UA Fort Smith Athletics

HIGHLIGHTS: 2017 -- Finished 16th in the Central Arkansas Cross Country Challenge 5k with a time of 15:26.7 .... Finished 148th in the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival 10k with a time of 33:21.5 ... Finished fifth in the University of the Ozarks Collegiate Invitational 8k with a time of 27:57 ... 2016 -- Finished 49th in the University of Central Oklahoma Land Run 6k with a time of 23:26.3 ... Finished 171st in the Missouri Southern First to the Finish Southern Stampede 8k with a time of 28:59.83 ... Finished 192nd in the University of Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival 8k with a time of 27:53.29 ... Finished 23rd in the University of the Ozarks Invitational 8k with a time of 27:40.30 ... Finished 60th in the Heartland Conference Meet 8k with a time of 27:55.60.  2015 -- Finished 25th in the 6k Central Oklahoma Land Run with a time of 21:38.60 ... Won the 6k UAFS-Trinity Invitational with a time of 20:32.1 -- the third-best 6k time in the program's history ... Became the first Lion to win a cross country meet ... Finished 160th in the 8k Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival with a time of 26:06.64 ... Finished sixth in the 8k University of the Ozarks Invitational with a time of 26:16.8 ... Finished 47th in the 8k Heartland Conference Meet with a time of 28:51 ... Finished 23rd in the 10k NCAA Division II South Central Region Meet with a time of 33:02.2. 2014 -- Finished 36th in the 6ik Forest Park Cross Country Festival with a school-record time of 20:31 ... Finished 108th in the 8k Missouri Southern First To The Finish Stampede with a time of 28:27.11 ... Finished 42nd in the 8k Oklahoma Baptist Invitational with a time of 28:15.72 ... Finished 19th in the 8k Heartland Conference Meet with a time of 26:47.93.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2014 graduate of Springdale High School ... Competed in cross country for three seasons for the Bulldogs ... Won four meets and won the Senior High Boys Open Division of the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival as a senior ... Was team captain as a senior and received the Team MVP Award and the Team Captain Award as a senior ... Posted a personal best 5k time of 16:17 ... Also ran track as a junior and senior ... Qualified for the Class 7A state indoor meet as a junior in the 3200 relay and placed fifth ... As a senior, qualified for the Class 7A state indoor meet and finished eighth in the 1600 run and 10^th in the 3200 run ... Qualified for the Class 7A state outdoor meet in the 1600 run, 3200 run and 3200 relay and placed fourth in the 1600, fifth in the 3200 and fifth in the 3200 relay ... Qualified for the Meet of Champions as a senior in the 1600, 3200 and 3200 relay and placed third in the 1600, fifth in the 3200 and fifth in the 3200 relay ... Received the Team MVP Award twice ... Had personal best times of 4:30.3 in the 1600, 9:58.03 in the 3200, 2:03 in the 800 and 52.0 in the 400.