Grinnell College Athletics Hall of Fame
Darren W. Young ’93 was a five-time qualifier for the NCAA Division III National Track and Field Championships. As a Pioneer sprinter and long jumper, he won nine Midwest Conference titles and established nine school records. He also set three Midwest Conference Championships records in the indoor 200-meter dash, indoor 300 and indoor long jump. He was elected men's team captain and named its most valuable performer for three consecutive years. In 1993, he also received the David Theophilus ’51 Award as Grinnell College’s outstanding senior male athlete and was named the men's most valuable performer at the Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. He ended his Pioneer career by leading the men’s team to its first Midwest Conference Championship since 1965. He graduated from Grinnell with a degree in economics and then from Washington University in St. Louis with an M.B.A. in finance and accounting. For more than two decades, he has continued to support the Grinnell College track and field teams, including as a two-time assistant coach and as the primary sponsor of the annual indoor track and field meet named in his honor. He now serves as head, exchange traded products, for RBC Wealth Management and lives in Inver Grove Heights, Minn. with his wife Anupama and three children, Jordan, Jaclyn, and Jaylen.
