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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Plymouth, Ohio
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- High School:
- Plymouth
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- Major:
- Integrated Mathmatics
Bio
Junior (2017): Competed in six races ... Had a personal best 6K at Bluffton University on Sept. 1 with a time of 21:24.1 ... Ran a personal best 8K at of 29:50.1 at the Regional Preview Meet at Ohio Wesleyan on Sept. 9.
Sophomore (2016): Competed in four races ... Had a personal best 6K at Bluffton University on Sept. 2 with a time of 25:29.6 ... Ran a personal best 8K at the Oberlin University Invitational on Sept. 17 in a time of 33:11.7.
Freshman (2015): Competed in seven events ... Had a best overall finish of 90th and averaged a finish of 194 ... Had a best overall time of 31:41.7 and averaged a finishing time of 32:58.7.
Prep: Four-year letterwinner at Plymouth High School … Also lettered in basketball and track ... Named Honorable Mention All-Conference his sophomore and junior years ... Honorable Mention All-District his sophomore year ... Received second-team All-Conference and All-District his senior year ... Academic letterwinner ... Eight-time second-team All- Academic and one-time first-team All-Academic winner.
Personal: Son of John and April Gies … Majoring in integrated mathematics ... Also a member of the men's indoor and outdoor track and field team.
News Mentions
DC Men's Cross Country Places Ninth at HCAC Championships
NORTH MANCHESTER, IND. – The Defiance College men’s cross country team placed ninth out of nine teams at the Heartland Collegiate...
October 28, 2017
DC Competes at Wilmington
WILMINGTON, OHIO -- The Defiance College men's cross country team sent four runners to the #JennaStrong Invitational hosted by Wilmingto...
October 13, 2017
Yellow Jackets Compete at All-Ohio Championships
CEDARVILLE, OHIO – The Defiance College men's cross country team participated in the All-Ohio Championship, hosted by Cedarville University,...
September 29, 2017
Defiance Men Compete at Otterbein Invitational
WESTERVILLE, OHIO -- The Defince College men's cross country team finished in the ninth position at the Otterbein University Invitational...
September 16, 2017
DC Herriers Show Improvement at Regional Preview
DELAWARE, OHIO -- Junior Darren Gies (Plymouth) set a personal-best by almost two minutes to lead the Defiance College Yellow Jacket herriers...
September 9, 2017
Defiance Cross Country Opens Season at Bluffton Invitational
BLUFFTON, OHIO -- The Defiance College men's cross country team kicked off the 2017 cross country season with a ninth place finish at the Back to...
September 2, 2017
Men's Cross Country Puts Three on Watch List
GREENWOOD, IND. -- The Defiance College men's cross country team added three runners to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference...
August 23, 2017