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Nicholas Lara is the head Cross Country & assistant Track & Field coach at Metropolitan State University in Denver Colorado. As an athlete Nick was a seven-time national champion and 13-time All-American at powerhouse Adams State. As a student-athlete, Lara's seven national titles included five individual crowns at 800 meters. He won three indoor 800 titles (2006 through 2008) and was a member of the 2006 and 2007 distance medley relay championship teams. He won outdoor titles at 800 meters in both 2005 and 2006.Lara is a member of the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association Hall of Fame, the RMAC All-Centennial team and is a member of Adams State's Athletic Hall of Fame.He was named the National Indoor Track Athlete of the Year in the 2007 by the coaches' association, and he was the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor Track Athlete of the Year in both 2007 and 2008. He is a 12-time RMAC champion.After completing his athletic career at Adams State, Lara joined t