University of North Dakota Athletics

• Hettich Performance History

2016-17
Cross Country (Freshman): Ran in five meets ... Best performance came at the UND Ron Pynn Classic Open, where he ran a season-best 8K time of 27 minutes, 30 seconds ... Earned first letter.

Indoor (Freshman): Made his UND track debut at the NDSU Bison Classic while competing in the 3,000-meters.

Outdoor (Freshman): Earned a personal record in the 800-meter with a time of 2:02.84 at the Jim Duncan Invitational … Set a personal record 1,500-meter with a time of 4:13.49 at the Al Cassell Relays … Earned first track letter. 

Before UND
A 2016 graduate of Central High School ... Lettered four times in both track and cross country as a prep ... Named the 2015 Eastern Dakota Conference Senior Athlete of the Year in cross country ... Placed 10th at the North Dakota Class A state meet that same year ... Earned team's Hardest Worker award in cross country as a junior ... State qualifier in three events in track as a senior ... Placed fifth in both the 1,600 and 3,200 and sixth in the 800 ... Named Central's Most Valuable Distance Runner as a junior and senior ... Received Central's Cliff Cushman Award as a senior ... Placed ninth in the 1,500 at the USATF Junior Olympic Nationals (17-18 division) ... Also competed in swimming and received team's Most Improved Award in 2012.

Personal
Majoring in computer science ... Son of Alexander and Bella Hettich.