2024 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
CAREER STATS
2023-24 (Junior)
- All-G-MAC Second Team in cross country
- Placed 20th overall in the league meet with an 8K mark of 25:55.6
- Finished 18th of 464 in the All-Ohio in a season-best 25:26.4
- Team’s #3 runner and 56th of 215 competitors in the Midwest Regional with a 10K time of 32:18.0
- Top indoor times came in the mile (4:30.77), 3K (8:49.68), and 5K (15:21.76)
- Did not compete during the outdoor circuit
- USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic and G-MAC Academic Team
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2022-23 (Sophomore)
- Participated in six cross country meets and was in the team’s top seven each time
- Finished 25th of 438 competitors in the All-Ohio Championship with a career-best 8K of 25:12.8
- Posted a 25:22.1 mark at the Alabama-Huntsville Invitational
- Placed 24th at the Wright State 5K (15:30.6) and Parkside (26:06.3)
- Team’s #5 runner at the Midwest Regional with a 10K time of 33:00.1
- Turned in a career-best 3K of 8:44.30 at the G-MAC Indoor Championship
- Placed eighth in the NCCAA Indoor 3K in 8:54.68
- Finished ninth in the steeplechase in a season-low 9:36.52 at the G-MAC Outdoor Championship
- Best outdoor 5K mark of the season was 15:09.37 at the Tiffin Track Carnival
- G-MAC Academic Team
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2021-22 (Freshman)
- Ran in five meets during rookie season finishing in team’s top seven four times
- Posted a season-best 8K of 25:23.6 at Queens to place 93rd of 337
- Placed fourth overall at Wilmington in 25:50.8
- Made his collegiate debut in the Wright State 5K finishing 22nd in 15:42.1
- Competed in five different events during the indoor track season
- Posted season-bests in the 800 (1:58.70), mile (4:27.72), 3K (8:48.60), and 5K (15:24.94)
- Placed fifth in the 3K steeplechase at the G-MAC Outdoor Championship in a career-best 9:30.34
- Timed in 9:34.30 at Lee in the steeple and won the event at Otterbein in 9:35.59
- Turned in a 15:07.55 effort in the 5K at the Lee Flames Invitational
- G-MAC Academic Team
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High School
- Assembled an outstanding four-year distance running career at Cedarville High School
- Four-time All-Ohio Division III in cross country
- Placed 8th (16:05.7) as a senior, 8th as a junior (16:16.8), 15th (16:59.3) as a sophomore, and 24th as a freshman (16:30.1)
- Guided team to fifth in the state in 2019, seventh in 2020, and 15th in 2019
- Finished in the top six in Region 12 and the Southwest District all four years
- 2020 Region (16:11.2) and District (15:51.0) individual champion
- 2019 Region and District individual runner-up
- 2018 Ohio Heritage Conference Runner of the Year and four-time All-OHC First Team
- Led squad to 2020 region title, 2019 and 2020 district crowns, and 2017 and 2020 OHC trophies
- Two-time All-Ohio Division III on the track
- Placed 5th in the 3,200 (9:43.48) as a sophomore
- Finished 4th in the 4 x 800 relay (8:02.80) during senior season
- Set 3,200 (9:40.56) school record and OHC record as a sophomore
- 2019 OHC champion in the 3,200 and the 4 x 800 relay
- OHC Track & Field champions in 2018 and 2019
- National Honor Society student
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Personal
- Dean’s List student as an accounting major
- Born December 19, 2002
- Married wife, Aleena, on May 19, 2024
- Son of Joel and Aimee Wallis
- Younger brother, Isaac, is a freshman distance runner for the Yellow Jackets
- Has another younger brother and a younger sister
Historical Player Information
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2021Freshman
6'0"
150 lbs
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2022Sophomore
6'0"
155 lbs
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