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2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Daren Hinds

  • Ht./Wt. 6-4 /
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Charleston, SC
  • High School Summerville H.S.

Biography

CAREER BESTS

SENIOR YEAR (2024)
  • Posted a career-best time in the men's 8k to highlight Winthrop's first meet in a month at the Pirate Cross Country Invitational (Oct. 4)
  • Placed 21st overall with a time of 24:33., resulting in Winthrop's top individual finish in the event
  • Rolled to the men's individual title at the Sand Shark Invitational (Oct. 12) with a 45 second victory over the 8k course with a time of 24:57, leading the men's squad to a runner-up team finish
  • This was the second first place finish in his career
  • Named the Big South Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week on Oct. 16 for meets ran the weekend of Oct. 10-13
JUNIOR YEAR (2023)
  • Hinds was named the Big South Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week on Sep. 6
  • He finished 16th out of 146 runners at the Elon Twilight Open with a 6k time of 18:07.2. He set a PR and shattered his previous time in the event by more than a minute (19:24.4 in 2021)
  • Hinds helped the Eagles to a fifth-place team finish
  • This is the second time that Hinds has won this honor
  • Hinds was named the Runner of the Week on Oct. 12 in his sophomore year in 2022
  • He then took first place overall with a time of 25:33.6 in the 8k at the 39th Annual Winthrop/Adidas Invitational on Sep. 30
  • Hinds is the first Eagle to capture first place in a race at home since Hall of Famer Adam Growley did so in 2001
PRIOR TO WINTHROP
  • Earned fourth at states
  • Cross Country and Track and Field-2016-2021
  • All-State for cross country and track-2018-2021
  • Earned the Board of Trustees Award all four years of high school
  • National Honors Society
  • Finished in the Top 20 in his graduating class
PERSONAL
  • Born on October 31, 2002 in Charleston, S.C.
  • Is the son of Jeffrey and Shioban Hinds
  • Is seeking a degree in mass communications 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    6'4"
  • 2022Sophomore

    6'4"
  • 2023Junior

    6'4"
  • 2024Senior

    6'4"