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2016 Men's Track Roster

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Colin Hepburn

  • Position Mid-Distance
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rockville, MD
  • Highschool Edmund Burke School
  • Major STS & Hispanic Studies

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS: (Hepburn's Full Finish History)
6k XC: 
20:41.16 at the 2013 Vassar College Invitational
8k XC: 27:27 at the 2012 Conn College Invitational
1500m: 4:15.49 at the 2015 Yale Springtime Invitational
5000m: 15:54.99 at the 2015 Monmouth Season Opener
10,000m: 34:47.64 at the 2015 Liberty League Championships

2014-15:
Track: Returned to the track team at Vassar after a year away from the team, and set personal bests in three events...finished seventh overall in the 10,000 meter run at the Liberty League Championships, running a 34:47.64...posted his personal best in the 1500 meter run, as he posted a 4:15.38 in the Yale Springtime Invitational...started the season with an eighth place finish at the Monmouth Season Opener, running the 5k in a time of 15:54.99...took 14th in the 5000 meters at the Matthew Vassar Twilight Meet. 

2012-13:
XC: Tied for the team lead in meets run, as he performed in all but the NCAA Atlantic Regionals at the end of the season...started his season with a 14:04 at the 4K Season Opener Aug. 31...finished 30th out of 100 runners at the Vassar Invite Sep. 8, clocking in with a 21:14...set his personal best in the Rochester Pre-Regional Sep. 15, as he ran a 28:07...crossed the finish line in 28:43 at the Paul Short Invite...broke 28 minutes for the first time in the Connecticut College Invite, running a 27:27 for a personal best...posted a 27:51 at the Liberty League Championships, helping VC to a third-place finish.
TRACK: Competed in the 1500m, 3000m, 5000m and 10,000m for the track team...ran his first 5000 meter race of the season at the Shamrock Invitational Mar. 14, posting a 16:12.30...chalked up a personal best in the 1500 meters at the Monmouth Season Opener, running a 4:15.49...ran the 10,000 meters at the Liberty League Championships, finishing 13th with a time of 36:37.19.

2011-12:
XC:
 Ran a 6k personal best of 23:13 at the Vassar College Invitational... ran 30:05 for 8k at the RPI Invitational... ran 29:59 for 8k at the Conn College Invite to break the 30-minute mark for the first time... lower his 8k personal best to 29:56 at the Liberty League Championship.
TRACK: Ran 4:24.17 in the 1500m run at the Monmouth Season Opener... ran a personal-best 4:20.48 for 1500m at the Ramapo Invitational... ran a 5000m personal-best 16:57.16 at the Liberty League Championship.

PRIOR TO VASSAR: Was a varsity standout for the Bengals of Edmund Burke School...ran both cross country and track, while swimming as well...three sport captain as a senior...was voted All-PVAC First Team in 2009 and 2010 in cross country...First Team All-PVAC in track in 2010...also an all-league swimmer.

PERSONAL: Son of Michael and Ann Hepburn...has one brother, Sean (22) and one sister, Kayleigh (12)...majoring in science, technology and society along with hispanic studies.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Junior

    Mid-Distance
    5'8"
  • 2016Senior

    Mid-Distance
    5'8"