2013-14 Track & Field / XC Roster
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Kaiser, Nick

Nick Kaiser
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lambertville, Mich.
Bio
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Named to the 2012 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2015 TRACK AND FIELD
Indoor
- Posted a career-best time in the mile at the Auburn Invitational on Jan. 17 (4:17.61)
- Helped the men's DMR team earn a first-place finish at the Orange & Purple Invitational on Jan. 10 with a converted time of 10:00.45
- Helped the men's DMR team earn a fourth-place finish at the Alabama Relays with a converted time of 9:59.11
- Helped the men's SMR to a fourth place finish with a converted time of 3:20.43 at the Florida Relays
- Turned in a 1:51.81 to finish in 5th place in the 800 meters at the Tennessee Relays
- Ran the first leg for UT's third-place DMR team at the Tennessee Relays (10:01.37)
- Helped Tennessee finish in fourth place and run its best time of the season in the DMR at the Penn Relays (9:58.66)
- Placed 24th in the 800m at the SEC Outdoor Championships (1:52.00)
2014 CROSS COUNTRY
- Competed in all six regular season meets for UT, placing sixth on the team in all six
- Posted a career-best 8K time of 27:20.60 at the Bluegrass Invitational on Sept. 13, finishing 103rd overall
- Ran his best 10K time ever at the NCAA South Regional, placing 128th behind a time of 33:41.60
- Came in a season-best 100th at the SEC Championships on Oct. 31, running the 10K in 27:30.37
2014 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor
- Participant in the 800m at SEC Indoors placing 17th in the event
- Season best 800m time came at Tyson Invitational (2/15) finishing in 1:51.87
- Bested in 1000m at Virginia Tech (1/18) with 11th place time of 2:30.39
- Finished 8th in indoor 1000m collegiate debut on Jan. 11 at Blazer Invitational
- 23rd in 800m at SEC Outdoor finishing in 1:52.84
- Tenth in 800m at Tennessee Challenge
- Outdoor best at Alabama Relays in the 1500m with 3:57.10
2013 CROSS COUNTRY
- Set personal best in two races this season, current 8K PR is 27:56.91 set at SEC Championships
2013 TRACK & FIELD
Indoors
- Ran the mile at the Kentucky Invitational, finishing 20th overall in a career-best time of 4:33.82
- Also ran the leadoff leg of the DMR, leading them to a win in 10:07.97
- Scored 6th in 800m prelims at SEC Championships with a 1:53.85
- Fastest time of season, 1:51.72, in 800m at Vanderbilt Invitational
- Scored a season high of 4:01.78 in 1500m at Raleigh Relays
2012 CROSS COUNTRY
- Did not compete
2012 TRACK & FIELD
Honors
- Member of the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- Lowered his season best to 1:53.17 and wound up 13th overall in the 800m at the SEC Indoor Championships Previous 2012 best of 1:53.69 came in the Gold Division 800 meters at the Akron Invitational, where he placed seventh
- Opened his college career with a 1:55.47 effort to place eighth in the 800 meters at the Auburn Invitational
- Dipped below that mark in 1:55.25 at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge and aided UT's fifth-place, season-best DMR to 10:11.17
- Competed in the 800m prelims at the SEC Outdoor Championships, clocking a season-best time of 1:51.88
- Opened the second half of the season with a 4:03.95 effort in the 1500m at the SEC/Big Ten Challenge
- Lowered his PR in the 1500m to 3:58.91 to place ninth at the UCLA/Washington State Double Dual
- Was the runner-up in the 800m at the Tennessee Challenge, finishing in 1:52.14
- Place fifth in the Showcase 800m at the Sea Ray Relays in 1:53.36
- Anchored UT to second place in the sprint medley relay in 3:21.41 at the Penn Relays
2011 CROSS COUNTRY
- Redshirted in his first season as a Vol
HIGH SCHOOL
- Placed fourth at the 2010 Michigan State Cross Country Championship - Lower Peninsula in 15:31.80
- His 5K PR (15:30.20) came a week earlier at the Region 4 Championships, where he was the runner-up
- His victorious, career-best 1:50.00 readout in the 800m at the Midwest Meet of Champions ranked him No. 7 on the 2011 Track & Field News U.S. prep list
- Runner-up in the 800m at the 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals (1:50.47) and 2010 Nike Indoor Nationals
- 2011 and 2009 Michigan state champ and 2010 runner-up in the 800m
- Part of state champion 4x800m relay as a junior
- Became the first three-time winner of Monroe County Region Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year distinction
PERSONAL
- Born Nov. 30, 1992, in Toledo, Ohio
- Parents are Ron and Diane Kaiser
- Has an older brother, Bradley
- Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences
- Interested in business
- Recipient the Fred R. Langley Athletic Scholarship Fund
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