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Daniel Hopkins

Position:
Distance
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Lincolnton, N.C.

Honors & Awards

2023 All-Big South Second Team (8th- 24:43.5)

Daniel Hopkins's Top Performances

EVENT	TIME	DATE
6K	18:43.3	9/1/2023
7.4K	25:36.9	2/12/2021
8K	24:43.5	10/29/2023
10K	31:05.8	11/10/2023

2023 Season (Senior) - Hopkins ran in all six races for Asheville during the 2023 season...Earned a fourth place finish in the season opener at the Young Harris XC Opener in the 6K (18:43.3)...Set a new PR in the 8K with a 24:43.5 finish in the Big South Conference Championships...Hopkins' finish in the 8K put him at No. 4 for the fastest 8K in program history...Hopkins set a new PR in the 10K with a 31:05.8 finish at the Southeast Region Championships and is No. 2 in program records for fastest 10K.

2022 Season (Junior) - Hopkins ran in all six races for Asheville during the 2022 season...A few highlights for Hopkins in 2022 included setting a new personal-best 8K time clocking in at 25:08.9 at the Louisville Classic in early October...Finished fourth at the Winthrop Invitational with a time of 25:53.4...Finished 34th at the Big South Cross Country Championships with a time of 26:36.0...Competed for Asheville at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships where he placed 130th with a time of 32:45.4.

Fall 2021 Season (Sophomore) - Hopkins took part in five races for the Bulldogs during the fall of 2021...Hopkins tallied a pair of top-20 finishes...His highest placement was at the Upstate Invitational in mid-October where he placed 16th with a time of 26:42.4...Also placed 18th at the Big South Cross Country Championships with a time of 25:48.0...Logged his fastest 8K time to date at the Louisville Classic (25:38.7)...Closed out his season at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships where he put together a time of 32:04.3 in the 10K race.

Spring 2021 Season (Freshman) - Hopkins competed in all three cross country races for the Bulldogs during the 2021 spring season...He made his Asheville debut on January 29 at the Winthrop Adidas Cross Country Invitational where he placed 16th with a time of 26:43.4 in an 8K race...Hopkins followed that outing with a fifth-place finish on February 12 at the Highlander Invitational with a time of 25:36.9...Hopkins closed out his first collegiate cross country season by competing at the Big South Cross Country Championships...At the Championships, Hopkins ran the 8K course in a time of 25:45.5, which ranked 26th in the field.

LJ Thorpe Chalk Talk | Men's Basketball

Wednesday, August 27

Alumni Interview || Clay Edmondson || Baseball

Monday, August 04

Why Asheville || Payton Rolfsen || Volleyball

Thursday, July 24

Why Asheville || Addie Cooper || Women's Soccer

Tuesday, June 17

Jan Málek named the Big South’s Cross Country Runner of the Week

Wednesday, September 03

Asheville Defeats Western Carolina in Duel Meet

Friday, August 29

Cross Country Releases 2025 Schedule

Monday, August 25

Men Third, Women Fourth in Big South Cross Country Preseason Poll

Wednesday, August 20

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2023 Cross Country Roster

Roster

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Sophie Lundin

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Ella Moore

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