University of North Carolina Athletics
Sorensen Joins Miltenberg As Assistant Coach For Distance Events
July 25, 2019 | Cross Country, Track & Field
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Dylan Sorensen, a two-time steeplechase All-American and professional triathlete, will join the University of North Carolina as an assistant coach for the distance events, Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Chris Miltenberg announced Thursday.
"Coach Sorensen will work directly with me in coaching our men's and women's distance runners," Miltenberg said. "Coach Sorensen was crucial to the enormous step forward our men's and women's teams took at Stanford in the past two years. He understands the mindset of an elite athlete better than any young coach I know and was crucial in helping our teams master the mental and emotional component of their success. Coach Sorensen was instrumental in Steven Fahy winning an NCAA Championship in the steeplechase this spring. He is the best technical coach of this event in the country. Also, he is undoubtedly the best recruiter in the country and will be a key piece of us building this team."
After Sorensen's arrival in July 2017, Stanford men's distance runners earned six individual NCAA top-four finishes on the track and a second-place finish by the 2019 distance medley relay team indoors. Sorensen coached two Cardinal runners to NCAA titles — Sean McGorty in the 5,000 meters at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships and, most recently, Steven Fahy in a dramatic 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
In just two years with Stanford, Sorensen coached an astounding 44 student-athletes to All-American finishes — four NCAA All-American individuals in women's cross country, six in men's cross country, eight in women's indoor track, 12 in men's indoor track, seven in women's outdoor track and six in men's outdoor track. The success of the distance program helped Stanford to eight NCAA top-10 finishes out of the 12 team finishes between his first cross country season and his final outdoor track season.
Sorensen also helped lead the men's cross country team to back-to-back Pac-12 team titles and coached both men's cross country individual Pac-12 champions in 2017 and 2018. Prior to Fahy's 2019 NCAA title, Sorensen also coached Fahy to consecutive conference titles in the steeplechase at the 2018 and 2019 Pac-12 Championships.
Stanford's student-athletes also excelled in the classroom under Sorensen's leadership. Nine Stanford men earned a spot on the Pac-12 All-Academic cross country team in 2018 and 11 in 2017. Fisher was the Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year in both 2017 and 2018 while Tai Dinger was named second-team CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2017.
Before coming to Stanford, Sorensen simultaneously competed in international triathlons and served as the Marketing Manager and Professional Athlete Liaison with Major League Triathlon, a pro-team organization that played a vital role in adding another medal event — the Mixed Team Relay — to Triathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Sorensen was recruited by USA Triathlon to its Olympic Development Team with an eye toward the 2020 Olympic Games. He was ranked in the country's top-10 professional triathletes during his time competing from 2014-2017.
Sorensen also served as a volunteer assistant triathlon coach at Queen's University in Charlotte, which has a fully-funded varsity triathlon program, during the 2016-17 academic year.
Sorensen and Miltenberg both ran at Georgetown for longtime coach Pat Henner -- Miltenberg graduated in 2003, and Sorensen graduated in 2013 and ran an additional season while earning his master's in Sports Industry Management.
Sorensen, a native of Zionsville, Indiana, was the 2014 Big East Conference champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and captured the ECAC/IC4A title in that event. His best time was 8:47.07.
"Coach Sorensen will work directly with me in coaching our men's and women's distance runners," Miltenberg said. "Coach Sorensen was crucial to the enormous step forward our men's and women's teams took at Stanford in the past two years. He understands the mindset of an elite athlete better than any young coach I know and was crucial in helping our teams master the mental and emotional component of their success. Coach Sorensen was instrumental in Steven Fahy winning an NCAA Championship in the steeplechase this spring. He is the best technical coach of this event in the country. Also, he is undoubtedly the best recruiter in the country and will be a key piece of us building this team."
After Sorensen's arrival in July 2017, Stanford men's distance runners earned six individual NCAA top-four finishes on the track and a second-place finish by the 2019 distance medley relay team indoors. Sorensen coached two Cardinal runners to NCAA titles — Sean McGorty in the 5,000 meters at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships and, most recently, Steven Fahy in a dramatic 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
In just two years with Stanford, Sorensen coached an astounding 44 student-athletes to All-American finishes — four NCAA All-American individuals in women's cross country, six in men's cross country, eight in women's indoor track, 12 in men's indoor track, seven in women's outdoor track and six in men's outdoor track. The success of the distance program helped Stanford to eight NCAA top-10 finishes out of the 12 team finishes between his first cross country season and his final outdoor track season.
Sorensen also helped lead the men's cross country team to back-to-back Pac-12 team titles and coached both men's cross country individual Pac-12 champions in 2017 and 2018. Prior to Fahy's 2019 NCAA title, Sorensen also coached Fahy to consecutive conference titles in the steeplechase at the 2018 and 2019 Pac-12 Championships.
Stanford's student-athletes also excelled in the classroom under Sorensen's leadership. Nine Stanford men earned a spot on the Pac-12 All-Academic cross country team in 2018 and 11 in 2017. Fisher was the Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year in both 2017 and 2018 while Tai Dinger was named second-team CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2017.
Before coming to Stanford, Sorensen simultaneously competed in international triathlons and served as the Marketing Manager and Professional Athlete Liaison with Major League Triathlon, a pro-team organization that played a vital role in adding another medal event — the Mixed Team Relay — to Triathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Sorensen was recruited by USA Triathlon to its Olympic Development Team with an eye toward the 2020 Olympic Games. He was ranked in the country's top-10 professional triathletes during his time competing from 2014-2017.
Sorensen also served as a volunteer assistant triathlon coach at Queen's University in Charlotte, which has a fully-funded varsity triathlon program, during the 2016-17 academic year.
Sorensen and Miltenberg both ran at Georgetown for longtime coach Pat Henner -- Miltenberg graduated in 2003, and Sorensen graduated in 2013 and ran an additional season while earning his master's in Sports Industry Management.
Sorensen, a native of Zionsville, Indiana, was the 2014 Big East Conference champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and captured the ECAC/IC4A title in that event. His best time was 8:47.07.
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