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2016 Men's Cross Country Roster

Hunter Johnston

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Saegertown, Pa.
  • Highschool Saegertown

Biography

Event Personal Record Date
5K 15:35.4 9/3/16
8K 24:40.2 10/16/15
10K 31:39.8 11/19/16


2016 (Senior) 
• Named HERO Sports Hero of the Year Finalist for all Division 1 male athletes
• Recorded a 10K career best at the Great Lakes Regional with a time of 31:39.8 
• Finished 11th in the All-Ohio Championship with a time of 25:45.7 
• Placed 6th in the National Catholic Invite with a time of 25:30.6
• Finished 4th in the Flyer 5K with a time of 15:35.4
• Nominated for the Presidential Scholars Award
• Awarded the Charles R. Kendall Memorial Award
• Named to the 2016 Atlantic 10 All-Conference Team 
• Awarded to the 2016 Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team 
• Named the team's most valuable runner for the 2016 season
• Fall 2016 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2015 (Junior)
• Earned Academic All-America honors
• Named CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Nominated for the Presidential Scholar-Athlete Award 
• Member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
•Named to A-10 Men's Cross Country All-Academic Team
• Finished fourth on the team at the Regional Finish with a time of 33:19.1
•Named All-Conference after finishing in 15th place with a time of 25:03.3 at the A-10 Championship
•Finished first on the team with a PR of 24:40 at the Bradley Classic 
•Recorded the 25th best all-time 8K performance in Flyer History 
•Finished 11th place in the All-Ohio Championships with a time of 24:59 which is the 36th fastest 8K in school history
•Placed 3rd with a time of 15:43.7 in the Flyer 5K
• Finished 41st in the National Catholic Invitational 8K with a time of 26:17.1
• Ran a 33:19.1 in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional good for 126th place
• Fall 2015 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Spring 2016 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2014 (Sophomore)
• Did not compete in any 5K races
• Ran a season-high 8K time of 25:40.90 at the Atlantic 10 Championships
• NCAA Great Lakes Regional 10K time of 32:27
• Received a second-year team award

2013 (Freshman)
• 16:33 finish at the Flyer 5K
• Third Flyer to finish in the Friendship 5K (26:46), All-Ohio 8K (26:51), and the NCAA Pre-Nationals (26:01)
• At NCAA Pre-Nationals, lowered his 8K personal best by 45 seconds
• Proceeded to lower his personal best by additional 42 seconds at the Atlantic 10 Championships
• Team's first freshman finisher, as fourth-man, in the Atlantic 10 Championships
• Earned the Most Improved Runner Award
• 11th best time for the Top 35 All-Time 5-mile Personal Bests in the UD Harrier Heroes list, with his 25:19 finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships
Received first-year award
• Will begin his second year of Flyer cross country ranked 11th on the ‘Harrier Hero’ list of UD’s All-Time Personal Bests”

High School
• Started Cross Country sophomore year at Saegertown High School
• 3-time qualifier to PIAA State Cross Country Championships
• Placed 25th in State Junior year and 11th in State Senior year
• Team Captain (Senior year)
• Led team to first place finish in Region 3 and District 10; went on to place 3rd in States (Senior year)
• Region 3 Champion (Senior year)
• Region 3 Runner of the Year (Senior year)
• Meadville Tribune Cross Country Runner of the Year
• 2 time First Team Region 3 runner (Junior and Senior year)
• Won Team Leader Award (Senior year)
• Personal bests: 5K 16:01
• Qualified for PTCFA Indoor Track Championship in the 3K (Senior year) and placed 14th with a time of 8:55
• Valedictorian of senior class, member of National Honor Society, 4.0 GPA

Personal
• Parents: Kevin and Heather Johnston
• Born: Sept. 19, 1994
• Major: Mechanical Engineering

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

  • 2014Sophomore

  • 2015Junior

  • 2016Senior