2023 Men's Track & Field Roster
Biography
CAREER STATS
2022 (Senior)
- Appeared in six meets during the cross country
- Finished among the team’s top seven finishers five times
- Best 8K of the campaign was 25:02.9 at Alabama-Huntsville
- Placed 25th at the G-MAC Championship in 25:48.0
2021-22 (Junior)
- NCCAA Indoor 3,000 meter champion with a winning time of 8:36.50
- Ran a career-best 3K of 8:33.46 at the G-MAC Indoor Championship
- Transitioned to the steeplechase during the outdoor season with a 9:29.67 PR at Western Kentucky
- Competed in all seven varsity cross country meets and was in team’s top seven six times
- Recorded a career-best 8K of 24:40.8 at the Queens Challenge placing 47th of 337 competitors
- CU’s fifth finisher and placed 22nd in the G-MAC Championship in 25:38.6
- Trevecca Division II Showcase runner-up in 26:18.6
- Fifth on the team and 53rd overall at the Midwest Regional in a career-best 10K of 32:06
- Jackets’ No. 6 finisher at the NCAA Division II championship in 34:47.8 on a demanding 10K course
- USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic in cross country
- NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and G-MAC Academic Team
2020-21 (Sophomore)
- G-MAC Indoor Second Team in the 3,000 meters
- G-MAC Indoor 3K runner-up in a season-best time of 8:48.27
- Recorded outdoor PR’s in the 800 (2:01.14); 1,500 (4:03.35); and 5K (15:07.89)
- Ran in all three cross country meets during Covid-shortened season
- Placed eighth overall in helping team win Taylor Invitational in 8K PR of 25:57.2
- Finished 33rd in the G-MAC Championship in 26:53.3
- NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and G-MAC Academic Team
2019-20 (Freshman)
- NCCAA Indoor Champion in the 3,000 meters in a PR of 8:47.53
- Placed fourth in the G-MAC Indoor 5K in season-best 15:10.38
- Made his collegiate cross country debut with a career-best 8K of 25:48 at Indiana Wesleyan
- Yellow Jackets’ #1 finisher at IWU placing 9th of 184 competitors
- Placed 26th of 305 runners in the All-Ohio in 26:13 as team’s #2 finisher
- Finished 22nd in the Friendship Invitational in 26:31
- G-MAC Academic Team
High School
- Four-year letter winner in cross country and track & field at Dallas High School
- State qualifier in cross country his final two season placing seventh as a senior for all-state honors
- Helped team to a fifth-place showing in the 2018 state cross country meet
- On the track, finished seventh in the state in the 3K as a senior and was eighth in the 1,500
- Established career bests in the cross country 5K (15:47) and on the track in the 1,500 (4:03) and 3,000 (8:45)
- Lettered in his only season of participation in soccer
- Graduate with academic honors
Personal
- Mathematics major
- Born Sept. 7, 2000 in Dallas, Oregon
- Son of Jim and Janice Cross
- Has one older brother and a younger brother
Historical Player Information
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2020Freshman
Distance
5'8"
140 lbs
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2021Sophomore
Distance
5'8"
140 lbs
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2022Junior
Distance
5'8"
140 lbs
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2023Senior
Distance
5'8"
140 lbs
