Honors:
2015 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2015 Track:
Indoor: Had a solid showing at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational by helping the 4×400-meter relay and the DMR to ninth-place (3:19.70) and second-place (10:10.65) finishes, respectively … Finished ninth in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 1:52.89 at the Samford University Invitational. Outdoor: Ran a season-best time in the 800 meters (1:52.26) at the Georgia Tech Invite … Placed sixth in the same event at the Georgia Spec Towns Invite.
2014 Cross Country:
Placed fifth for Georgia Tech in the ACC Championships with a season-best 8K time of 25:20 … Also finished fifth for the Yellow Jackets in the Upstate Invitational (25:43) and the Crimson Classic (26:01) … Competed at the NCAA South Regional Championships.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Placed sixth in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 1:52.87 at the Auburn Invite … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a seventh-place finish with a time of 3:20.77 at the ACC Championships. Outdoor: Recorded five top-10 finishes … Took fourth in the 800 meters in a time of 1:57.17 at the Georgia Invite … Improved that time to 1:51.81 at the Georgia Tech Invite.
2013 Cross Country:
Finished fifth for Georgia Tech in the Furman Classic with a career-best 8K time of 24:48.
2013 Track:
Indoor: Placed second in the 1,000 meters (2:34.08) at the Orange & Purple Winter Classic … Improved that time to a personal-best 2:29.67 at the Meyo Invite … Ran a career-best mile in 4:17.25 at the Rod McCravy Invite … Logged a PR in the 3,000 meters (8:46.09) at the ACC Championships. Outdoor: Placed fourth in the 1,500 meters (3:58.68) at the Georgia Relays … Shaved almost seven minutes off that time for a career-best 3:51.94 at the ACC Championships … Recorded a PR in the 800 meters with a time of 1:51.37 at the Georgia Tech Invite.
2012 Cross Country:
Had his best performance of the season at the Louisville CC Classic with a time of 26:31 … Finished the Crimson Classic in 26:46 and the Virginia Tech Invitational in 26:38.
2012 Track:
Indoor: Ran the mile in 4:31.25 at the Kentucky Invite … Helped the DMR to a sixth-place finish with a time of 10:22.37 at the Vulcan Invite. Outdoor: Earned two sixth place finishes at the Georgia Intercollegiate Invite, one with the 4×800-meter relay team (8:05.40) and in the 1,500 meters (4:03.56) … Recorded a season-best 1,500-meter time of 4:02.59 at the Yellow Jacket Invite.
2011 Cross Country:
Recorded a season-best time of 26:12 at the Clemson Invitational … Ran to a time of 26:12 at the Charlotte Invitational … Finished the Crimson Classic in 27:57.
High School:
Was a four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track at Harrison High School under the direction of Jason Scott … Named the captain of both teams his senior season … Helped his team to the Region 4AAAAA Cross Country Championship his senior season as he was named the 4AAAAA Champion that same year … Named to the Marietta Daily Journal All-County Cross Country First Team in 2010 … A Georgia Public Broadcasting Georgia Academic All-Star Athlete … Holds the school record in the 5k, 800m run, 1600m run and 4x400m relay … The Region 4AAAAA runner-up in the 800m and 1,600m runs during his senior year … A four-year member of the honor roll, ranked 17th in his class of 552 people.
Personal:
Full name is Nathaniel David Estes … Born on April 23, 1993 in Cincinnati, Ohio … Parents are David and Ellen … Brother to Alexander, and twins, Nicholas and Benjamin … Chose Georgia Tech for its prestigious engineering program, the cross country team and the affordability … Joined the cross country team in his freshman year of high school … Majors in aerospace engineering.
