Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Forrest Thayer is a four-year distance runner with the Yellow Jackets.....participated in the first six cross country meets as a junior.....turned in a career-best 8K of 26:49 at Carnegie Mellon to place 32nd.....finished 17th in the Cedarville Open in 27:05.....came across the line 21st at the G-MAC Championship in 27:48.....distance runner on the track.....G-MAC Indoor First Team with a win in the mile run.....G-MAC Outdoor Third Team honors with a third-place showing in the 10K.....NCCAA Scholar-Athlete.....G-MAC Academic Team.

2013 - Ran in four varsity meets as a sophomore.....fastest 8K time of the season was 28:08 to finish 26th at the G-MAC Championship.....distance runner on the track.....G-MAC honorable mention in the 5,000 meters by placing 3rd in the event.....NCCAA Scholar-Athlete.....G-MAC Academic Team.

2012 - Best 8K time as a freshman was 27:14 in the Friendship Invitational.....placed 68th of 281 in the NCCAA Nationals in 27:28.....finished 13th in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference in 28:07 to achieve All-G-MAC Second Team recognition.....distance runner on the track.

High School - Four-year letter winner in cross country at Naperville Central High School.....two-year team captain.....three-year letter winner on the track.....team captain one year.....state qualifier in the 4 x 800 relay.....Illinois State Scholar.....Dupage Valley Academic All-Conference.....National Honor Society student.

Personal - Dean’s Honor List student as a mechanical engineering major at Cedarville University.....born 5/23/94 in Winfield, IL.....son of Martin and Carolyn Thayer.....older brother, Evan, was an All-America distance runner for the Yellow Jackets from 2008-12.....also has one older sister and a younger sister.