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Kurtis Cotton
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Nebraska
- High School:
- Papillion-La Vista HS
For an updated list of personal bests, visit the link below:
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6546672/Oklahoma_State/KJ_Cotton.html
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Awards and Honors:
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track & Field)
2019 First Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track & Field)
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All Big 12:
2019 Outdoor 4X400-Meter Relay
2019 Outdoor 4X100-Meter Relay
2018 Outdoor 4X100-Meter Relay
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2020 Indoors: Competed in the 60m and 200m… finished fifth in the 60m at the Arkansas Qualifier with a time of 6.86.
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2019 Outdoors: Ran six individual sprints and competed in four relays… Was a member of the fifth-place 4x100-meter relay team at the Jim Click Shootout… Finished ninth place in the 100 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational and was part of the third-place 4x100-meter relay team… Competed in the 100 and 200 meters prelims at the Big 12 Championships and earned all-conference honors as a member of the seventh-place 4x100-meter relay and fifth-place 4x400-meter relay teams… Ended his season competing in the 4x400-meter relay at the NCAA West Regional.
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2019 Indoors: Competed six times, all in the 60 meters for the Cowboys… Finished fourth at the Arkansas Invitational with a personal-best time of 6.86… Matched his personal-best time the next time out at the Razorback Invitational… Finished seventh at the Arkansas Qualifier… Matched his personal-best time of 6.86 again in the prelims at the Big 12 Championships.
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2018 Outdoors: Competed in six races for OSU… Kicked off his outdoor campaign at the ORU Invitational in the 400 meters… Earned a top-10 finish at the Michael Johnson Invitational in the 100 meters… Raced at the Big 12 Championships in the 400 meters and set a personal best in the event with a time of 49.89.
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2018 Indoors: Raced four times, all of which were in the 60 meters… Started his Cowboy career with a 60-meter time of 7.01 at the Razorback Invitational… Had a top-five finish at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational with a 7.02.
High School: Attended Papillion-La Vista High School in Papillion, Nebraska… Earned two-time All-State honors in the 100 and 200 meter dash… Named Gatorade Player of the Year Nebraska twice… Was a member of the honor roll.
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Personal: Also played football in high school… Son of Curtis and Tricia Cotton… Father played football at the University of Nebraska… Born on January 13, 1999, in Omaha, Nebraska.
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6546672/Oklahoma_State/KJ_Cotton.html
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Awards and Honors:
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track & Field)
2019 First Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track & Field)
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All Big 12:
2019 Outdoor 4X400-Meter Relay
2019 Outdoor 4X100-Meter Relay
2018 Outdoor 4X100-Meter Relay
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2020 Indoors: Competed in the 60m and 200m… finished fifth in the 60m at the Arkansas Qualifier with a time of 6.86.
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2019 Outdoors: Ran six individual sprints and competed in four relays… Was a member of the fifth-place 4x100-meter relay team at the Jim Click Shootout… Finished ninth place in the 100 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational and was part of the third-place 4x100-meter relay team… Competed in the 100 and 200 meters prelims at the Big 12 Championships and earned all-conference honors as a member of the seventh-place 4x100-meter relay and fifth-place 4x400-meter relay teams… Ended his season competing in the 4x400-meter relay at the NCAA West Regional.
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2019 Indoors: Competed six times, all in the 60 meters for the Cowboys… Finished fourth at the Arkansas Invitational with a personal-best time of 6.86… Matched his personal-best time the next time out at the Razorback Invitational… Finished seventh at the Arkansas Qualifier… Matched his personal-best time of 6.86 again in the prelims at the Big 12 Championships.
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2018 Outdoors: Competed in six races for OSU… Kicked off his outdoor campaign at the ORU Invitational in the 400 meters… Earned a top-10 finish at the Michael Johnson Invitational in the 100 meters… Raced at the Big 12 Championships in the 400 meters and set a personal best in the event with a time of 49.89.
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2018 Indoors: Raced four times, all of which were in the 60 meters… Started his Cowboy career with a 60-meter time of 7.01 at the Razorback Invitational… Had a top-five finish at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational with a 7.02.
High School: Attended Papillion-La Vista High School in Papillion, Nebraska… Earned two-time All-State honors in the 100 and 200 meter dash… Named Gatorade Player of the Year Nebraska twice… Was a member of the honor roll.
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Personal: Also played football in high school… Son of Curtis and Tricia Cotton… Father played football at the University of Nebraska… Born on January 13, 1999, in Omaha, Nebraska.
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