal best of 14:45.34 in the 5000m at the 44 Farms Team Invite... Finished fourth in the 5000m at the Michael Johnson Invite with a time of 15:20.59... At the Alumni Muster meet, ran a 15:34.16 in the 5000m.

2020-21: Cross Country - Competed in three meets...Made his 2020 debut at the SEC Preview Meet 6k finishing with a time of 19:10.6...Ran two 8k races, recorded times of 25:17.5 at the Gans Creek Classic and 25:37.1 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational. Indoor - Opened his season at the Ted Nelson Invitational, placed fifth in the 3000m at 8:41.66...Finished fourth in the mile (4:25.27) at the Aggie Invitational...Ran 8:42.13 in the 3000m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational. Outdoor - Competed in the Texas vs. Texas A&M dual meet, placed 11th in the 3000m at 8:50.48.

2019-20: Cross Country - Placed 12th in college debut in the 8,000m at the Texas A&M Invitational (25:24.1) … finished 38th in the 8,000m course at the Gans Creek Classic, hosted by Missouri (26:51.9) … clocked at 25:58.7 for 8,000m, placing 125th at the Arturo Barrios Invitational … registered a time of 24:41.4 for 8,000m, placing 66th to cap off rookie campaign at the SEC Cross Country Championships. Indoor - Made is indoor debut placing fifth in the 3000m (8:37.79) and running the last leg of the second place finishing "B" DMR group (10:17.20) at the Ted Nelson Invitational...Clocked a season best mile time of 4:24.72 at the Aggie Invitational. Outdoor - Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

High School: 2019 graduate of Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California … Academic honors included graduating Maxima Cum Laude … Produced personal best times of 4:13.81 (1600), 4:18.21 (mile), 8:48.12 (3000) and 9:15.64 (3200) … Coached by Phillip Pompei and Sam Pompei … Finished 10^th in 1,600m at 2018 CIF State meet … In cross country, competed in CIF State meet three consecutive years finishing 35^th (2016), 14^th (2017) and 21^st (2018) … Senior season in cross country won CIF Central Coast Section meet, placed 21^st in CIF State meet and finished 22^nd in Foot Locker West Regional … Produced PR of 4:13.81 in prelims of 1,500m at 2018 CIF State meet, placing 10^th in final with a 4:20.23 … Placed sixth in mile with PR of 4:18.21 in Arcadia Invitational … Set PR in 3,200m at 9:15.64 to place fifth in CIF Central Coast Section final … In junior season, placed 14^th at CIF State cross country, then finished 73^rd in Nike Cross Nationals … Posted a PR of 8:48.12 in 3,000m to place fifth in 2017 Stanford Invitational.

Personal: Colton Joseph Colonna was born in Palo Alto, California on June 18, 2000 and is the son of Joe and Kristin Colonna … Has an older sister, Nicole, who competes in track and field at the University of Nebraska … Chose Texas A&M since its highly spirited, has a high tier engineering school and is in a competitive conference … Started competing in track and field at age 12 … Community service projects have included Villa Siena Senior Center, Special Olympics and Creative Learning Center … Majoring in Engineering.