2019-2020 Track and Field Roster
Nick Doan
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Temecula, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Portland
Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
800 - 1:56.01 (Indoor)
1,500 - 3:54.43
Mile - 4:13.75 (Indoor)
2K SC - 6:03.84
3K - 8:07.07 (Indoor)
3K SC - 9:00.52
5K - 14:57.54
400H - 58.56
IC4A Individual Titles (1)
2019 Indoor 3K
All-ASUN Honors (3)
2018 Cross Country - 9th
2019 Indoor 3K - 2nd
2019 Outdoor Steeplechase - 2nd
2020 Outdoor Track & Field
• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus
2020 Indoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Anchored Liberty to second place in the ASUN distance medley relay and took 11th in the 5K
• Liberty Kickoff 5K champion with a season-best time of 14:58.58
2019 Cross Country (R-Sr.)
• The Flames' only senior, his season consisted of four 8K races
• Placed 40th at the ASUN meet, serving as Liberty's No. 8 runner
• Opened his year with a ninth-place finish at the FGCU Invitational
• Fastest 8K of the year (26:11.9) came at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational
2019 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Made his NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round debut in the steeplechase, thanks to a personal-best 9:00.52 clocking at the Virginia Challenge
• ASUN steeplechase runner-up and 10th-place finisher in the 1,500
• Won the Gamecock Invitational 1,500 in a personal-best 3:54.43
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2019 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Liberty's first IC4A 3K champion since Josh McDougal in 2006, thanks to a personal-best and ASUN Conference-record 8:07.07 clocking
• Posted second (3K) and third-place (distance medley relay) finishes at the ASUN meet, running the DMR's anchor leg
• Won the Hokie Invitational 3K and Liberty Flames Invite mile (personal-best 4:13.75)
2018 Cross Country (R-Jr.)
• Second team All-ASUN runner, thanks to his ninth-place finish at the ASUN meet
• Placed 51st (season-best third on the team) in his NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship debut
• Season-best 8K time (25:43.6) came in the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals white race, where he came in 159th overall and fourth among the Flames
2018 Outdoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Crossed the line fifth in the Big South steeplechase
• Won the Virginia Grand Prix steeplechase in a season-best 9:03.77, just missing NCAA East Preliminary Round qualification
• Eight days earlier, he had run a 9:08.34 steeplechase at the Virginia Challenge
• Opened his season with a 6:03.84 clocking for runner-up honors in the FSU Relays 2K steeplechase
2017-18 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Anchored the Flames to third place in the Big South distance medley relay and placed seventh in the 3K
• Helped Liberty qualify for the IC4A distance medley relay final and post the fifth fastest time (10:00.54) in program history, splitting 4:12.6 for the 1,600-meter anchor leg
• Came in 17th in the IC4A 3K with a personal-best 8:20.39 clocking
2017 Cross Country (R-So.)
• Finished 27th overall, including ninth among the Flames, at the Big South Championship
• Served as the Flames' No. 2 runner at the Paul Short Run with a 39th-place finish in an 8K personal-best 24:16 clocking
• Nearly matched that 8K time two weeks later at Pre-Nationals, coming in 73rd (No. 3 Flame) in 24:17.1
• Posted top-10 finishes in each of his two races in a Liberty uniform, including fifth at the UVA Duals and seventh at the Liberty Big South Preview
2017 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted
• Competing unattached, ran 14:50.14 for third place in the Virginia Grand Prix 5K and clocked a 3:58.09 1,500 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier
2016-17 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted
• Competing unattached, clocked 8:37.69 for ninth place in the Liberty Elite Invitational 3K
Previous School
• Attended Portland for a year and a half (2015-16)
• Top track times for the Pilots included 3:57.65 in the 1,500, 4:16.01 in the mile and 14:45.19 in the 5K
• Clocked a cross country 8K time of 25:56.6 at the 2016 Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational
Prep
• Graduated from Great Oak High School
• Led Great Oak to its first CIF Division I boys' cross country state title as a senior in 2014, placing seventh individually in a 5K time of 15:25
• Fastest high school times were 1:55.24 in the 800, 4:11.45 in the 1,600 and 9:05.86 in the 3,200
• Also played soccer
Personal
• Son of Andrew and Julie Doan
• Birthday is on Jan. 6
• Majoring in psychology
