Colorado College Women's Cross Country

Nichols finished 14th at the NCAA championships with an 8K clocking of 24:57 to cap his collegiate career with the Tigers. He earlier won the SCAC individual crown in '07, leading a 1-2-3 finish for CC with Kiran Moorty and Julian Boggs at the league meet, before claiming third place at the West Regional with a personal-best effort of 24:54 that earned him All-Region accoldades. He shared the team's "Most Valuable Runner" award with classmate Boggs that fall after they became the first Tiger duo ever to earn All-America status in the same season. Nichols claimed a top-three spot in four of eight races he ran during that 2007 campaign.   

Koch has enjoyed coniderable success as a competitive runner, placing second in the Pikes Peak Marathon in 2002 and 2003 and in the race's Top 10 three other times. He has placed in the Top 10 at in the Pikes Peak Ascent six times. He won the Leadville Trail Marathon twice and the area's Triple Crown of Running season chamoionship multiple times. He and his wife Tiffany have two daugthers, Kathryn and Caroline.