| Year: | So. |
| Hometown: | Denver, N.C. |
| High School: | East Lincoln |
2013 Outdoor
Track
Placed 10th at the Southern Conference
Championships (April 20-21) in the 10,000-meter distance with a
time of 32:09.66 … Recorded four personal-bests on the year
in the 10,000-meter, 5,000-meter, 3,000-meter and mile races
… Posted a top time in the 10k at the Duke Invitational
(April 5-60) at 31:14.12 … Turned in his top 5,000-meter
time at the Raleigh Relays (March 29-30) with a 15:00.54 …
Added personal-bests in the 3,000-meters at the Wake Forest Open
(March 15-16) at 9:08.33 and the mile run at the High Point
VertKlasse Meet (March 22-23) at 4:23.84.
2012-13 Indoor
Track
Posted a personal-record time of 8:55.13 in the
3,000-meter race at the Southern Conference Championships (Feb.
23-24), placing first in his section … Turned in a time of
9:00.14 in the 3,000-meter race which set a personal-record at that
point at the Hokie Invitational (Jan. 25-26) … Recorded a
time of 15:58.68 in the 5,000-meter race at the Wake Forest
Invitational (Jan. 19).
2012 Cross
Country
Posted a career-best time of 25:51.00 in the
8,000-meter race at the Pre-Nationals race in Louisville (Oct. 13),
finishing 241st … Recorded a 43rd
place finish at the Southern Conference Championships (Oct. 27)
with a time of 26:28.72 … Tallied a 163rd place
finish at the Greater Louisville Classic (Sept. 29) with a time of
25:56.97 … Placed third at the Elon Invitational (Sept. 15)
with a time of 26:02 in the 8,000-meter race.
2012 Outdoor
Track
Ran a personal best time of
32:44.63 in the 10,000m placing
17th overall, qualifying for the Junior Nationals
meet (Apr 6) … finished 10th overall in the
10,000m at the Southern Conference Outdoor Championships in a time
of 33:53.46, earning All-Freshman honors (Apr 21) ... SoCon
Academic Honor Roll.
2011-12 Indoor
Track
Began the season with a personal best time in the 3,000m at the
Dick Taylor Invite running a time of 9:03.29 to finish
10th overall (Jan 13) … set a personal best
in the mile run at the Kent Taylor Invite with a time of 4:33.49 to
finish 13th overall (Feb 4) … ran a personal
record time of 15:38.53 in the 5,000m at the Hokie Invitational
(Jan 21).
2011 Cross
Country
Finished 30th overall in his 8,000-meter debut
in a time of 27:05 at the Elon Invite (Sept 17) … was the
second UNCG finisher at the Hagan Stone XC Classic, crossing the
line in 27:23 to finish seventh overall (Oct 1) … recorded
an 80th place performance at the Panorama Farms Invite
in Charlottesville, Va., with a time of 27:25 (Oct 14).
High
School
Competed at East Lincoln High School for coach Melvin
Morrison … earned three varsity letters in cross country
… earned all-state and all-region honors in cross country
… also helped his team to a state championship in cross
country as a junior … was a two-time all-conference
selection in cross country and was named team MVP as a senior
… also earned two varsity letters in both indoor and outdoor
track … earned all-state honors in outdoor track in the
3,200 meters after earning runner-up honors and was also named
all-region … was also an all-conference selection in
wrestling as he earned two varsity letters … named all-state
and all-region in swimming during his senior season … earned
all-conference honors in tennis as a senior, as well … also
played two seasons of baseball.
Personal
Dylan Michael Belles … born May 16, 1993 in
Ithaca, N.Y. … son of Brian and Jennifer Parks … has
a younger sister, Haylie … majoring in kinesiology at
UNCG.
Top
Performances
Cross Country
8k: 25:51.00 (Pre-Nationals - 10/13/12)
Indoor
mile: 4:33.49
3,000m: 8:48.98 (SoCon Indoor Championships, 2/23/13)
5,000m: 15:38.53
Outdoor
Mile: 4:23.84 (High Point VertKlasse, 3/23/13)
1,500m: 4:05.82 (UNCW Seahawk Invitational, 3/8/13)
3,000m: 9:08.33 (Wake Forest Open, 3/15/13)
5,000m: 15:00.54 (Raleigh Relays, 3/29/13)
10,000m: 31.14.12 (Duke Invitational, 4/5/13)